The sci-fi disaster film the great flood has retained the top spot for a third consecutive week on netflix's non-english movies chart. It garnered 11.1 million views for the week ending january 4, more than triple the 3.4 million views of runner-up haq, an indian courtroom drama. The netflix original, released december 19, stars kim da-mi as a single mother battling a planetary flood.
The streaming service announced wednesday that the sci-fi disaster film the great flood, directed by kim byung-woo, held the no. 1 position for the third straight week on its non-english movies chart. The film racked up 11.1 million views in the week through january 4, surpassing the 3.4 million views of second-place haq by more than three times.
Released on december 19 as a netflix original, the great flood follows an-na, portrayed by kim da-mi, a single mother of a 6-year-old son. The story unfolds as she awakens to a catastrophic flood that submerges her apartment complex and ultimately the entire planet, forcing her to navigate the flooded building to protect her child.
In the non-english series rankings, another netflix original, cashero, climbed to the top with 6.1 million views. Starring lee jun-ho as a civil servant with supernatural powers, it rose from no. 2 last week, when it had 3.8 million views. Culinary class wars: season 2, which led the chart for the prior two weeks after its december 16 debut, dropped to no. 3 with 3.4 million views.
The romantic comedy dynamite kiss, featuring ahn eun-jin and jang ki-yong, landed at no. 6 with 1.8 million views. Ena's rom-com i dol i secured no. 8 with 1.5 million views. These results underscore the surging global appeal of korean content on the platform.
