Carefully created to appeal to the broadest possible audience, a new movie is emerging as a sleeper hit on Netflix. The movie, a psychological thriller, features stars who’ve proven their popularity across generations, and a plot that would appeal to anyone in between. While it revolves around grisly crimes, it is also a father-son story with a heart. We’re talking about the old-fashioned Netflix thriller The Whisper Man, in which a grieving novelist and his son move to a town devastated by serial child abductions. The movie stars Adam Scott in the lead role, and is curiously the second time this year that he has played a novelist battling internal demons.
The first was the haunted house movie Hokum, which was a sleeper hit itself. It grossed around $25 million at the box office against a reported budget of $5 million, and is currently sitting at a 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The Whisper Man, on the other hand, hasn’t been as well-received. It appears to have settled at a 46% score on the aggregator website, with Collider’s David Caballero describing it in his review as “a worthwhile exercise in quasi-genre pulp that will rattle you just enough to keep you fixed on the TV, at least until the credits roll.” The movie cost a reported $50 million to produce, making it the latest in a streak of mid-budget hits on Netflix, following The Rip, Apex, Swapped, Thrash, The Last House, and War Machine.
Here Are More Details About ‘The Whisper Man’s Viewership
Also featuring Robert De Niro and Michelle Monaghan, The Whisper Man debuted with 23 million views in its first week of release, followed by 33 million views in its second. According to Netflix’s latest viewership report — unlike its competitors, the streamer is quite transparent when it comes to viewership — The Whisper Man added another 12.7 million views in its third week. This puts the movie’s total at around 67 million views, placing it just behind The Last House, which is hovering around the 80 million views mark. This week alone, Netflix has delivered two blockbusters that have found spots on its all-time top 10 list — the animated movie Swapped, featuring Michael B. Jordan, and the sci-fi thriller War Machine, headlined by Alan Ritchson. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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