It is important to clarify that Netflix it is what it is because it knows its audience or knows how to move its content to satisfy the users of its platform. In this way, unlike what he had been doing with the previous seasons of stranger thingsmodified several issues to be renewed. The result: Volume 1 recorded 286 million hours viewed in its first three days and surpassed the second season of Bridgerton which had the record of 193 million hours watched in the same period of time.
In the new update of the official Top 10 of Netflix Every Tuesday, the first part of Season 4 of stranger things which added 286,790,000 hours of streaming during its first weekend and took the record for the most watched English-language series on streaming in its first three days. The new episodes premiered on Friday, May 27 and, despite the fact that it was already and continues to be a success, the production of the fiction made important changes to recover the interest of its second edition. Among them, format in the premiere, longer duration of its chapters, more budget, a bet on terror and more characters.
In addition to the high number of the first weekend, Netflix added another piece of information that frames the success of the series with a second record: it was the first season to reach number 1 in 83 countries and to get into the top 10 of the 93 countries that track the company. Its main competitor is the squid game, owner of the historical record of views in its first 28 days with 1,650 million hours played. stranger things has numbers to get to that, but there are still two episodes of season four left, so that change of premiere format can make it keep all the records before the end of the month. On the near road, he still has to overcome Bridgerton in that period of days with 656.26 million hours.
For this successful season, the Duffer brothers presented a story more linked to terror. This is what the official synopsis says: “Six months have passed since the Battle of Starcourt that left the town of Hawkins in terror and destruction. As they continue to deal with the fallout, the friends are separated for the first time, and navigating the complexities of school doesn’t make things any easier. In this most vulnerable moment, a horrifying new supernatural threat emerges, presenting a gruesome mystery: if they can solve it, they could put an end to the horrors of the Other Side.”
Set in the 80s, the successful Netflix series this time takes place in different parts of the United States and the world. The return to Hawkins, Indiana, is assured, they add California where the Byer family moved with Eleven and Russia, where Jim Hooper is. But of course, the enemy of this season, Vecna, a monster from the Upside Down, will do his thing and all the protagonists must unite to face him.
The series stars Millie Bobby Brown, David HarborFinn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Noah Schnapp, Winona Ryder, Joe Keery, Natalie Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Maya Hawke, Cara Buono, Priah Ferguson and Brett Gelman. Jamie Campbell Bower, Joseph Quinn and Eduardo Franco join the cast this season with the special participation of Robert Englund. The duffers are executive producers and creators of the series along with shawn levy (Free Guy, The Adam Project), Dan Cohen, Iain Paterson, and Curtis Gwinn.
stranger things The first seven episodes of season 4 have already premiered and there are two more episodes left that will arrive on July 1.
