Over 70 Million People Are Obsessed Netflix's Lupin

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One of the more intriguing international offerings to stream on Netflix recently has been “Lupin”, a French crime drama that debuted in early January.

Quelle surprise! Netflix hit “Lupin” has been an unexpected global sensation. The French show, which the streaming giant reports has been watched by 70 million households — topping hits such as “Bridgerton” and “The Queen’s Gambit” — is subtitled for English-speaking audiences. The plot follows professional thief Assane Diop (Omar Sy), who gets inspired by the real books about fictional gentleman thief Arsène Lupin to go out and avenge his father, a deceased Senegalese immigrant.

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If you’re looking for some new telly to get stuck into, Lupin could be just show you didn’t know you needed in your life.

With so many spare hours on our hands over lockdown to watch new TV series, it’s no surprise that streaming giant Netflix is raking in viewers with mega hit shows like Bridgerton and The Queen’s Gambit. But surprisingly, neither of those popular series have topped the channel’s ratings charts, as French series Lupin has snuck into the number one spot.The ten part show, which is an adaptation of Maurice LeBlanc’s best-selling novels, is on track to hit 70 million views by 5 February.

Ahead of its fourth-quarter results later on Tuesday, global streaming giant Netflix said original series Lupin, starring Omar Sy, has become "our biggest French hit." The company, led by co-CEOs Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos, is forecasting that the crime drama, which debuted on the service on Friday, would be viewed by 70 million subscribers within its first 28 days. It has "already ranked no.

Netflix’s "Lupin" is quietly breaking records on the platform as one of the most-viewed French series on the platform.  The show focuses on a teenager whose life is upended by the death of his father after he was accused of a crime he didn’t commit.The show picks up 25 years after those events when the son uses the famous thief and master of disguise, "Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar," as an inspiration to avenge his departed dad.  Netflix reports that 28 days after its debut on the platform,

Netflix’s Lupin is primed to set a global benchmark for a French series on the service with 70M households projected to watch the five-parter through its first 28 days. That’s bigger than other recent English-language hit series Bridgerton (projected at 63M) and The Queen’s Gambit (62M). The Omar Sy-starrer made its Netflix debut on January 8, and quickly became the first French series to land on the streamer’s U.S. Top 10 list.

Manori Ravindran International EditorNetflix’s French original “Lupin” is the streamer’s latest international hit.The SVOD giant projects that the clever Omar Sy-fronted crime caper will be watched by 70 million members within its first 28 days on the service.

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