Captivating thriller has been number 1 in the charts for 10 days

The end of the year is always good for a few surprises. This is also reflected in the film charts on Netflix: The action thriller has been defending there since it launched on December 13, 2024 Carry on first place. He even recently broke a record.

Makes Tom Cruise look small: Netflix hit Carry-On kicks action masterpiece into the dust

Carry-On is about airport employee Ethan Kopek (Taron Egerton), who has to prove himself at the security check for the first time on Christmas Eve. In doing so, he intervenes with a stranger who wants to get him to waving through a mysterious suitcase. If Ethan doesn’t comply, the well-informed mastermind threatens to cause serious harm to him or his girlfriend.

Check out the trailer for Carry-On here:

According to reactions, Carry-On reminds many fans of the action classic Die Hard – and is apparently just as effective as a Christmas film: According to Netflix, the thriller by Jaume Collet-Serra (Jungle Cruise) for the best film debut on the streaming service in 2024 developed. It reached 42 million hits in just three days and shot to number 1 on the Netflix film charts in a total of 93 countries.

In contrast, neither an extremely intense action masterpiece from 2022 nor one of what many consider to be the best films of the current year have a chance: Tom Cruise’s jet epic Top Gun: Maverick has to make do with second place, the disturbing war film Civil War with seventh place.

This is what the film charts on Netflix currently look like:

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