Hernán Jimenez Love Hard debuted at #1 on Netflix worldwide

In its opening weekend, it managed to be the most-watched movie on the platform.

This morning the director himself celebrated the success on his social networks:

Today we woke up with this beautiful news 💥🍿🤷🏻 ♂️🙏 https://t.co/Q5WqcNgXig

– Hernan Jimenez (@hximenez) November 7, 2021

In fact, the data shared by Movie Updates, also confirmed by FlexPatrol.Com And Whats-on-netflix.com, two sites that track the series and movies that have the most views on the global platform of flow.

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hold dear This is the Costa Rican director’s first film Hernan Jimenez NS Netflix It premiered on Friday, November 5, in 190 countries served by the service. As is known by users, in every country Netflix has highlighted the series and movies that are part of the top 10 nationally, so it was not particularly surprising for those who entered the app yesterday that hold dear I was already from #1 in Costa Rica.

However, domestic success turned out to be only part of a very hot global reception: it was clear on Sunday morning that the Christmas romantic comedy had captured the interest of audiences around the world. I woke up first in Russia, in South Africa, in Germany, in France, in Spain, in Portugal, in Uruguay, in Mexico, in Canada …

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So Jiménez became not only the first Costa Rican person to have a movie on Netflix, but also the first person to take it to number one globally. The news has an added Costa Rican flavor, as the role of the main character’s “arrogant brother” is played Harry Shum Jr. (cheerfulAnd Intrusion signal broadcast), who was born in Limone and lived up to 6 years in the province of Atlantico.

If you haven’t seen the trailer here, we leave it to you, yes, be careful, as is usually the case with Netflix, it basically offers the whole plot:

By the way, we share with you an interview from Entertainment tonight With Nina DobrevAnd Darren Barnett And Jimmy O. Yang |The three protagonists of the movie.