2024 Survival Thriller With 92% Rotten Tomatoes Score Becomes A Global Hit On Netflix

Cold meat became a worldwide hit on Netflix. A co-production between the United Kingdom and Canada, Cold meat is a snowy survival thriller in the sense of The mountain between us and the 2010s Frozen, but with a supernatural touch. It follows a man who saves a waitress from an abusive ex, only to find himself stuck in his broken-down car in a snowy ravine, fighting for survival against a cannibalistic forest spirit. The film, which has a limited theatrical release in February 2024, stars Downton Abbeyit’s Allen Leech and Destiny: AnnihilationIt’s Nina Bergman.

Netflix has now calculated its official list of the 10 most-watched English-language films for the week of May 27 to June 2. Cold meat landed a spot on the list at No. 9, thanks to 3.9 million viewers accumulating a total of 5.8 million hours viewed. The film beat out the Marvel superhero blockbuster Madame Webwhich took the 10th spot in its third week on the chart after being featured first at #2. This was the case despite the fact that the film is not available in the United States, one of the platform’s main markets.

The cold meat was perfectly positioned to become a hit on Netflix

The film follows another major snowy survival thriller

Overall, it makes sense for the film to join the Top 10 list, standing competitively against recent Netflix original films including Atlas, The mother of the brideAnd Thelma the Unicorn. One possible reason for its success is its generally good reception, earning it a solid 92% score on Fresh Rotten Tomatoes. The film has not yet received an audience rating, but this figure indicates that critical reaction was overwhelmingly positive. Below, see how its reviews compare to all the films currently in Netflix’s Top 10:

However, aside from its critical reception, another important possible reason Cold meat becoming a hit is the fact that he joined the streaming platform following the success of 2023 Snow Society. This film, directed by The orphanageby JA Bayona, followed the real-life story of a rugby team who fought to survive after their plane crashed in the Andes. The film, which earned a Certified Fresh score of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, was a huge success for the streaming service, will be nominated for two Oscars.

Another aspect that probably helped Cold meat succeed was the fact that he too presents some parallels with the hit Showtime series Yellow jackets, which also revolves around cannibalism with a supernatural angle. However, taking into account the fact that Snow Society was a Netflix co-production, it’s possible that the service prioritized introducing another winter survival thriller based on this particular hit. Whether intentional or not, the decision appears to have paid off in bringing more attention to independent cinema.

Will cold meat have a sequel?

Precedent says Cold Meat 2 is a possibility

It remains to be seen whether the new attention to Cold meat will lead to the film getting a sequel, but this is far from unheard of for film and television releases following Netflix’s success, even for titles that are not Netflix originals. For example, after the USA Network legal drama Suitswhich ended in 2019, became a record hit on the service, a pilot for a spin-off titled Suits: LA was put into production by NBCalthough the series has not yet been officially picked up to series.

The success of Cold meat is far from the billions of minutes accumulated by Suits. However, as this is an independent production on a much smaller scale, even a significantly lower success could be enough to push producers to put together a sequel. There’s also strong precedent for this to happen when survival thrillers, in particular, are all the rage on Netflix, like the upcoming Fall 2 was put into production after the low-budget 2022 original appeared in Netflix’s Top 10, although it had already been a theatrical success, earning $21.8 million on its $3 million budget. dollars.

It’s difficult to gauge the audience Cold meat should draw to offset the fact that it made little money in theaters during its minor limited release. Ultimately, it seems likely that will have to continue to reap success on Netflix and stay on the map for a few more weeks to build enough steam to gain a real following. However, Cold meat 2 could very well happen before long, although it will have to focus on different casting depending on the availability of the stars and the fate of their characters.

Source: Netflix