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There’s a new No. 1 film on top of the most popular movies on Netflix, and it’s In the Heart of the Sea, a film that will celebrate its 10th anniversary later this year. We’ve seen some films come out of nowhere and race to the top of Netflix’s standings before, but rarely one that flopped to the extent that this one did. And its failure wasn’t because of its quality. In December 2015, Warner Bros. decided to release this film just a week before Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The Star Wars sequel broke domestic records with $936 million in North America, while In the Heart of the Sea splashed ashore with only $25 million domestically and $93.9 million worldwide.
In this case, In the Heart of the Sea was the wrong movie at the wrong time. But it’s time has finally come
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