Murder Mystery achieves 'the biggest opening weekend ever for a film'

The Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston starring film was no hit with critics, currently sitting at a disappointing 47% on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes. 

But that didn't stop Murder Mystery from becoming a smash hit with audiences over its opening weekend, according to the film's producer-distributors, Netflix.

'30,869,863 accounts watched Murder Mystery in its first 3 days - the biggest opening weekend ever for a Netflix Film,' tweeted the streaming service on Tuesday. 

Critical: Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston starring Murder Mystery was no hit with critics, currently sitting at a disappointing 47% on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes. The actors seen here last week

Critical: Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston starring Murder Mystery was no hit with critics, currently sitting at a disappointing 47% on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes. The actors seen here last week

The global movie juggernaut then broke the figure down into local and international numbers.

'13,374,914 accounts in the US and Canada, and 17,494,949 more worldwide [watched the movie],' tweeted the company's official https://twitter.com/NetflixIsAJoke/status/1141088463934173189 account.

The earth-shattering debut is just the latest success for Netflix, whose Sandra Bullock vehicle Bird Box was watched by 45 million global accounts last year in its first week of release alone. 

Hit: But that didn't stop the movie from becoming a smash hit with audiences over its opening weekend, according to the film's producer-distributors, Netflix

Hit: But that didn't stop the movie from becoming a smash hit with audiences over its opening weekend, according to the film's producer-distributors, Netflix

Big win: '30,869,863 accounts watched Murder Mystery in its first 3 days - the biggest opening weekend ever for a Netflix Film,' tweeted the streaming service on Tuesday

Big win: '30,869,863 accounts watched Murder Mystery in its first 3 days - the biggest opening weekend ever for a Netflix Film,' tweeted the streaming service on Tuesday

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