Tyler Perry’s Ruth & Boaz Turns into Shock Netflix Hit

Ruth & Boaz has change into a shock success on Netflix. The brand new Tyler Perry Netflix film is a modernized retelling of the biblical Guide of Ruth. It follows hip-hop artist Ruth (Serayah), who strikes to Tennessee after the dying of her boyfriend to take care of his mom (Phylicia Rashad), solely to fall for Boaz (Tyler Lepley), the proprietor of a close-by winery.

Per FlixPatrol‘s proprietary streaming measurements, Ruth & Boaz is the No. 3 most-watched film on Netflix worldwide on October 5.

Whereas Netflix‘s official numbers for the week is not going to be revealed till Tuesday, their chart of the most-watched English-language motion pictures worldwide for the week of September 22 via September 28 reveals that Ruth & Boaz was No. 2 behind solely the continued smash hit KPop Demon Hunters.

On that chart, the Tyler Perry film, which debuted on the platform on September 26, surged previous the hit Miranda Cosgrove rom-com The Mistaken Paris throughout that title’s third week on the platform by drawing in 10.3 million viewers, who amassed a cumulative whole of 15.9 million viewing hours.

The streaming success of a brand new Tyler Perry film shouldn’t essentially be shocking. The prolific filmmaker has had a profitable cope with the streaming service, and his latest streaming titles have constantly carried out properly worldwide, together with the Taraji P. Henson automobile Straw, the comedy sequel Madea’s Vacation spot Marriage ceremony, and the Oscar-nominated historic drama The Six Triple Eight.

Nevertheless, what makes Ruth & Boaz completely different from these different Tyler Perry motion pictures is the truth that it flew underneath the radar forward of its premiere on the streaming platform. In reality, on the time of writing, its Wikipedia article continues to be a stub, and it has not amassed sufficient critics’ opinions to earn an official rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

It has equally not earned sufficient opinions from viewers members to earn a Popcornmeter rating, so it’s unknown to what diploma the film is receiving a word-of-mouth push. Nevertheless, it charted in its first week regardless of solely being obtainable throughout two days of that week, indicating a powerful preliminary viewership push.

Moreover, the truth that Ruth & Boaz has constantly maintained its chart place for greater than every week reveals that it might have longevity past the preliminary bump that new Netflix titles get when they’re promoted on the streamer’s homepage. It stays to be seen how excessive it may possibly climb, however its star might very properly rise within the coming weeks.