Mantis is surging on a serious streaming chart. The South Korean film, which debuted on Netflix on September 26, options Squid Recreation star Im Si-wan because the titular murderer, who should group up together with his rival (Park Gyu-young, additionally of Squid Recreation seasons 2 and three) when he returns from a trip and finds that the murderer neighborhood has been shaken up.
Mantis was directed and co-written by Lee Tae-sung, who’s greatest often known as an actor in titles corresponding to Rooftop Prince, My Golden Life, and Three Daring Siblings. The forged of the motion thriller, which is his characteristic directorial debut, additionally contains Jo Woo-jin (Default), Sul Kyung-gu (Kingmaker), and Choi Hyun-wook (Weak Hero Class 1).
Netflix has now shared their world chart of the most-watched Non-English motion pictures on the platform through the week of September 22 by way of September 28. Mantis debuted on the chart at No. 3 because of 7 million viewers amassing a complete of 13.2 million viewing hours.
The one two motion pictures forward of it have been additionally Netflix originals, specifically the French romantic comedy French Lover (No. 2), which stars Omar Sy, and the German romantic comedy She Mentioned Perhaps (No. 1), which follows a girl discovering that she is expounded to Turkish the Aristocracy.
The film’s world success has been propelled by the truth that Mantis was within the High 10 in 44 particular person international locations through the week measured. It was No. 1 in 4 of them, specifically Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, and its house territory of South Korea.
What This Means For Mantis
That is a formidable end result for any debut film on Netflix, however one issue that has restricted Mantis is the truth that it was solely obtainable on Netflix for 3 of the times of the week that’s measured by the chart.
Which means it’s completely doable that it might even climb increased on subsequent week’s chart, which can characterize the primary time {that a} full week’s viewership has been measured.
Our Take On Mantis’ Netflix Success
Though the Squid Recreation season 3 finale was the top of the collection, which is one in all Netflix’s hottest of all time, the success of Mantis proves that the present has completed extra than simply grow to be a record-breaking smash in and of itself. Its legacy contains all kinds of its forged members discovering additional success in different Netflix initiatives.
The streaming service has continued to companion with a lot of Squid Recreation stars for quite a lot of Netflix authentic Okay-dramas and flicks, a lot of which have had an identical degree of success as Mantis. This contains Kang Ha-neul’s Wall to Wall, Lee Jin-wook’s Past the Bar, and Lee Byung-hun’s The Match.
- Launch Date
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September 26, 2025
- Runtime
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113 Minutes
- Director
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Lee Tae-sung