[HanCinema's News] "When the Phone Rings" Hits Fourth Place on Official Netflix Leaderboard
By William Schwartz | Published on
On November 27th, Netflix released its official view counts for the week of November 18th to November 24th. The Yoo Yeon-seok led political thriller "When the Phone Rings" is off to a strong start. In its first three days of availability, viewers watched 7.4 million hours of the MBC drama. The ranking is somewhat inflated, however, since Netflix divides total hours available by hours viewed to determine its rankings.
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"When the Phone Rings" was ninth place on the non-English list in terms of absolute hours viewed, rather than the divided number. The only other South Korean drama on the Netflix Official Top 10 this week was "Mr. Plankton" in ninth place with 22.3 million hours viewed. The romantic comedy about a sick man searching for his birth father has had at least 55.6 million hours viewed on Netflix since its premiere on November 8th.
Written by William Schwartz
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William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea from 2011 to 2021. He is currently located in the Southern Illinois. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net, and is open to requests for content in future articles.