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Almost 26 Million U.S. Viewers Watched Netflix’s Bird Box in Its First Week, Nielsen Says

Only Stranger Things 2 had a bigger 7-day debut on the streaming service

Last week, Netflix—which is notoriously tight-lipped about its ratings—said that its Sandra Bullock movie, Bird Box, had the biggest debut ever for one of its original films, with more than 45 million Netflix accounts watching the thriller during its first seven days.

And while the streaming service has long dismissed Nielsen’s efforts to measure its U.S. audience via SVOD Content Ratings, the measurement company has released new data today that seems to support Netflix’s boasts about the film’s massive audience.

According