13.2 Million US Viewers Watched The Irishman in Its First 5 Days on Netflix

Martin Scorsese movie outpaces El Camino, according to Nielsen

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Netflix’s most high-profile movie yet—the gangster epic The Irishman, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino—had a strong debut, with 13.2 million U.S. accounts streaming the film in its five days, according to Nielsen.

The 3.5-hour drama averaged nearly 2.6 million U.S. viewers on its premiere date, Wednesday, Nov. 27. The film averaged more than 2 million viewers each day during its first five days, peaking on Friday, Nov. 29, with 3.1

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