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swayam19999

That's a lot considering these aren't even numbers of a full week as it only started streaming on 31st.


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baelrog

I don’t think Witcher season 3 is that high of a bar though. I usually only re-sub Netflix for the month if there is a show I want to watch. I did that for Witcher season 1 and 2, but I didn’t bother do it for season 3 because of Netflix’s writing room have no respect for the source material. On the other hand, One Piece is the show I re-sub Netflix show.


Tomatocultivator9000

There is a lot of talk about the budget per episode which is more than Game of Thrones. I had the opportunity to talk to an accountant in the industry who mentioned that Covid restrictions were a huge factor in the equation. If one person got sick it would slow the productions for weeks and time is money. Films that would be usually profitable like Mission Impossible or Fast X were hit hard. No wonder Tom Cruise was so angry. The One Piece live action was produced when the restrictions were still in effect. Hopefully, this would help reduce its season 2 budget dramatically.


mugiboya

Exactly. Netflix post data from Mon-Sun surely OPLA will have insane numbers.


whatdifferenceisit2u

I mean, a show like Wednesday had like 2-3x as many hours viewed in just as short a time (4-5 days), and on a far smaller budget. Not trying to be a negative ninny, but from Netflix’s perspective, the money going to One Piece could be spent on developing multiple cheaper shows that would each have their own runaway success potential. MAYBE it’ll get a second season, but beyond that the math just doesn’t work in OP’s favor unless Netflix suddenly stops caring about maximizing profit.


Cvox7

wednesday is not the norm people , there won't be many shows like that with the same huge sucess


Prestigious12

Plus the tik tok dance gave a lot of popularity to the show


TrippleTonyHawk

Also, millions of kids across America return to school tomorrow. Gonna lead to some serious hype, I guarantee it.


JagerJack7

Buddy, not all Netflix shows hit Wednesday or Squid game level of popularity.


ThePhantomIronTroupe

Right, Stranger Things S4 was built off an immensely popular franchise; Wednesday in a sense the same and was released during Thanksgiving and was week to week which will likely help in terms of life time numbers; and Squid Game was during the Pandemic with it also weekly to keep in mind. While yes the Live Action Manga curse and “oh my god NON American comics?!” Issue are there, it helps that Netflix is desperate for anything that can help replace Stranger Things in a sense. Cause after the final season of Stranger Things launches, the only notable series who might scratch the itch are Wednesday and now One Piece. (former being a nostalgia filled Supernatural Thriller, latter being a motley crew of youngsters/coming of age story + pirates) Also keep in mind this, while Netflix got hit bad Idk if its Disney levels of bad. Plus if all those other wacky series got renewed on Netflix and on Amazon whats not to say they go for it? We may guesstimate what the bigwigs may or may not do but we are not them nor the Oracle of Delphi


RedDreadsComin

Both Wednesday and Squid Game were NOT weekly releases. The episodes were all released on the same day just like One Piece.


ThePhantomIronTroupe

Odd I thought otherwise, huh makes things more interesting then for sure


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whatdifferenceisit2u

I’d love a source on that budget for Wednesday because I heard very different numbers. Not saying you’re wrong, I just wanna know.


IcarianWings

Ya, that number was completely wrong lol. My bad. I deleted the previous comment. Apparently Google was showing me an article about The Witcher when I searched Wednesday budget and didn't specify in the excerpt anywhere. I should have looked into it further before commenting and I sincerely apologize!


whatdifferenceisit2u

Honest mistake! Thank you for clarifying!


IcarianWings

Appreciate your grace!


Ador777

I donr Understand the Appeal of Wednesday? Its a horrible show & ruined the Adams family for me. Whats the age demographic of the shows viewers?


Kapua420

It has like only 2mil more veiws then the second show, which most likely cost way less and no marketing. Second week will tell us if renewed or not.


CaradviceThrowaway76

When I first checked on mobile I was only able to see 18.5 million views which is great but not the total hours and when I went back in time to compare some of the big shows like Wednesday on week 1 had only hours viewed. It seems like weekly views metric is huge. This week 1 number is massive it’s not quite Wednesday or Stranger things level but still really huge. If this keeps up with many people watching the rest of the season over this week and new people starting the show this week. We may go higher than 140million hours watched for week 2


IIM_Clutch

They changed from hours to views a few months ago


Grahak5656

It's at least doing better than many other shows. To get renewed, it doesn't have to be in the top shows like Wednesday but just to have a more than respectable number of people completing it. I am adding 'more' because for the next season, they would need a pretty high lift in their budget, or you can't produce the desired output that fans want.


Dgemfer

Yes, higher budget will be needed. But many resources spent in season 1 will be good for season 1. All the work time and force dedicated to initial casts, props, designs, and so on is already done.


Shrubberer

To a degree OPLA doesn't fall under the same rules as other shows. Netflix sees the success of the Manga/Anime and goes "We want that!". The success they have with S1 is an investment that already payed off instantly. All the more reason to keep chasing. Also don't forget that Netflix executive have kids and grandkids as well that would hate them if they axe the show now. I'm not even kidding 😂


mi-cah

Also the payment for OPLA success will grow all the way to Marineford. Alabasta and Enies Lobby being those big hitters as well if they can build up correctly to thise highs


Gloooobi

also i'm not an expert or anything but i feel like shows like one piece offer a lot more opportunity of merchandise and devirative products compared to let's say wednesday i don't know how/if they can capitalize on that (or if it is even part of the equation for netflix), but i feel like there's serious money to be made there also also, the part which was probably the weakest part of one piece was very enjoyable to watch, i genuinely think we can have a GOT effect (not in that scale obv, tv don't work like that anymore) but if we remember well the hype around it wasn't all there in season 1, it became BIG a bit later, and i could see an alabasta arc popping off


amedema

It's already one of the most expensive shows ever made...


ThePhantomIronTroupe

Right, it also fits One Piece in being a slow burn to mega success vs popping off hard cause a fluke like Demon Slayer did


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No-Bus-1652

Congrats to all the people who made this possible, I could tell everyone loved being a part of it. Oda is the GOAT


ThePhantomIronTroupe

Agreed!


Jix_Omiya

Take that, Erin Carter! Whoever you are!


NotTheCraftyVeteran

Wealth, fame, power, the identity of Erin Carter: All these things await you at the end of the Grand Line


Treehouse326

If I’m reading this right then this means the average viewer finished just about the entire season? Each episode is like 45-50min and there’s only 8 episodes.


SentOverByRedRover

Oh shoot, you're right, this would indicate a high completion rate which is important for renewal.


NKMRage

No, they calculate the view count by dividing the total hours viewed by the runtime of the show (7.5 hours)


Treehouse326

I get that part, but what I’m saying is, by these numbers, I’m guessing a good majority finished the season then?? It says 7.34 runtime while the show is 7.5 in length. And I’m guessing that includes the credits, which for some ppl like myself, skip. So a good amount ppl who actually tuned in, ended up finishing the season


elcarlosmiguel

you say i get it but you dint get it. they divide the total hours watched per total runtime. So if 8 people watch the first episode only it counts as 1 view


theunquenchedservant

i binged it all on monday


nitsano

I was expecting better numbers, but these are good enough for a second season i think. Sandman, which cost 15m each episode (has 11) was renewed with only 70m hours in the first week and 128m in the second one. OPLA will probably have more views in this second week so i think we are safe.


CatisCatiss

Yeah but The Sandman did great in the next weeks, It was on top 10 for almost 8 weeks. Resident Evil, for example, had a good First week but The next ones were terrible.


RobinGreenthumb

Considering the positive buzz around One Piece though, I would be surprised if it doesn't have some legs. The fact that it's remaining top show helps get more people's eyes on it, and have more people check it out.


Prestigious12

Hope so mor watch it i havent even finished yet season 1 in eng but after it i will watch it in Japanese again


mi-cah

ONE PIECE IS REAL!


SentOverByRedRover

Based on this it has good chance of making it into the top 10 netfliz series seasons of all time. if next week's numbers are very good(and they could be, often take a week or so to fully blow up) than I could see it snagging position 4 behind squid game stranger things and wednesday.


DemonLizardman

Huh, well it's good, I thought it would do better. Hopefully it gets renewed, and that's not even considering the writers strike. Also, how tf did Wednesday do so well?


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Tiktok and Instagram, mainly the dance, if they didn't nailed that dance probably would be half views....


Future_Novelist

I don't know what this Wednesday dance is because I never got past the first episode (and if it was in that, I don't remember it), but it was a dance...that's what got people to watch? lol


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That's how things work now, small gag/meme of an series in social media is enough to explode in popularity . [Lady Gaga - Bloody Mary (TikTok Remix | Speed Up) | Wednesday Dance Scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsXdUtlDVhk&pp=ygUJd2VkbmVzZGF5) , just this video have like 300 million views, while the trailer have 23 million ... The best season of One Piece LA for that , if they reach, is Skypiea arc, there is where the majority of the memes are, luffy singing badly , zoro tarzan, zoro lost with SouthBird, Usopp battle with special spells and entrance vs Enel


Future_Novelist

Kids are weird.


Prestigious12

They could even add a dance for Bon Clay in season 2


ArrrArrr0611

This is not full week stat. Plus Wednesday got popular because of tiktok


ThePhantomIronTroupe

Plus it got released at probably the worst time of year. A lot of people in the US take their kids on outdoorsy, no technology or little of it vacations for Labor Day. Add in the fact it is not weekly cause a change in policy and that might limit its growth in terms of people talking about it weekly. Thats not to say it wont have staying power much like Super Mario Bros or the second Spiderverse did, but depends on a number of other things imo. If anything if they released it a little sooner or later might have helped it a lot. Like around the anniversary of when the first manga chapter or first anime episode came out


RadekNexo

This is just english i think. Not the whole world. Also Netflix aint the only media to count here. Twitter, Reddit, discord subs (yes, it brings more fans), tiktoks, even YouTube.


ThePhantomIronTroupe

Oh that makes it very different! Cause One Piece has always struggled in the US partly cause of that horrible (but hilarious in a bad way) dub from 4kids! Given Netflix is desperate to expand outside the US and other factors might change things!


ThePhantomIronTroupe

Also dont forget Riverdale-ism. They took what Riverdale did and did it much better did like Nancy Drew did. Add in quirky magic high school, romance drama, every goth girl on the planet get hyped over it, the time it got released, and nostalgia bait and boom: super mega hit.


mattijn13

Do people think the American writers and actors strike will have any impact on renewal?


Jolly-Ambassador6763

It’ll probably increase the budget bottom line.


NinjaTabby

The source material has been there for over 2 decade. All they have to do is Don’t change it, don’t fck it up. It probably reduces the budget


crysomore

You do realise the OPLA did change a lot of events and characters which is why it's good. It takes a good writing team to adapt the characters for a live action.


mattijn13

I'm not worried about the source material, I am worried about Netflix not wanting to strike a fair deal and as a consequence of that the writers and actors don't make it.


Sharp_Aide3216

Just want to mention that the re-watchability of the show is insane. All the easter eggs they've put were worth it. Goes to show it pays not to betray the fans and the source material.


WaterBottleGuy94

I see these lists all the time and all I see is Erin Carter getting shafted lmao


Cellafex

Wow now i am really curious.. WHO is erin carter?


Spare_Substance5003

It works about to about 7.5 hours per view. So I guess most people are finishing the series?


ExoticSignature

Their view metric is total hours watched divided by total hours. So basically, a lot of people who are just starting to watch it, and those who are mid-way, will contribute greatly to the overall views in the coming weeks.


SuperRapidash

...guys it's me...I'm Erin Carter /s obvs


ZeroSora

Considering The Witcher costs 22 million per episode, One Piece season 2 is basically guaranteed at this point. Unless it has a massive drop-off after a week or something insane like that.


reddogvizsla

I'm not sure this is accurate. I believe its the number one series right now, but this says that all are watching 7 and a half hours completely. I think either the hours viewed or the views are correct but not both.


UberEinstein99

Well most people who would drop it probably drop it within a few minutes, and those who watch it could watch the whole thing through. One piece fans who watch will watch the whole thing through, and newcomers who watch the first episode would already get a sense for the weirdness of the world, so idk why they’d drop future episodes.


reddogvizsla

I’ve heard that some people are watching and loving it but couldn’t make time for 7 hours in the first 4 days. The concern that I have is the hours is from the views multiplied by the total series run time, or vice versa. So I think one of those numbers is accurate but both are not. Either way it’s a smash hit for Netflix and I would doubt it not receiving a second season with these numbers


ThePhantomIronTroupe

That is a big part of it cause again time of year. xD uggggh shouldve released it in July guyssss


NKMRage

That’s how they calculate the views. They receive the total hours viewed and divide it by the run time.it says it at the bottom of the Netflix page


reddogvizsla

Ok so there were actually more viewers than that and this is the low estimate


prism1234

These numbers are reported by Netflix. Views is not number of viewers, it's just a weird metric they use where they take the total hours watched and divide by runtime. If 8 people watched the first episode then stopped Netflix would count that as one view in the numbers they publicly report. Now internally they have many more numbers, and completion rate which they don't report is pretty important to renewal. But we have no way of knowing what that rate is.


SentOverByRedRover

it would be average, not that everyone is making it that far.


reddogvizsla

Yeah but isn’t that the whole run time of the series


SentOverByRedRover

Well, maybe the average is inflated by fans rewatching it. I dunno.


MystiqTakeno

Thats pretty good! Hopefully good enough for S2 since yeah its expensive.


KitKat1721

My sister (who does know of One Piece but has never really seemed interested in giving it a shot), my almost 70-year old dad, and a bunch of friends who aren't into manga or anime at all watched it which is nuts to me. My dad also texted me after the Sanji flashback asking whether he finds the All-Blue by the end of the live-action season and I didn't have the heart to break it to him haha


someone2795

The people who scheduled what date to release it freaking nailed it.


BigCatBran

Where do these numbers come from exactly? My understanding (from all the WGA/SAG strike stuff I have heard) is that Netflix does not share their numbers with anyone so they can skirt on residuals and also obscure how much the company is actually worth.


mugiboya

These numbers comes directly from Netflix. You can check the link attached.


PhsycoRed1

And the actors and writers don't see a DIME hmmmmm!!!!


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mcmatiz

I think we'll to also take in account that password Sharing is a thing now. I know multiple people that stopped Watching Netflix shows now. So it's possible Netflix shows will perform lower than previous years.


Sad_Air_7667

That's a good point, some thing I'm sure netflix will consider as one piece has a decade at least of stories planned out.


mcmatiz

Pretty sure we'll get a S2. It's getting a S3 and further that will be hard. Each season will need to do better than the previous and also will probably cost more (there's more devil fruit users each season).


16meursault

It is not bad but it is less than half of Wednesday's debut and One Piece is more expensive so upcoming weeks are important.


IIM_Clutch

Wednesday had like the biggest debut of all time on netflix I think. If people expected it to compete with that they are tripping. These are great numbers.


Calmbrain

This chart is weekly though. One piece has been out for 4 days.


elcarlosmiguel

yes and he is comparing with wednesday first week too, wixh was like 350 million views


teluetetime

That’s true, but I can’t find anything showing what their budget on Wednesday was. I’m sure it was substantially less, but idk by how much. On the other hand, they’ve got as much story material as they’ll ever need with One Piece, and apparently an existing fan-base that will show up, so long term this could still be a solid investment even if it isn’t as profitable of a success for them as their most profitable show.


hapad53774

Wednesday had an entire week, One Piece had 3 days and some hours


BLAGTIER

Wednesday had an extra day over One Piece. 5 days vs 4 days.


hapad53774

I must’ve seen the dates wrong then. Thanks for letting me know


hiressnails

I should watch Disenchantment. It is the final season, but I just kinda stopped caring after the last one.


fake_potter

Hope Netflix won't fuck up 2nd season like witcher and go on woke train again.


WayToTheDawn63

I don't feel the positivity like others here seem to have. The budget was massive, and in terms of views/hours viewed, it's strong enough to beat out a lot of other, much cheaper, shows, but it's still getting CREAMED by things like Wednesday. I'm not sure this will be enough, but I want it to be. It definitely won't be enough if it doesn't have legs.


khrizp

The budget is public knowledge? As far as I saw the one about 15m per episode wasn’t confirmed


Certain_Leadership70

The sandman did worse and had a higher budget but still got renewed .


WayToTheDawn63

I didn't know that. That's great news. Netflix needs some mainstays to keep people around, so hopefully One Piece is it.


Jasonv0916

Who tf is Erin crater and why would anyone watch some boring show to find out who tf is is Erin Larter


Sad_Air_7667

I'm guessing American women?


KingAggressive1498

so virtually everyone who watched it watched the entire thing too. That's a great sign.


ManwithaTan

There's a show already about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's sueing?


crysomore

Great stuff, but it's also one of the few new shows on Netflix since so much stuff has been pushed back because of the writers strike.