CHARLIZE THERON’S THE OLD GUARD MOVIE PROJECTED TO SET NEW RECORD, SAYS NETFLIX

Netflix announced that Charlize Theron’s new action movie The Old Guard has set a new record and is on course to set another one.

The movie arrived on the streaming platform on the 10^th of July and is already among the top 10 most Popular movies ever on the platform.

The streaming service tweeted that the movie is expected to reach 72 million households in the first 4 weeks of release and while the number of households it had reached at the moment was not mentioned, they did say it was “breaking records”.

THE OLD GUARD is breaking records! The Charlize Theron blockbuster is already among the top 10 most popular Netflix films ever — and Gina Prince-Bythewood is the first Black female director on the list.

The film is currently on track to reach 72M households in its first 4 weeks! pic.twitter.com/pM8vOTNa6m

— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) July 18, 2020

The Director Gina Prince-Bythewood said she was “gobsmacked” by the news and must have been more elated to find out that she was the first black female director to make the top 10 most popular films list.

Starring other actors like Kiki Layne, Chiwetel Ejiofor The Old Guard is about a group of centuries old mercenaries with an unknown source of immortality who have the ability to heal themselves. Their secrecy is being threatened and they must fight to not only protect their lives and identity but that of a newly discovered immortal.

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