'Lupin' Becomes First French Series to Debut on Netflix's Top Ten List

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If you’re looking for some new telly to get stuck into, Lupin could be just show you didn’t know you needed in your life.

With so many spare hours on our hands over lockdown to watch new TV series, it’s no surprise that streaming giant Netflix is raking in viewers with mega hit shows like Bridgerton and The Queen’s Gambit. But surprisingly, neither of those popular series have topped the channel’s ratings charts, as French series Lupin has snuck into the number one spot.The ten part show, which is an adaptation of Maurice LeBlanc’s best-selling novels, is on track to hit 70 million views by 5 February.

Ahead of its fourth-quarter results later on Tuesday, global streaming giant Netflix said original series Lupin, starring Omar Sy, has become "our biggest French hit." The company, led by co-CEOs Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos, is forecasting that the crime drama, which debuted on the service on Friday, would be viewed by 70 million subscribers within its first 28 days. It has "already ranked no.

Netflix’s "Lupin" is quietly breaking records on the platform as one of the most-viewed French series on the platform.  The show focuses on a teenager whose life is upended by the death of his father after he was accused of a crime he didn’t commit.The show picks up 25 years after those events when the son uses the famous thief and master of disguise, "Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar," as an inspiration to avenge his departed dad.  Netflix reports that 28 days after its debut on the platform,

Netflix’s Lupin is primed to set a global benchmark for a French series on the service with 70M households projected to watch the five-parter through its first 28 days. That’s bigger than other recent English-language hit series Bridgerton (projected at 63M) and The Queen’s Gambit (62M). The Omar Sy-starrer made its Netflix debut on January 8, and quickly became the first French series to land on the streamer’s U.S. Top 10 list.

Bridgerton moved out of the top spot for the first time in a week, dethroned by true crime series Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer. The French crime series Lupin is in No.

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Bridgerton still in the top spot, while the French crime series Lupin is in No. 2.

Bridgerton in the top spot and the new French crime series Lupin unseating the Karate Kid continuation series Cobra Kai as No. 2.

Bridgerton and the Karate Kid continuation series Cobra Kai keeping their respective holds on the top 2 spots. Rounding out the top 5 are the new French crime series Lupin, the creepy docuseries Surviving Death, and the Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D sequel We Can Be Heroes.

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Bridgerton and the Karate Kid continuation series Cobra Kai keeping their respective holds on the top 2 spots. Rounding out the top 5 are the new French crime series Lupin, the creepy docuseries Surviving Death, and the Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D sequel We Can Be Heroes.

Netflix’s Lupin made its debut on the service Friday January 8, and quickly became the first French series to land on the streamer’s U.S. Top 10 list. It entered the overall list at No. 8 and was No. 6 on the U.S. series list on Saturday, before jumping up to No. 3 on both rosters Sunday (it’s No. 1 in France and elsewhere). Netflix began sharing Daily Top 10 lists last February.

Bridgerton and the Karate Kid continuation series Cobra Kai continuing to claim the top 2 spots. Rounding out the top 5 are the new French crime series Lupin, the Nicolas Cage-hosted History of Swear Words, and the Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D sequel We Can Be Heroes.