2022 is coming to an end and it’s time for balance sheets, evaluations and the aforementioned rankings. In another year of great growth for streamingthere were excellent premieres of Argentine series and films on all major platforms.
This is why the question that motivated this note is valid: Who were the most popular local actors of the so-called new television?
Guillermo Francella, the only one fighting for the throne of the country’s highest-grossing film actor Ricardo Darin, recently decided to venture into the world of platforms. And with his first starring roles, revalidated those credentials he already had on the big and small screen before this new era.
The meteorologist of success
Greetings, the Netflix film in which he played a decaying weatherman, has not had a great reception in terms of critics. However, it was by far the most viewed production of 2022 from Argentinians on the planet streaming.
According to the data shared by the mother of the platforms, the film directed by Marcos Carnevale -premiering on March 31- has become the most watched foreign language film on Netflix worldwide in its first week of broadcasting, with over 24.2 million viewing hours per person (this is how the company with the red N measures its “rating”).
After two weeks, it was the second most watched film with another 13.3 million hours. Additionally, it remained in the global top 10 for another two weeks and led that chart in Argentina, Uruguay and several Latin American countries for more than a month.
the plot of Greetings is centered on Miguel Flores (Francella), a narcissistic weatherman about to make his prime time debut with your own schedule. Nicknamed “the infallible”, at the premiere of his live program he assures that the night will be peaceful.
But at dawn a storm and hail broke out in the city of Buenos Aires. Just like the sky Miguel Flores’ career collapses and flees to Córdoba, where he lived years ago with his daughter Carla (Romina Fernandes), with whom he does not have a good relationship.
Frances vs. Frances
the star of Married with children -which premieres January 5 with the stage version of the stainless sitcom- has had a year to remember. Moreover GreetingsHe acted the most viewed and commented Argentine series of the year and was crowned as the king of streaming.
Let’s talk about The one in chargean idea by the Cohn-Duprat duo for Star+ that revolves around Eliseo, the manager of an upper-class building in Belgrano who, faced with the possibility of being fired after 30 years of service, decides to resort to all the information he has hand on each of the residents of the building, to influence them and avoid this outcome.
The eleven-part original series debuted on October 26. And despite having had a good start, with the passing of the days, thanks to word of mouth -and the various controversies that arose with the union of condominium administrators- the story began to dominate everyday discourse.
And it only took him seven days of availability to position himself as the most watched locally produced series on Star+ in Argentina and the rest of Latin Americasetting a new record on that streaming service.
It is clear that Disney’s adult platform has relied heavily on fiction which, in addition to Francella, had a solid cast with Gabriel Goity, Dario Barassi, Moro Anghileri and Gaston Cocchiarale, among others. That’s why season 2 was filmed a few months ago, with a slated premiere in 2023.
pepper vs. Paula Silver
With the exception of Netflix, no platform shares any type of data related to views or the number of subscribers. But it’s clear that Francella was the highest-grossing figure in the On Demand universe. There are few names that could have entered that discussion.
One who could contend for the throne is, paradoxically, Luisana Lopilato, his daughter in the Argento fiction broadcast by Telefe and who in a few days will debut with Florencia Peña and her brother Darío at the Teatro Gran Rex.
The former little ones Y Rebellious way He starred in two of the Argentine premieres that amassed the most views globally on Netflix. Tubethe third film about the detective Manuela Pelari, had more than 23 million views in the first week – more than 11 million in the second week – and topped the foreign-language top.
And two weeks ago, Lopilato re-entered that ranking with matrimillas. The romantic comedy in which she stars with Juan Minujín garnered 6.9 million person views in its second available week and had amassed 6.1 million in its first few days.
Oreiro, Sbaraglia and the national film of the year
Another actress who could get into the dispute is Natalia Oreiro. The Uruguayan/Argentinian played Eva Perón Santa EvitaStar+ fiction based on the novel by Tomás Eloy Martínez, another of the most successful locally produced series of the year.
And he was also part of the main cast of Iosi, the repentant spythe Amazon Prime Video original story that topped that platform’s charts for several weeks and was also one of the most critically acclaimed.
A little behind, perhaps fighting for a place on the podium of the most followed Argentines Leonardo Sbaraglia and Ariel Winograd. The actor and director has had great numbers on Netflix with Today the world is fixeda film that entered the worldwide Top 10 for two weeks.
The duo also stomped Paramount+ and Flow thanks to Managercomedy he faces the risky advertising campaign that the television company Noblex launched at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and was the most watched film of the year on Flow’s On Demand.
A separate paragraph deserves Argentina, 1985, which could be seen on Amazon Prime Video after it hits theaters. Although the platform does not release official figures, it is understood that the film about the trial of the military juntas with Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani had a very good performance.
Of course, in this dispute over home viewing, the film that could compete for the next Oscars has the disadvantage of having been one of the most watched in theaters of the year, where it exceeded one million spectators.
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Source: Clarin
