Netflix claims its most-watched movie ever in its first month of release is Adam Sandler's 'The Ridiculous 6'

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While doing their keynote speech at CES 2016, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and chief content officer Ted Sarandos threw out an interesting piece of information. Not that the streaming giant has expanded to 130 new countries^[1] (though, that is big news) but that their Adam Sandler comedy "The Ridiculous Six" is Netflix's most-watched movie ever (well, it's first month of release; see below update), at least according to them (Netflix is infamously secretive about its internal viewing numbers^[2]).

"In the first 30 days on Netflix it's been the most-watched movie in the history of Netflix," Sarandos said^[3] at CES. "It's also enjoyed a spot at number one in every territory we operate in, and in many of them it's still number one."

UPDATE: A Variety editor has clarified Sarandos' quote: 

To clarify: 'Ridiculous Six' isn't Netflix's 'most-watched movie ever,' Sarandos just meant the most views in first 30 days. Big difference.

— Stuart Oldham (@s_oldham) January 6, 2016^[4]

Still though, this is pretty shocking news for many who believe that Sandler's brand of humor is out of date, and who saw his other most recent film "Pixels" under-perform at the box office.

But it's another example of Netflix finding apparent success in its original productions. The company has hooked audiences on several of its TV series like "House of Cards," "Orange Is the New Black," and the new true-crime show "Making a Murderer," at least if social-media conversation around them is anything to go by.

On the film side, Netflix has the award-season contender "Beasts of No Nation," as well as the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and Pee-wee Herman sequels coming soon^[5].

And "Ridiculous Six" is just the first of numerous Sandler movies you'll be seeing on Netflix, as the company and comic signed a four-picture deal^[6] in 2014.

SEE ALSO: 12 compelling pieces of evidence against Steven Avery that "Making a Murderer" declined to mention^[7]

NOW WATCH: Mamajuana is secretly the best rum drink in the Caribbean^[8]

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2. ^{^} secretive about its internal viewing numbers (www.businessinsider.com)
3. ^{^} Sarandos said (www.theverge.com)
^{^} January 6, 2016 (twitter.com)
4. ^{^} coming soon (www.businessinsider.com)
5. ^{^} four-picture deal (www.businessinsider.com)
6. ^{^} 12 compelling pieces of evidence against Steven Avery that "Making a Murderer" declined to mention (www.businessinsider.com)
7. ^{^} Mamajuana is secretly the best rum drink in the Caribbean (www.businessinsider.com)