A heartfelt basketball movie from 2023 is suddenly taking over Netflix’s charts this October. The Woody Harrelson-led sports comedy climbed into the platform’s top three just days after quietly landing on the streamer.
Champions ranks in top three on Netflix just two days after debutBobby Farrelly’s Champions has climbed to No. 3 on Netflix’s Top 10 Movies chart in the United States. The 2023 sports comedy-drama hit the platform on October 28. Notably, the film reached the No. 3 spot within just two days of its addition to the streamer.
The film stars Woody Harrelson as Marcus, a hot-headed minor-league basketball coach in Iowa. After shoving his head coach and a drunk-driving arrest, a court orders him to coach a team of players with intellectual disabilities as community service. Additionally, Kaitlin Olson, Ernie Hudson, and Cheech Marin also star in the Focus Features production.
Champions is an English-language remake of Javier Fesser’s 2018 Spanish film of the same name. Meanwhile, Mark Rizzo wrote the screenplay for this adaptation, which marks Farrelly’s solo directorial debut. Principal photography took place in Winnipeg and Selkirk, Manitoba, along with Albany, New York, from November to December 2021.
The movie initially grossed $21.9 million worldwide during its theatrical run in early 2023. Specifically, it earned $16.4 million in the United States and Canada and $5.5 million internationally. Focus Features released it in 3,030 theaters on March 10, 2023, and it opened to $5.2 million domestically.
Critical reception was mixed upon its original release. The film holds a 59 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoesbased on 128 reviews. Similarly, Metacritic assigned it a score of 50 out of 100 from 34 critics. However, audiences gave it an “A” CinemaScore grade, and PostTrak reported an 83 percent positive score.
On Netflix’s current US chart, Champions sits behind only Surviving Hurricane Otis and Gladiator II.
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