Amazon Studios Head Jennifer Salke Touts Strong Viewership Of SAG Nominees ‘Being The Ricardos’ & ‘Tender Bar’, Addresses Theatrical Windows Flexibility

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In addition to this morning’s SAG lead actor nominations for Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos and supporting actor nom for Ben Affleck in George Clooney’s The Tender Bar, Amazon was also over the moon about the viewership results for both films, claiming that they were the highest debuts of any drama released on Prime Video ever, and the most watched of any Amazon Studios original movie produced in-house.Being the Ricardos launched on Dec.

21 around the globe on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories and was #1 in its opening week, while The Tender Bar dropped on Jan.

7 on Prime Video in the same markets and also ranked No. 1 in its opening week. Both movies per Amazon reached their anticipated 28-day goals on Prime Video way ahead of schedule.

Both films joined the top ten Prime Video movie releases of all time, and the top drama movies of all-time on the streamer.“We remain extremely curated,” said Head of Amazon Studios Jennifer Salke about the streamer’s balance of event titles like Coming 2 America and The Tomorrow War with Prime Video’s continued devotion to specialty auteur-driven movies.“We’ve always believed if we build it, they will come,” says Salke about Prime customers’ appetite for prestige fare.“We know we have global customers all around the world who love these kinds of films.