James Bond film, but Netflix is giving us the next best thing.In British spy thriller The Take (or known as Bastille Day in most international markets), Elba stars as a CIA agent who runs through Paris in order to stop a group of French criminals.
He gets an onscreen assistant from Game of Thrones Richard Madden. And as intriguing as it sounds, Netflix weekend streaming numbers prove just that.
The film has cracked the streamer’s Top Ten list for movies in the U.S., to much fanfare and surprise, as its original opening wasn’t as monumental.
In fact, the film earned just $50,269 in domestic theaters when it was released in 2016. According to Forbes, the reason the thriller was a bust was beyond its own control.
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