Popular Action Movie Joins Netflix 5 Years After Record-Breaking Box Office Performance
A Quiet Place: Part II will officially be joining the Netflix catalog in the United States on April 11.
Directed by John Krasinski and starring Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, and Noah Jupe, the film is a sequel to the 2018 sci-fi horror of the same name, which follows a family of survivors attempting to navigate a post-apocalyptic landscape while being hunted by aliens sensitive to sound.
Where the first movie was a self-contained piece of atmospheric horror with just a few characters, A Quiet Place: Part II expands the world massively by introducing Blunt's protagonist to new survivors, new locations, and even more intense fights for survival.
The film was a huge critical success, with most agreeing that it managed to take the solid foundations of the original story and improve upon them. Blunt's lead performance received massive praise, while Murphy's new character was lauded as a worthwhile addition to the cast.
A Quiet Place: Part II has critics and audience scores of 91% and 92% respectively on Rotten Tomatoes, making it one of the most acclaimed and generally beloved horror movies of the past few years.
But beyond the critical praise, what really stood out about A Quiet Place: Part II was the comemrcial success that it achieved in the face of the post-COVID theater landscape. The film was released in May 2021, making it one of the first summer blockbusters to come out following the worldwide theater closures of 2020.
Despite predictions that audiences would neglect to go and see the film, A Quiet Place: Part II was a huge success that proved theaters could stay open in the wake of the pandemic. The film pulled in $297 million worldwide against a reported budget of $47 million (via Box Office Mojo), making it one of the year's biggest success stories.
It was also the first movie since the COVID-19 pandemic to hit $100 million in North America, with a domestic total of $160 million. Films like F9 and Black Widow would end up breaking this record just a few weeks later, but A Quiet Place: Part II took the risk of releasing first and reaped the benefits
The film will be added to Netflix on April 11 in the United States. For those who can't wait to catch this record-breaking action movie, A Quiet Place: Part II is also available to stream on Paramount+ or YouTube TV with a relevant subscription.