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Most watched movie in the history of Netflix

Netflix continues to expand and evolve all over the globe and interestingly enough their Adam Sandler comedy The Ridiculous Six has been recorded as Netflix’s most-watched movie ever.

The film explores an outlaw, who was raised by Native Americans discovers that he has five half-brothers; together the men go on a mission to find their wayward, deadbeat dad.

Netflix 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

1. The idea behind Netflix came in 1997 after the CEO was charged $40 for a late VHS copy of Apollo 13.

2. The CEO’s great-grandfather, Alfred Lee Loomis, was instrumental in winning WWII. He anticipated the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and therefore protected his considerable wealth. His funds helped establish a laboratory that became a meeting place for the world’s most successful scientists, including Albert Einstein. The space allowed the development of the radar technology that helped Allies successfully carry out the invasion of Normandy.

3. Netflix has been around longer than Google. Netflix was established as a subscription service in 1997. Google was founded in 1998.

4. In 2000, Netflix was offered to Blockbuster for $50 million. The now practically dead video rental company declined the offer. Netflix is currently worth $20 billion and is very much alive.

5. The company’s revenue is estimated at $6 billion.

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