In the United States, the inaugural event on Netflix averaged 2.6 million households (Live+SD), as reported by VideoAmp. This figure represents a 116% increase compared to RAW’s average U.S. audience of 1.2 million households in 2024.
The classic movie, helmed by the late director Marilou Diaz-Abaya, is a three-hour epic that explores the life and struggles of the national hero Jose Rizal.
In a letter addressed to the CEOs of Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Paramount Global, NBCUniversal, Sony, Netflix, and Amazon MGM Studios, the guild called studios to “come off the sidelines.”