Making its worldwide debut on Wednesday, December 13, “Holiday in the Vineyards” landed on the Netflix Global Top 10 list for the week of December 11-17, 2023, the streamer announced on Tuesday.
Starring Josh Swickard (“General Hospital”), Sol Rodriguez (“Grachi”), Eileen Davidson (“The Young and the Restless”) and Annika Noelle (“The Bold and the Beautiful”), the film made its debut on the chart in tenth place with 3.9 million views. In the United States alone, the movie placed eighth, beating out the second week of “Suicide Squad” on the platform and the debut of Netflix’s original film “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget,” a sequel to the 2000 theatrical film “Chicken Run.”
Among the 12 countries in which “Holiday in the Vineyards” placed in the Top 10 were the Bahamas, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Greece, Malta, Romania, Sweden, Kenya, South Africa, Cyprus and Lebanon.
At a runtime of 1 hour and 47 minutes, Netflix reports that overall the film had 6.9 million hours viewed, which the service notes determine the “views” a film or TV show received as they divide the total hours viewed during the week by the total runtime available at the end of the week. Ultimately, views for a title are defined as the total hours viewed divided by the total runtime with values rounded to 100,000.
At press time, “Holiday in the Vineyards” ranked fourth in the United States among all films on Netflix for Tuesday, December 19, 2023.
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In “Holiday in the Vineyards,” the film follows Carter Baldwin (Swickard), a playful, irresponsible, fun-loving, immature hedonist who is the heir to the Young Estate winery, which produces extremely affordable and very popular wines. Possessed of a discerning palate, a good nose and a whole lot of charm, he is dispatched by his dragon-like mother (Margo, played by Davidson) to nearby Los Santos where, incognito, he is to win the bid on a winery now up for sale.
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Posing as someone simply looking to move to the area, he is immediately intrigued by the beautiful Valentina Espinosa (Rodriguez), a real estate broker, as well as the recently widowed mother of two boys, who is working with the winery owner to keep the property from being acquired by the Young Estate. Carter soon becomes a victim of his own deceit, but with the help of a very wise hardware store owner, he learns some hard lessons about what it means to grow up. Omar Gooding (“Deadwood, Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac”), Carly Jibson (“The Guest Book,” “Atypical”), Gregory Zarian (“The Wonder Years”), Julian Rangal (“The Good Doctor”), and newcomer Carlos Solòrzano also appear in the film.
Alex Ranarivelo directed from a script written by Cecília Franco and David Zanardi. Ali Afshar, Christina Moore and Daniel Aspromonte are produced, with Charley DeBenedetti serving as executive producer.
To watch the film (via your Netflix subscription), rated PG for suggestive references and some language, click here.
What follows is a list of countries in which “Holiday in the Vineyards” placed in the Top 10, along with its rank by country:
Holiday in the Vineyards
| Rank | Country |
|---|---|
| #3 | Cyprus |
| #3 | Romania |
| #4 | Greece |
| #4 | Lebanon |
| #4 | Malta |
| #4 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| #5 | Bahamas |
| #8 | South Africa |
| #8 | United States |
| #9 | Sweden |
| #10 | Canada |
| #10 | Kenya |