📰 What Happened
Drawn Together has gone straight to number one on Prime Video's film chart. The Spanish-language movie also tops the non-English rankings. It is based on Marfil, the first book in Mercedes Ron's two-book Enfrentados series. Ester Expósito plays Marfil, a tycoon's daughter who is kidnapped in New York. Hugo Diego García plays her bodyguard. The film beat big releases in the week of 7 to 13 September, including Project Hail Mary and Masters of the Universe.
🔍 The Backstory
Mercedes Ron is one of Prime Video's most successful authors. Adaptations of her Culpables books are the service's most-watched international originals, with over 100 million viewers. Amazon MGM Studios has a first-look deal with Ron, and her work sits under the House of Ron banner. The Culpables trilogy still charts in the top ten. Ron told Deadline the number one result brought her ‘immense happiness’. Drawn Together was made by Pokeepsie Films, the same studio behind the Culpables films.
🎯 Why It Matters
It shows a non-English film can beat Hollywood blockbusters on a global streaming service. That opens the door for more stories from outside the US.

Drawn Together has gone straight to number one on Prime Video's film chart. The Spanish-language movie also tops the non-English rankings. It is based on Marfil, the first book in Mercedes Ron's two-book Enfrentados series. Ester Expósito plays Marfil, a tycoon's daughter who is kidnapped in New York. Hugo Diego García plays her bodyguard. The film beat big releases in the week of 7 to 13 September, including Project Hail Mary and Masters of the Universe.

Mercedes Ron is one of Prime Video's most successful authors. Adaptations of her Culpables books are the service's most-watched international originals, with over 100 million viewers. Amazon MGM Studios has a first-look deal with Ron, and her work sits under the House of Ron banner. The Culpables trilogy still charts in the top ten. Ron told Deadline the number one result brought her ‘immense happiness’. Drawn Together was made by Pokeepsie Films, the same studio behind the Culpables films.

It shows a non-English film can beat Hollywood blockbusters on a global streaming service. That opens the door for more stories from outside the US.

📰 Source: News Source
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