An action thriller set on Christmas Eve is taking Netflix by storm. Just days after its premiere, it has already managed to position itself as the most watched on the platform worldwide. This is Carry-On Luggage, a thriller starring Taron Egerton, Sofia Carson and Jason Bateman, which arrived in the Netflix catalog on December 13, 2024.
With 42 million views in three days, the film reached the top spot in the global ranking of the most viewed in English, between December 9 and 15. This extraordinary figure also made it the most watched Netflix title globally during that period. In addition, Carry-On Luggage managed to accumulate 84 million hours viewed, entering the top 10 in 93 countries and topping the list of the most watched films in 77 of those countries during the week.
What do critics think about Carry-On Luggage?
The film’s success is not limited only to the public, but also to the critics, who have especially praised the performances of Egerton and Bateman. Nick Schager, critic of The Daily Beast, highlighted: “Netflix finally offers us an epic and adrenaline-filled action thriller, bringing Christmas forward.”
Lovia Gyarkye of The Hollywood Reporter described the film as “a satisfying thriller reminiscent of Eagle Eye”. He also stressed that “Egerton and Bateman lift Carry-On Luggage.” Richard Roeper of The Chicago Sun-Times gave it the same rating, concluding: “Some plot twists are hardly believable as the murders progress, but director Jaume Collet-Serra does a good job.”
What is Carry-On Luggage about?
The film follows Ethan Kopek, an ordinary airport security agent who works at Los Angeles International Airport on Christmas Eve. What seemed to be a routine shift turns into a nightmare when a mysterious passenger blackmails him to allow a dangerous package to pass on a flight. Netflix’s official synopsis describes the plot like this: “A young agent of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration struggles to outwit a mysterious traveler who pressures him into getting a dangerous package through the controls and onto board on Christmas Eve.”