FRIENDS Reunion views surpass one million mark: The much-hyped FRIENDS: The Reunion special is finally here and the one-hour and 40-minute episode has already surpassed one million views in less than seven hours, in India. The special was released on Thursday, on the streaming platform ZEE5. The episode sees original cast of the sitcom Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and Matthew Perry reunite for the first time and take viewers through their experience of working on FRIENDS.
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"We feel extremely proud to have played a part in understanding and serving the cult-loyal audience of the show, by seamlessly streaming it across millions of screens," said Amit Goenka, president, digital businesses and platforms, Zee. The site streamed the show in India simultaneously with the USA and the world.
The cast came together after 17 years under one roof and took us on a nostalgic ride. However, it wasn't easy and inexpensive to bring them all together for an episode. As per Variety, the cast was paid USD 2.5 million to USD 3 million (Rs 18.2 Crores to Rs 21.7 Crores) to appear in the episode. Here’s how you can watch the episode
The total budget for the episode is said to be $20 million and the six main lead stars earned huge sum for their appearances.
Meanwhile, as of Thursday morning, FRIENDS: The Reunion special on HBO Max has also driven a surge of US and worldwide demand for the original sitcom, as per appannie.
One of the highlights of the reunion was Aniston and Schwimmer confessing that they were both had a crush on each other during the first season of the show. They went on to add that nothing ever actually happened between them because the timing was never right. They also revealed that their first kiss was the one they shared on screen. Check out the list of special guests on the FRIENDS reunion episode here.
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