The Witcher becomes one of Netflix's highest rating original series on IMDb just days after its release beating the likes of Stranger Things and Peaky Blinders.
It has only been available on the streaming service for a matter of days.
But already The Witcher has had an astonishing rise to the top and has become one of Netflix's highest rating original series on IMDb, just days after its Dec 20 release, reports the Daily Mail.
The eight-part series starring Henry Cavill, 36, has managed to beat the likes of Stranger Things and Peaky Blinders in ratings on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
According to Forbes, the show kicked off with a rating of 8.9, which narrowly edged it ahead of shows including Black Mirror, Narcos, Peaky Blinders, Stranger Things and House of Cards - who had scores of 8.8.
However, it soon slipped down to 8.8, meaning it now sits among Netflix's highest ranking TV heavyweights, reads the Mail report.
The Witcher is an eight-episode adaptation of the bestselling medieval book series by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.
The series centres on protagonist Geralt of Rivia (Cavill), a monster hunter known as a Witcher who travels the countryside slaying terrifying beasts.
But in the Netflix adaptation, the story will also examine Princess Ciri (Freya Allan) and Yennefer of Vengerberg's (Anya Chalotra) arcs, as the trio's intertwining destinies find them coming together in full force.
Created for TV by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, the show has already been renewed for a second season by the video-on-demand platform, who announced the good news in November, according to reports the UK media.
Adding to the show's complexity is the fact that there are three different timelines running simultaneously, which departs from the novels and isn't immediately obvious to first-time viewers.
Created for TV by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, the show has already been renewed for a second season by the video-on-demand platform, who announced the good news in November, reports Daily Mail.
'The place names aren’t familiar, the people’s names sound weird. Nothing is really familiar,' admitted Hissrich.
'The most important thing to me in Episode 1 is that you understand what a witcher is. Once you have that knowledge, then you can kind of be along for the ride and things that seem confusing in Episode 1, hopefully, by the time you get to Episode 2 and Episode 3, you go "Oh my God, I totally understand what these things are now — but I understand why it wasn’t told to me immediately upfront."
'I think the journey is definitely part of that experience,' she added.