Netflix’s movie blitz boosts subscribers

Streaming giant Netflix ended 2018 with 139 million subscribers – its best year for customer growth – boosted by billions of dollars of investment in original films and series


Paid memberships (millions)
U.S.
Rest of world

Bird Box: Watched by 80 million households since December 21 release




94.363 		99.036 		104.023		110.644		118.902		124.354		130.422		139.259

44.988 		48.713 		52.678		57.834		63.815		68.395		73.465		80.773

49.375 		50.323 		51.345 		52.810 		55.087 		55.959 		56.957 		58.486
	
Q1		Q2		Q3		Q4		Q1		Q2		Q3		Q4
2017		2017		2017		2017		2018		2018		2018		2018

-422.520	-608.44		-464.894	-523.798	-286.509	-558.555	-859.105	-1,315.430


Free cash flow ($ millions)

2018: Free cash flow – cash generated by operations minus capital spending – exceeded $3 billion


Sources: Netflix, Bloomberg 
Picture: Netflix
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