Troll has officially dethroned Under Paris as Netflix’s most-watched non-English film ever. The Norwegian monster epic, released in 2022 and now streaming exclusively on the platform, racked up 178.6 million hours watched in its first 91 days — just shy of 103 million views. That’s enough to crown it the king of global streaming, even if audiences aren’t quite sure what to make of it. While critics handed it a solid 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, viewers gave it a lukewarm 51% on the Popcornmeter. The disconnect is real. One side sees mythic scale and relentless momentum. The other? A movie that feels less like a love letter to cinema and more like a punch to the gut. And yet, it’s still the most-watched foreign-language title on Netflix. Not a Marvel blockbuster. Not a Hollywood star vehicle. Just a troll. From Norway. Stomping toward Oslo. It’s not the kind of thing you’d expect to dominate global viewing data. But here we are. The sequel, Troll 2, dropped in 2025 with the same core cast and director Roar Uthaug. It didn’t match the first film’s numbers, critics liked it better (61%), but audiences were colder (34%). Still, the franchise is alive. And for all the noise about ratings, one thing’s clear: with international hits, Netflix doesn’t need a name actor or a Hindi dub. It needs a monster. And a mountain. And a story that makes people stay up past midnight, wondering if they’re safe. The next chapter? No word yet. But the troll’s already walking.