Don’t Look Up makes Netflix history with record-breaking amount of views

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence star in Don’t Look Up (Niko Tavernise/Netflix)

Satirical climate change film Don’t Look Up has made Netflix history after recording the most viewing hours for a movie in one week.

The film, written and directed by The Big Short filmmaker Adam McKay, was watched for 152,290,000 hours globally between December 27 and January 2, a record-breaking amount for the streamer according to Deadline.