Emily Henry’s ‘People We Meet on Vacation’ Lands 17.2 Million Views Over Netflix Opening Weekend

Emily Henry‘s “People We Meet on Vacation” Netflix film adaptation debuted to 17.2 million views over its launch weekend.

Per the streamer, the rom-com was the No. 1 film on its English-language Top 10 movie list for the week of Jan. 5–Jan. 11 following its release Jan 9.

In addition to “People We Meet on Vacation” film’s strong performance, the source material, Henry’s book of the same name, returned to the New York Times Best Seller list and the Amazon Book Charts ahead of the film’s release.

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Starring Emily Bader and Tom Blyth, “People We Meet on Vacation” follows best friends Poppy (Bader) and Alex (Blyth) as their relationship evolves into a romantic connection over years of annual trips together.

Netflix went all out to promote the release of the film — the first of Henry’s five planned book-to-screen adaptations, two more of which are also in the works at the streamer — with an in-person event that brought summer to New York City on a rainy day in January via a giant heated dome full of fake sand, mixed drinks, free merch and snacks.

On Jan. 9, one day after “People We Meet on Vacation” premiered, Henry, Bader and Blyth appeared during the event. Henry did a live-read of the first chapter of the book, which was hosted by NYC-based romance book store The Ripped Bodice, marking the first time she’s done an in-person, live reading of her work.

“I just wanna thank you all for being here and for supporting me and supporting this book,” Henry told fans attending the live reading. “I know for a fact that this movie would not exist without you all. And I know I’ve said that kind of a lot, but it really is true that, this is a very expensive industry, so it’s a very risk-averse industry, and your support and love for this book made it something of like a no-brainer. And luckily Netflix agreed and was really, really supportive and let us all — and I use ‘us’ very loosely because I was not the person making this movie — but they let us make the movie that we wanted to make, and that is so rare and so special, I have come to learn.”

Henry, who is currently working on film adaptations of her books “Funny Story” and “Happy Place” at Netflix, and “Book Lovers” and “Beach Read” at other studios, added: “I’m so excited that it’s out, and I hope you guys love it as much as I do. I hope that you keep loving the book and that you enjoy the differences between the two and can soak up both back and forth because I’m going to do that. I’m gonna keep watching this movie over and over again for years.”