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Netflix: Chris Rock Live Comedy Stand-Up Cracks Top 10 English-Language TV Chart

Netflix’s expensive foray into live content streaming was a success as comedian Chris Rock’s controversial “Selective Outrage” stand-up act March 4 in Baltimore, Md., placed No. 7 on the streamer’s weekly top 10 English-language TV chart through March 5 — just 24 hours after the live performance. Netflix reportedly paid Rock $20 million for the show, which included pre-and post-performance content featuring a host of stars.

For the second week in a row, season three of “Outer Banks” finished atop the English TV list with 99 million hours viewed. Seasons one and two also remained on the chart with 34.05 million hours viewed and 27.75 million hours viewed, respectively. New to the list is season two of love triangle drama “Sex/Life” with 43.89 million hours viewed, and season two of fashion competition series “Next in Fashion,” starring supermodel Gigi Hadid and designer Tan France, with 16.2 million hours viewed. “Perfect Match” (42.66 million hours viewed), “Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal” (33.36 million hours viewed), season five of “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” (26.23 million hours viewed), and “Wednesday” (16.41 million hours viewed) all returned to the chart. 

The family-friendly horror movie We Have a Ghost remained in the No. 1 spot on the English films chart with 42.62 million hours viewed and appeared in the top 10 in 93 countries, while the thriller The Strays tallied 14.57 million hours viewed. Romantic comedy Your Place or Mine remained on the chart with 7.5 million hours viewed. 

New entrants on the non-English films chart included Polish drama Tonight You’re Sleeping With Me (12.17 million hours viewed), Spanish rom-com Love at First Kiss (10.93 million hours viewed), and Turkish mystery 10 Days of a Good Man (4.84 million hours viewed). Mainstays included Japanese drama Call Me Chihiro, Korean mystery Unlocked, Oscar-nominated German drama All Quiet on the Western Front, Swedish military drama Black Crab and Norwegian thriller Viking Wolf all charted. 

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Mexican thriller “Triptych” pulled in an additional 39.65 million hours viewed to remain No. 1 on the non-English TV chart. Korean titles, including “Crash Course in Romance” and “Physical: 100,” as well as Mexican drama “La Reina del Sur” and Italian drama “The Law According to Lidia Poët,” all remained on the chart. Season two of Spanish drama “Wrong Side of the Tracks,” Germany’s “Too Hot To Handle” and French docuseries “Monique Olivier: Accessory to Evil” all entered the chart. 

Netflix: ‘The Watcher’ Ends Jeffrey Dahmer’s Reign as Weekly Most-Streamed English Language Content Through Oct. 16

It was a good week to be showrunner Ryan Murphy. The television writer, director, and producer had three shows on Netflix’s weekly top 10 streaming charts through Oct. 16. 

Since its debut on Oct. 13, Murphy’s real-estate thriller “The Watcher” topped all English language views with 125.01 million hours viewed across 90 countries. Starring Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale, the series was in the top 10 in 90 countries. Previous chart topper “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” pulled in an additional 122.78 million hours viewed across 92 countries.

The drama about the infamous serial killer has now accumulated 824.15 million total hours viewed on the streamer’s all-time most-popular list. And on the English language movies list, Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, based on the novel by Stephen King and produced by Murphy, had 20.08 million hours viewed.

Separately, “The Midnight Club,” based on the book series by Christopher Pike, generated 49.87 million hours viewed. Documentary series “Conversations With a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes,” generated 27.71 million hours, while season five of “Dynasty” had 18.23 million hours viewed. The third season of “Bling Empire” had 10.63 million hours viewed. Meanwhile, new entrants on the list include Netflix’s latest animation series, “The Oddballs,” with 11.9 million hours viewed, and reality-competition series “The Mole,” with 9.64 million hours viewed.

On the English-language movies list, Mila Kunis’ Luckiest Girl Alive emerged No. 1 with 57.01 million hours viewed for the second week in a row. The Curse of Bridge Hollow debuted with 25.12 million hours viewed. The Redeem Team, which chronicles the 2008 U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team at the Beijing Olympics, generated 10.29 million hours viewed. Ana de Armas’ impressive performance as Marilyn Monroe in Blonde saw another 6.09 million hours viewed.

For the first time, a Polish series took the top spot on the non-English-language TV List. “High Water” had 31.04 million hours viewed. German historical drama “The Empress” finished No. 2 with 28.08 million hours. Spanish thriller “Holy Family” and Korean mystery “Glitch” debuted on the list with 8.51 million hours and 7.44 million hours viewed, respectively. Viewers continued to discover recent hits, including Korean dramas “Little Women” (week six) with 24.99 million hours viewed, “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” (week 15) with 12.15 million hours viewed, “Alchemy of Souls” (week 15) with 7.75 million hours viewed and “Young Lady and Gentleman” (week eight) with 7.07 million hours viewed, as well as Mexican drama “El Rey, Vicente Fernández” (week five) with 9.36 million hours viewed.

Brazilian romantic comedy Someone Borrowed entered the non-English-language chart No. 1 with 27.38 million hours viewed, while Filipino drama Dollhouse debuted with 4.74 million hours viewed. German horror Old People, Uruguay drama Togo, Indian drama Laal Singh Chaddha, Italian romantic company, Jumping from High Places, African fantasy-drama Aníkúlápó and Indian rom-com Plan A Plan B, all returned to the list.

Nielsen: Netflix’s ‘Virgin River,’ ‘Stranger Things’ Again Dominate Household Streaming Through July 31

Netflix’s Canadian romantic drama “Virgin River” again topped all content streamed across household televisions for the week ended July 31, according to new data from Nielsen.  The series generated more than 2.39 billion minutes across 42 episodes to best the streamer’s longtime chart topper, “Stranger Things” with more than 1.83 billion minutes across 34 episodes.

The weekly tallies for the two programs were down about 9% and 16%, respectively, from the previous-week period.

Netflix again dominated Nielsen’s chart, accounting for all of the Top 10 streamed content, including top movie: The Gray Man, which generated 1.3 billion minutes consumed to best all movies for the week and finish in the top three overall.

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Rank SVOD Provider Program Name No. of Episodes Minutes Streamed (Millions)
1 Netflix Virgin River 42 2,397
2 Netflix Stranger Things 34 1,835
3 Netflix The Gray Man (2022) 1 1,362
4 Netflix Keep Breathing 6 730
5 Netflix Cocomelon 18 696
6 Netflix Grey’s Anatomy 396 656
7 Netflix NCIS 354 649
8 Netflix The Most Hated Man on the Internet 3 546
9 Netflix Purple Hearts (2022) 1 508
10 Netflix Sing 2 1 471

Source: Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, and Apple TV+), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing through Television.

Nielsen: Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ Topped Household Streaming For Third Straight Week Through June 19

Source: Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, Netflix and Apple TV+), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing through Television.

 

Netflix: ‘The Sea Beast’ Takes No. 1 Movie, ‘Stranger Things 4’ Tops Episodic Content

The Sea Beast debuted atop Netflix’s weekly English Films List with 33.52 million hours viewed through July 10. From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Chris Williams (Moana, Big Hero Six, Bolt), the animated film was in the top 10 in 92 countries. The film received glowing reviews and a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score.

The documentary Girl in the Picture came in second with 28.38 million hours viewed. The decades-long mystery about a young mother’s death and the kidnapping of her son kept viewers intrigued and appeared in the top 10 in 57 countries.

Finally, the case of mistaken identity with Kevin Hart and Woody Harreslon at the helm as The Man From Toronto rounded out the podium with 24.38 million hours viewed. Based on the book of the same name by Jennifer E. Smith, Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between had 10.26 million hours viewed. The film was in the top 10 in 46 countries. Meanwhile, Adam Sandler’s Hustle held steady with an additional 9.4 million hours viewed. 

“Stranger Things 4” spawned the Metallica and Joseph Quinn duet you didn’t know you needed. The series was No. 1 on Netflix’s English TV List with 188.19 million hours viewed, making it the most viewed title this week and in the top 10 in 93 countries.

The series has now amassed 1.26 billion hours viewed on the most-popular list. Past seasons remained on the weekly list (season one with 45.22 million hours viewed), (season two with 41.11 million hours viewed) and (season three with 36.59 million hours viewed). The third season of “The Umbrella Academy” came in third with 43.84 million hours viewed. Fans also revisited seasons one and two, which had 18.18 million hours viewed and 14.23 million hours viewed, respectively. The sixth and final season of “Peaky Blinders” pulled in 13.06 million hours viewed. 

On the non-English films list, French romantic drama Dangerous Liaisons landed No. 1 with 11.01 million hours viewed. Directed by Rachel Suissa, the film was in the top 10 in 47 countries. Taiwanese horror movie Incantation, directed by Kevin Ko, had 3.24 million hours viewed. Returning favorites include Indian RRR with 2.85 million hours viewed, Norwegian Blasted with 2.17 million hours viewed and Indian Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 with 1.85 million hours viewed.  

New entrants on the non-English TV List include Korean drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo”in the No. 1 spot with 23.95 million hours viewed, Mexican drama “Control Z” with 18.08 million hours viewed, and Spanish thriller “The Longest Night” with 12.72 million hours viewed.  Rounding out the list are “Money Heist: Korea — Joint Economic Area” (15.63 million hours viewed), Korean drama “Alchemy of Souls” (12.31 million hours viewed) and Japanese anime series “Bastard!! — Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy” (9.32 million hours viewed).

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Nielsen: Netflix’s Stranglehold on Weekly Ratings Took a Hit Through Nov. 28

Netflix has dominated Nielsen’s weekly top 10 streaming chart since it launched in September. For the week of Nov. 22-28, the streamer’s run of the charts came to an end. Netflix saw just six of the top 10 original and total streamed programs during the Thanksgiving/Black Friday week.

Brian Fuhrer, SVP of content for Nielsen, contends the drop-off had as much to do with linear-TV’s strong programming options, i.e., college/NFL football, as it did competitive streaming shows.

“This is the first week we’ve seen Netflix have ‘only’ 60% of the chart, and that’s due to the success of both Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video,” Fuhrer said in a podcast.

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Specifically, streamers tuned into the first two episodes of new Disney+ series “Hawkeye,” in addition to the fourth episode of Prime Video’s “Wheel of Time,” co-starring Oscar-nominee Rosamund Pike.

“There was really strong reaction to the first two [Hawkeye] episodes, which skewed male and 35-54 years old,” Fuhrer said.

The executive gave a shout out to Disney+ for streaming Peter Jackson’s miniseries “The Beatles: Get Back,” which tracked more than 503 million minutes across three episodes for No. 7 spot among original shows. About 54% of the audience was older than 55.

“That’s really smart by Disney to expand the [Disney+] base of users and work in older demo, which typically stream the least,” Fuhrer said.

*Squid game includes viewing to English and Korean versions.
Source: Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, Netflix and Apple TV+), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing through Television.

Nielsen: Amazon’s ‘The Wheel of Time’ Topped 1.1 Billion Viewing Minutes in Debut

Amazon Prime Video surprised Nielsen’s weekly Top 10 streaming chart last month when original series “The Wheel of Time” finished No. 2 overall with more than 1.1 billion minutes streamed across three episodes through Nov. 21. The tally was more than Disney/Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings with 878 million minutes, but still lagged behind Netflix’s all-time champ Red Notice with more than 1.7 billion minutes.

Based on the fantasy novels by late author Robert Jordan, with Brandon Sanderson writing the last three novels, “The Wheel of Time,” a co-production between Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television, features an ensemble cast led by Oscar-nominee Rosamund Pike.

“There’s only one original [Amazon] title since we started measuring [streaming minutes] that succeeded that, and that “Hunters,” and it’s not exactly a fair fight,” Brian Fuhrer, SVP of product strategy, said on a vlog post.

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Fuhrer said “Hunters” was released in February 2020 with all 10 episodes while “Wheel of Time” released an initial three episodes, with more to follow in coming weeks.

“It’s a release strategy that’s really smart, and what Disney+ does also — to try and make sure they maximize their content and extend those audiences over time,” he said.

Fuhrer said the “Wheel of Time” audience skews a bit older than the average streaming audience, which he said is a good thing.

“That’s where the growth of streaming is really coming from: older audiences,” he said.

Indeed, the series skews male viewers and has the highest concentration of 50- to 64-year-olds of any title on the chart measured by Nielsen.

“It’s rare that these titles skew male, with only Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and ‘Narcos: Mexico’ above it,” Fuhrer said.

Meanwhile, the second season debut of “Tiger King” didn’t generate the buzz and viewership season one did during the pandemic. Season two bowed at No. 6 with 685 million minutes across 13 episodes.

Separately, Disney+ tracked six of the top 10 streamed movies during the week, an important statistic for the high-profile Netflix challenger.

“It’s not just that Disney has the titles, it’s that they are attracting different audiences,” Fuhrer said.

*Squid game includes viewing to English and Korean versions.
Source: Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings (Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu, Netflix and Apple TV+), Nielsen National TV Panel, U.S. Viewing through Television.

 

 

‘The Unforgivable’ Sandra Bullock Again Rules Netflix Weekly Streaming

Actress Sandra Bullock and Netflix make good chemistry. Bullock’s post-incarceration drama, The Unforgivable, dominated Netflix’s global streaming for a second week with 74.4 million hours viewed through Dec. 19. The movie easily topped Back to the Outback and A California Christmas: City Lights with 38.9 million hours and 22.8 million hours, respectively.

The Unforgivable ranked in the Top 10 in 94 countries, while Back to the Outback ranked in 92 countries and California Christmas rated in 73 countries. Longtime chart polesitter Red Notice remains ranked in the Top 10 in 76 countries.

Indeed, the actioner starring Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds and Dwayne Johnson, remains Netflix’s all-time top-performing movie after 28 days with 364 million hours — besting the previous chart topper, Bullock’s 2018 post-apocalyptic horror film, Bird Box, with 282 million hours after 28 days.

Rounding out Netflix’s Top 10 streamed movies after 28 days of release was Extraction with 231.3 million hours viewed; The Irishman with 214.5 million; The Kissing Booth 2 (209.2 million); Six Underground (205.4 million); Spencer Confidential (197.3 million); Enola Holmes (189.9 million); Army of the Dead (186.5 million); and The Old Guard (185.7 million).

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Other top-streaming movies in Netflix territories include catalog releases Spider-Man: Homecoming (9.3 million hours) in 49 countries; John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (8.7 million hours) in 20 countries; The Christmas Chronicles (8.4 million) in 14 countries; The Christmas Chronicles 2 (7.8 million); and A Boy Called Christmas with 7.2 million hours in 22 countries.

Among TV shows, season two of “The Witcher” dominates streaming with 142.4 million hours streamed for the Dec. 13-19 period. The tally is almost three times the 49 million hours streamed for season one.

 

‘Wonder Woman 1984,’ ‘The Little Things’ Repeat Atop Vudu, FandangoNow Charts

Warner had another big week on the Vudu and FandangoNow charts. The studio’s Wonder Woman 1984 again took the top spot on the Vudu chart and its The Little Things repeated atop the FandangoNow chart for the week ended March 28.

Both are transactional VOD services owned by Fandango.

The DC comic-based Wonder Woman 1984, starring Gal Gadot, became available for digital purchase March 16 following its PVOD rental run. It also came in at No. 4 on the FandangoNow chart.

The Little Things, available via premium VOD rental starting March 19, is a psychological thriller starring Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto. It follows a Kern County deputy sheriff (Washington), who is sent to Los Angeles for a quick evidence-gathering assignment, but instead becomes embroiled in the search for a killer who is terrorizing the city. The titled landed at No. 4 on the Vudu chart.

Coming in at No. 2 on the Vudu chart was Disney/Pixar’s Oscar-nominated animated film Soul. Featuring the voices of Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey, the film (No. 9 on FandangoNow) became available for digital purchase March 23.

Taking the bronze on the Vudu chart was Monster Hunter, based on the video game franchise. The film stars Milla Jovovich as Capt. Artemis, whose unit is caught in a sandstorm that transports them to a world ruled by dangerous and powerful monsters. The film came in at No. 6 on the FandangoNow chart.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run — available as a premium VOD rental March 4 (and also to Paramount+ streaming subscribers) — took the silver on the FandangoNow chart (No. 6 on Vudu). In the CGI-animated adventure with live action elements, SpongeBob’s beloved pet snail Gary goes missing in a plot hatched by Plankton to get the Krabby Patty recipe, and he and his friend Patrick head to the Lost City of Atlantic City to retrieve him. It features appearances by Keanu Reeves and Snoop Dogg, among others.

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Universal’s Oscar-nominated News of the World, which came out for digital purchase March 9, took the bronze on the FandangoNow chart (No. 5 on Vudu). The film stars Tom Hanks as former Army captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, who moves from town to town sharing the news from the far reaches of the globe. He is tasked with transporting a 10-year-old girl (Helena Zengel) taken in by the Kiowa people back to her family.

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Vudu’s top 10 titles for the week ended March 28, in terms of revenue, were:

  1. Wonder Woman 1984
  2. Soul
  3. Monster Hunter
  4. The Little Things
  5. News of the World
  6. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
  7. The Croods: A New Age
  8. Greenland
  9. The Vault
  10. SAS: Red Notice

 

FandangoNow’s top 10 titles for the week ended March 28, in terms of revenue, were:

  1. The Little Things
  2. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
  3. News of the World
  4. Wonder Woman 1984
  5. Boogie
  6. Monster Hunter
  7. The Father
  8. The Croods: A New Age
  9. Soul
  10. The Vault

‘SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run’ Tops Vudu, FandangoNow Charts

Paramount’s animated The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run topped both the Vudu and FandangoNow charts the week ended March 7.

Both are transactional VOD services owned by Fandango.

Available as a premium VOD rental March 4 (and also to Paramount+ streaming subscribers), Sponge on the Run is a CGI-animated adventure with live action elements. In the film, SpongeBob’s beloved pet snail Gary goes missing in a plot hatched by Plankton to get the Krabby Patty recipe, and he and his friend Patrick head to the Lost City of Atlantic City to retrieve him. It features appearances by Keanu Reeves and Snoop Dogg, among others.

Available for early digital purchase Feb. 16, Monster Hunter, based on the video game franchise, dropped to No. 2 on both charts. It stars Milla Jovovich as Capt. Artemis, whose unit is caught in a sandstorm that transports them to a world ruled by dangerous and powerful monsters. As they fight to survive, they encounter the mysterious Hunter (Tony Jaa), whose unique skills allow him to stay one step ahead of the powerful creatures.

The Universal/DreamWorks animated sequel The Croods: A New Age took the bronze on both charts. It’s a followup to 2013’s The Croods that finds the prehistoric family facing a new challenge when they encounter a walled-in paradise created by the sophisticated Betterman family. As they try to coexist, the differences between the two families escalate into a full-blown feud, until a new threat forces them to work together. The voice cast includes Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Nicolas Cage, Peter Dinklage, Kelly Marie Tran and Leslie Mann.

Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman 1984, which was released Feb. 12 as a 48-hour PVOD rental after debuting on WarnerMedia’s SVOD service HBO Max, took the No. 4 spot on the Vudu chart (No. 5 on Vudu). A sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman, the follow-up reunites director Patty Jenkins with star Gal Gadot and moves the setting from World War I to 1980s America, where the DC Comics heroine confronts the challenges of the Cold War.

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STX Films’ The Mauritanian, which recently earned Jodie Foster a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress, entered the FandangoNow chart at No. 4 (No. 9 on the Vudu chart). It debuted as a premium VOD rental March 2. Based on the book Guantanamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, it’s the true story of Slahi’s fight for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.

Lionsgate’s horror reboot Wrong Turn, available for digital purchase Feb. 23, came in at No. 5 on the Vudu chart (No. 8 on the FandangoNow chart). It follows a group of friends who set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course — and cross into land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life.

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Vudu’s top 10 titles for the week ended March 7, in terms of revenue, were:

  1. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
  2. Monster Hunter
  3. The Croods: A New Age
  4. Wonder Woman 1984
  5. Wrong Turn
  6. Greenland
  7. Promising Young Woman
  8. Land
  9. The Mauritanian
  10. Willy’s Wonderland

 

FandangoNow’s top 10 titles for the week ended March 7, in terms of revenue, were:

  1. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
  2. Monster Hunter
  3. The Croods: A New Age   
  4. The Mauritanian
  5. Wonder Woman 1984
  6.  Girl in the Basement
  7. Land
  8. Wrong Turn
  9. Vanguard
  10.  Minari