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Netflix updates its Top 10 stats page every Tuesday with 40 new hourly numbers for the top movies and shows over the past seven days. Below, we’ll not only retype Netflix’s top 10 press releases, but also show you how well the titles are doing in comparison. This week has been a busy week for new releases, but sadly some major failures and disappointments made the headlines of the week.
Note: This report on Netflix viewing hours from November 18, 2024 to November 24, 2024 uses “Complete View Equivalents” (CVE), expressed in millions. In other words, divide the viewing time announced by Netflix by the running time of the movie or series. This allows you to better compare movies and series, but it is not an indicator of audience. Minimum number of views from the first two seconds to the end of a movie or season.
1. A busy week of failures.
In a week where many Netflix original shows and movies were released, some were left out in the cold, like Academy Award nominees piano lessons or a British audience pleaser joycompletely missing out on the weekly top 10 in the film category. On the TV side, the new season of the American talent show rhythm + flow made no impact, missing the top ten even on the release of the first batch of episodes. These were not included in the top 10 list at all, so there is no graph as a result.
2. cheerful gentlemen
Does the law of diminishing returns apply to Christmas movies? This week’s new release is “The Merry Gentlemen,” and you might think so, since it started off with a notable drop compared to Christmas movies released since early November. With just 14.7 million CVE in five days, it’s a weaker start than Hot Frosty, which was released last week and already had a slower debut than Meet Me Next Christmas, released the week before. But that should change next week when Lindsay Lohan’s movie opens. our little secret.
3. inner man
Test your predictive model with a new (and awesome) series inner manwhich debuted with 6.9 million CVE in the first four days. It’s not a slam dunk. Still, given such a start, a relatively low budget, and its excellent critical and audience reception (currently 7.8/10 on IMDb), this series has everything to be on par with Netflix. That should be enough to secure a second season renewal. Murder inside the building only.
4. Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
As expected, the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson boxing match has fallen apart spectacularly in its second week, with views watched by -96% from days 3 to 9 compared to the first two days of release. decreased. I still don’t understand Netflix’s foray into this space, especially for a platform that prides itself on evaluating the return on investment in programming over the long tail of viewing time. Live sports are the exact opposite. Expensive events work well when broadcast (when the technology lasts), but they don’t have a lifespan and fade away much faster than any fiction or documentary content.
Maybe it’s just the whim of a billionaire who doesn’t know what to do with his billions of dollars, or maybe it’s a way to outsmart competitors or sell advertising. However, as far as ratings are concerned, we are already certain that they will not appear in the engagement report for the first half of 2025.
5. GTMAX
French film GTMAX isn’t off to a strong start, earning just 10.8 million CVE in the first five days. This is a release that sits in the B-tier group, far from the success of genres like Wingwomen and Family Pack. Maybe there was too much competition considering last week’s lineup.
6. spellbound It lacks magic.
anime movie spellbound Skydance’s production was originally scheduled for Apple TV+, but due to exclusivity changes, it was moved to Netflix for release. Its debut was pretty underwhelming with just 8.5 million CVEs in three days. It’s weaker than that spongebob movie or orion and darkness It was released earlier this year. We’ll see if it holds steady during the holiday season, but British animated films that christmas It’s only a few days away, so your progress may be interrupted.
7. Buy now!
There’s nothing like a documentary about the dangers and pitfalls of shopping that comes out the week before Thanksgiving and Black Friday. The audience seems to be showing up as buy now! shopping conspiracy Earned 7.1 million CVEs in 5 days. This is easily the best non-true crime documentary release of the year. The video is trending on TikTok and elsewhere, so we can see it maintaining its viewership into the second week.
8. our sea
Netflix seems to be running out of new territory to explore with nature documentary series. The latest ocean-focused work (aptly titled our sea) had a very slow start for the nature doc series, with just 2.1 million CVEs in the first five days.
9. helicopter robbery
Robberies are happening everywhere and at any time. It was probably scrawled somewhere in Ted Sarandos’ notebook a few weeks after the Spanish series. bench under siegeSwedish series helicopter robbery dropped in almost the same release, earning 2.8 million CVE in three days. Good, but not money robbery-good.
10. Empress Season 2 vs Season 1
German event series “The Empress” returns for Season 2. Let’s be clear right off the bat: viewership will be down compared to season one. A shaky start with just 4.4 million CVEs in three days. We’ll have to see in the coming weeks whether this decline continues or if season 2 manages to regain traction.
That’s it for this week. Let us know what you think in the comments section below.
