Leo makes biggest debut for Netflix animated film
November 29, 2023
Leo, the new animated film from star, co-writer and producer Adam Sandler, debuted at the top of Netflix’s English Films List in the week commencing November 20th. It racked up 34.6 million views in its first six days, making it the most viewed title of the week and the biggest debut for a Netflix animated film. David Fincher’s The Killer kept on target in its third week on the English Films List, coming in at #3 with 8.8 million views. Elsewhere, Christmas came early with Best.Christmas.Ever! landing in second place (13.3 million views), The Christmas Chronicles in seventh (3.4 million views) and Falling for Christmas in tenth (2.7 million views).
Game show Squid Game: The Challenge debuted atop the English TV List with 20.1 million views. Fans wanted even more Squid Game, sending the series back to the Non-English list at #6 with 1.6 million views. Part 1 of the sixth and final season of The Crown took the second spot on the English TV List with 8.8 million views. The final episodes will premiere on Netflix on December 14th. Shawn Levy’s limited series All The Light We Cannot See spent its fourth week on the list, coming in at #4 with 3.3 million views. New list entrants includedanime series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, which landed in seventh place (2 million views), and the stand-up special Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool, which came in tenth (1.6 million views).
Limited series A Nearly Normal Family (Sweden) claimed the #1 spot on the Non-English TV List in its debut week with 6.4 million views. Romantic comedy My Demon took fourth place in its first week on the list with 3 million views. German limited series Dear Child moved up to the ninth spot on the Most Popular Non-English TV List.
The Turkish romance Last Call for Istanbul took first place on the the Non-English Films List with 10.7 million views in its debut week. Also making their list debuts were the documentary Ilary Blasi: The One and Only (Italy) at #6 (1.9 million views), the drama Elena Knows (Argentina) at #9 (1.6 million views) and sports drama The Queenstown Kings (South Africa) at #10 (1.6 million views).