Saving Bikini Bottom at Netflix #1
August 7, 2024
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, the animated film set in the iconic world of SpongeBob SquarePants, shored up 12.8 million views in the week commencing July 29th to land atop Netflix’s English Films List and was the most-watched title of the week. Find Me Falling, the romantic comedy starring Harry Connick Jr, claimed #5 on the English Films List with 5.6 million views. Elsewhere, families gathered to watch kids animation, which took three spots on the list: Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie at #2 (7 million views), Trolls Band Together at #4 (5.9 million views) and The Bad Guys at #8 (4.2 million views).
The adaptation of Holly Jackson’s best selling series, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, cracked the case and first place on the English TV List with 7.4 million views. The latest Netflix live stand-up special, Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats, claimed #7 on the English TV List with 2.5 million views after its debut on August 3rd. The prolific podcaster and alien enthusiast returned to stand-up with his first special in six years. He has two previous specials on Netflix: Joe Rogan: Strange Times and Joe Rogan: Triggered. Part 1 of Cobra Kai’s sixth and final season claimed #2 on the list with 4.1 million views. Docuseries took three spots on the list; Fresh off of adding to her medal count, the most-decorated US gymnast in Olympic history flipped up to #3 (3.8 million views) with Simone Biles Rising; Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam took #4 (3.5 million views); and Volume 4 of Unsolved Mysteries entered the list at #5 (3.1 million views). Season 6 of the reality dating competition series Too Hot To Handle moved into #6 (2.7 million views). List holdovers included the satire of class war in plague times, The Decameron, at #8 (2.1 million views), Season 3 of period drama Vikings: Valhalla at #9 (1.9 million views), and superhero series Supacell at #10 (1.4 million views).
Comedy thriller Non-Negotiable (Mexico) held on to the #1 spot on the Non-English Films List with 8 million views. The mystery thriller Borderless Fog (Indonesia) debuted at #3 with 3.7 million views. Continuing its monster run was the shark thriller Under Paris, which claimed #7 in its ninth week on the list with 1.7 million views.
The eighth and final season of teen crime drama Elite (Spain) moved into the top spot on the Non-English TV List, clocking 3.9 million views. New list entrants included Season 2 of the action fun thriller Kleo (Germany) in eighth place (1.1 million views), and reality dating competition series Love is Blind: Mexico in tenth (0.8 million views). Korean titles took two spots on the list: limited series Miss Night and Day came in at #4 (1.8 million views) and Season 3 of horror series Sweet Home landed at #7 (1.3 million views).