Second week for Saving Bikini Bottom at Netflix #1
August 14, 2024
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie remained at #1 on Netflix’s English Films List for a second week, with the film, produced by Nickelodeon Animation, racking up 13.4 million views in the week commencing August 5th.
The adaptation of Holly Jackson’s best-selling series, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, starring Wednesday’s Emma Myers, solved the mysterious death of Andie Bell and took #1 on the English TV List with 8.4 million views. Meanwhile, the students of the eighth and final season of Elite (Spain) uncovered the identity of the secret society, Alumni, and landed at #1 on the Non-English TV List with 1.9 million views.
The highly anticipated fourth and final season of The Umbrella Academy, based on the Dark Horse comic book series, returned to claim the #2 spot on the English TV List with 8.4 million views. And moving up to #6 on the English TV List was Joe Rogan’s latest stand-up special Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats, which premiered live on Netflix on August 10th, with 2.9 million views this week.
In addition to securing four medals at the Olympics, Simone Biles Rising held #3 with 3.7 million views on the English TV List. And the triathletes weren’t the only ones in the Seine as shark thriller Under Paris spent another week on the Non-English Films list at #8 (1.6 million views).
Love is Blind, the hugely popular dating show, has driven millions of hours of viewing since it was initially released in 2020. And the franchise continues to not only rank in Netflix’s Global Top 10, but has also expanded to other countries like Brazil, Japan, Sweden and now the UK and Mexico. Kicking off its inaugural season, Love is Blind: UK entered the English TV List at #4 (3.6 million views) while its counterpart Love is Blind: Mexico on the Non-English TV List moved up the list to claim #7 (1.2 million views). The love fest continued as Season 6 of the reality dating competition series Too Hot To Handle made its way to #9 (1.5 million views) on the English TV List.
Families enjoying the summer holidays helped to drive animated titles into the Top 10. Ferdinand, The Bad Guys, Trolls Band Together and Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie along with preschool series, Gabby’s Dollhouse, were all popular this past week.
Moving on up to claim the #2 spot on the Non-English TV List was the Korean limited series Miss Night and Day with 1.5 million views. Debut dramas took three spots on the list this week including The Influencer (Korea) in fourth (1.3 million views), Shahmaran (Turkey) in fifth (1.2 million views), Romance in the House (Korea) in sixth (1.2 million views) alongside returning anime series Rising Impact (Japan) in ninth (1.1 million views).
Debuting atop the Non-English Films List this week was Korean action-comedy Mission: Cross with 4.5 million views. Chilling thriller Borderless Fog (Indonesia) climbed to #2 with 4.1 million views. List debuts included romantic thriller Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba (India) at #3 (3.7 million views) and emotional drama Lolo and the Kid (Philippines) at #4 (3.5 million views). Comedy thriller Non-Negotiable (Mexico) returned for another week at #9 (1.5 million views).