Monsters holds on to Netflix #1
October 2, 2024
Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s true-crime drama Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story held strong at #1 on Netflix’s English TV List with 19.5 million views in the week commencing September 23rd, ranking in the Top 10 in 89 countries and was the most watched title of the week. The second installment of the Monster anthology series tracks the sensational case through the differing perspectives of the prosecution, the defense and the public.
A new rom-com starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This, debuted at #2 on the English TV List with 10.3 million views. Elsewhere on the list, Susanne Bier’s limited series The Perfect Couple, starring Nicole Kidman, danced into #3 (6 million views), Season 4 of Emily in Paris, starring iconic duo Lily Collins, took#5 (4.2 million views) and Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval, the final comedy special from the comedian, debuted at #9 (2.4 million views). Seasons 1, 2 and 3 of Prison Break all made appearances on the list for the third week in a row.
The culinary competition series Culinary Class Wars (Korea) won the battle for #1 on the Non-English TV List for the second week in a row with 4.9 million views. Korean series took two more spots on the list: Season 2 of Gyeongseong Creature starring Park Seo-jun and Han So-hee entered the list at #2 (3.1 million views), and limited series Love Next Door claimed #4 (2.7 million views).
New documentaries took three spots across the lists this week. Jailbreak: Love on the Run came in third on the English Films List (7.6 million views), the docuseries Mr McMahon, about the former WWE CEO, took fourth on the English TV List (4.9 million views) and An Invisible Victim: The Eliza Samudio Case placed fourth on the Non-English Films List (4.3 million views).
Jeremy Saulnier’s action-thriller Rebel Ridge, starring breakout Aaron Pierre, reclaimed the top spot on the English Films List with 8.9 million views. Uglies, the adaption of the best-selling YA dystopian novel starring Joey King, flew into second place with 8.7 million views.
On the Non-English Films List, the action-comedy Officer Black Belt (Korea) held first place with 5.1 million views and the gritty thriller Bangkok Breaking: Heaven and Hell (Thailand) entered the list in second (5 million views).