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One Piece remains at Netflix #1

One Piece remained #1 on Netflix’s English TV list with 19.3 million views as the most viewed title in the week commencing September 4th. The live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s best-selling manga now has 37.8 million views in less than two weeks since its release. Netflix viewers cozied up to the return of Virgin River […]

September 13, 2023

One Piece sales to Netflix #1

One Piece went straight to the top of Netflix’s English TV List, pulling in 18.5 million views in just four days of release. The series reached the Top 10 in 93 countries, and debuted at #1 in 46 after being released on August 31st. Based on Japan’s highest-selling manga series in history, which has sold […]

September 6, 2023

The Monkey King at Netflix #1

Animated film The Monkey King climbed to the top of Netflix’s English Films list in its second week of release, bringing in 14.4 million views in the week commencing August 21st and reaching #1 in 93 countries. The Gal Gadot and Jame Dornan action-thriller Heart of Stone took second place with 13.6 million views, bringing […]

August 30, 2023

Murder Mystery 2 holds on to Netflix #1

Murder Mystery 2, starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, held on to the Netflix #1 English film spot with 59.84 milion hours viewed in the week commencing April 3rd. The comedy now has nearly 82 milion views since it premiered on March 31st (124.26 milion hours viewed divided by 1.52 runtime hours) and has taken […]

April 12, 2023

Murder Mystery 2 debuts at Netflix #1

Murder Mystery 2 debuted in the #1 spot on Netflix’s English Films List with 64.42 million hours in the week commencing March 27th. Starring Adam Sandler – who has continuously proved to be a major draw for Netflix –  and Jennifer Aniston, this marks the second biggest opening weekend for a comedy film on Netflix […]

April 5, 2023By Nik Roseveare

The Good Nurse debuts at Netflix #1

Based on true events, The Good Nurse debuted atop Netflix’s English Films List with 68.31 million hours viewed in the week beginning October 24th. Starring Academy Award winners Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne , the thriller was in the Top 10 in 93 countries. Fantasy fairytale, The School for Good and Evil, landed in the […]

November 2, 2022

Stranger Things 4 returns to Netflix #1

New episodes of Stranger Things Season 4 made the sci-fi series the most viewed Netflix title for the week commencing June 27th – appearing in the Top 10 in 93 countries. The series holds the #1 spot on the Most Popular English TV List with 1.15 billion hours viewed. Additionally, Seasons 1-3 of Stranger Things […]

July 6, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Stranger Things, Hustle hold on to Netflix top spots

The NBA season may be over, but Hustle, the inspirational basketball drama, stayed atop the Netflix English Films List for a second week with 57.19 million hours viewed in the week commencing June 13th. As Adam Sandler’s highest rated film on Rotten Tomatoes, Hustle continued to receive praise from press and fans alike and made […]

June 22, 2022

Sandler’s Hustle debuts at #1 on Netflix

Adam Sandler’s Hustle movie debuted on Netflix’s English Films list at #1 with 84.58 million hours viewed for the week beginning June 6th. The inspirational story, directed by Jeremiah Zagar, took viewers into the world of NBA scouting with a wealth of cameos from NBA athletes and legends. Starring Sandler, Queen Latifah, Juancho Hernangómez and […]

June 15, 2022

Sky Studios: “We don’t need exclusive talent”

Senior executives at Sky Studios, the production arm of the Comcast-owned broadcaster, have refuted suggestions that Sky is at a disadvantage compared with recent SVoD and D2C market entrants such as Apple and Disney in attracting exclusive on-and off-screen talent, and instead can benefit from its status as a platform and content provider to work […]

July 23, 2020By Colin Mann