Netflix’s 10 most popular original movies revealed – Chris Hemsworth in Extraction to Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler romcom Murder Mystery
From Bird Box to Martin Scorsese's The Irishman and Mark Wahlberg in Spenser Confidential – how many of Netflix’s top 10 most popular original movies of all time have you got to the end of?
Listen up, screen-hungry lockdown viewers – Netflix has revealed its most popular original movies ever.
The list, provided to Bloomberg, included the action film Extraction starring Chris Hemsworth, the thriller Bird Box starring Sandra Bullock, and Martin Scorsese's Oscar epic contender The Irishman.
Netflix then announced that its new comic-book action film The Old Guard would join the list after debuting on July 10. Netflix said it was projecting that the film would be watched by 72 million households in its first four weeks, which would place it in the top 10 and push out The Perfect Date.
Netflix has lifted the curtain on viewership numbers in recent years on some of its biggest hits, but never indicates whether an original film has performed poorly. It also introduced daily top 10 lists of its most popular movies and TV shows earlier this year. This is the first time the streaming giant has offered its own list of its most popular movies of all time, though.
Netflix counts a view if an account watches at least two minutes of a film or TV series, which is how it calculated this list and its daily lists. The list of biggest movies ever is based on viewership within the first four weeks.
After Extraction debuted in April, Netflix said it was pacing to be its biggest film premiere of all time. It looks like it lived up to expectations – as this list proves. The burning question remains still unanswered – how many people actually made it to the end of The Irishman?
10. The Platform (2020) – 56 million
Description: “In a prison where inmates on high floors eat better than those below, who get the scant scraps, one man tries to effect change so everyone gets enough.”
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 83 per cent
What critics said: “If you can stomach it, The Platform is a funny and fierce farce with its eyes on race, class and the ways people can rise up for the betterment of all by working together.” – Detroit News
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9. The Wrong Missy (2020) – 59 million