Netflix Weekly Top Ten Report (1/6 - 1/12)

Netflix has released the lists of their top performing films and television series from January 6th to January 12th.

On the US charts, the Minions rule, as Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2 take the top two spots. Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter One continues to perform very well. It repeats in the fourth position.

Here’s the breakdown from Netflix:

For the third week in a row, Squid Game is dominating the Top 10 charts and is the most watched title of the week with 26.3 million views, reaching the Top 10 in all countries. The season has amassed 152.5 million views since its premiere on Dec. 26, making it our third most-watched season on Netflix ever alongside Squid Game Season 1 and Wednesday. Not to be outdone, Squid Game Season 1 also logged another week on the Non-English TV charts, sitting at No. 3 with 8.7 million views. On the App Store charts, video game Squid Game: Unleashed continued to climb, ascending to the No. 1 spot in 107 countries.

Fans of Harlan Coben’s latest mystery-thriller, Missing You, didn’t miss an opportunity to keep the series in the No. 1 spot on the English TV List, with 15.2 million views and hitting the Top 10 in 87 countries. Plus, the airport-set thriller Carry-On, starring Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman, logged even more frequent flier miles in its No. 2 spot on the English Films List, racking up another 7.2 million views. Tyler Perry’s fifth film for Netflix, The Six Triple Eight, enlisted for another week in the Top 10 (No. 9, 4 million views). Through its first four weeks, The Six Triple Eight has become the most viewed Perry film to date.

American Primeval — the historical drama based on real-life events during the 1857 Utah War — arrived at the No. 2 spot with 10.4 million views. The Western was followed on the Top 10 list by chants of “Jer-ry! Jer-ry! Jer-ry!” with the two-part documentary series Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action coming in at No. 3 with 7.7 million views, while the debut of WWE Raw came in from the top rope to land at No. 4 with 5.9 million views. Plus, Gabriel Iglesias’ new stand-up special, Gabriel Iglesias: Legend of Fluffy, debuted at No. 7 (2.9 million views).

Meanwhile, Virgin River Season 6 landed at No. 6 (3.1 million views), Black Doves stood firm at No. 8 (2.8 million views), and viewers continued getting up to speed on Season 1 of The Night Agent (No. 10, 2.3 million views).

And it was a family affair on the English Films List this week. The Golden Globe-nominated Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl found its way to No. 6 (4.6 million views). The film was in good company, with The Secret Life of Pets 2 taking the No. 1 spot (15 million views), and its predecessor, The Secret Life of Pets, landing at No. 4 (6.2 million views). Also on the English Films List were Despicable Me 2 (No. 5, 4.9 million views) and Despicable Me (No. 7, 4.4 million views), along with Sonic the Hedgehog (No. 10, 3.6 million views).

In the world of Non-English TV, Korean series reigned supreme. Along with both seasons of Squid Game, the drama When the Phone Rings dialed into No. 7 (2.9 million views), and the romance When the Stars Gossip landed at No. 8 (2.4 million views).

And in other film news, the French thriller Ad Vitam debuted at No. 1 on the non-English Films List (17.1 million views), the Italian comedy The Love Scam took the No. 2 spot (7.2 million views), and with Norway’s Number 24 taking No. 3 (6.4 million views).

Here’s a look at the top ten English-language films in the US between January 6th and January 12: