Wednesday has once again proven it is a force to be reckoned with upon its return to Netflix.
Viewers eagerly tuned in for the first part of Season 2, which launched with four episodes on August 6, raking in 50M views in just four days. That’s the second highest weekly total ever for a Netflix series, behind only its predecessor, Wednesday Season 1.
At the time that Season 1 debuted, Netflix still reported its weekly viewing totals in terms of hours watched, of which Wednesday managed 341M in its first week on the streamer. That’s roughly 56M hours viewed. Speaking of, the first season accompanied the new installment atop Netflix’s weekly English TV rankings, coming in second place with 8.6M views from August 4 to 10 as audiences refreshed their memories ahead of the latest episodes.
The Wednesday mania pushed the previous Top 10 leader Untamed down to third place with 7.2M views. The Hunting Wives moved down to fourth with 4.7M.
WWE’s Monday night RAW saw a slight uptick from its usual viewership last week, putting up 3M views to come in fifth place.
Over on the film side of things My Oxford Year, starring Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest, was No. 1 with 27.2M views.
The global phenom Kpop Demon Hunters kept up its impressive run with another 25.9M views, boosting it to No. 2 on Netflix’s most popular film list. It has quite a ways to go before it could breach the top spot, currently held by Red Notice with 230.9M views. But, with 184.6M views already under its belt, Kpop Demon Hunters certainly has the potential to do so in the 38 or so days left in its premiere window.
Netflix also just announced a small “sing along” theatrical release for the film, which is no surprise considering its single “Golden” is dominating the Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. 1. Huntrix, the fictional Kpop girl group at the center of the story, is the first Kpop group to ever accomplish that feat, believe it or not.
Adam Sandler is also still generating laughs with Happy Gilmore 2. The sequel took home another 14.7M views last week, good enough for third place.
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