Probably the most-watched film on Netflix in the USA final week, in line with Netflix’s personal web site, was We Have a Ghost, the brand new horror comedy starring David Harbour and Anthony Mackie. The remainder of the present home High 10 listing for the streaming service is a combination of Netflix originals, like The Strays and You Individuals, and licensed titles like 47 Meters Down: Uncaged and 2 Weapons.
One licensed title on the listing was particularly shocking: Sing 2, the animated musical sequel a few bunch of singing animals. Not as a result of the movie wasn’t well-liked or something like that; Sing 2 was fairly profitable in theaters, incomes over $400 million worldwide and turning into 2021’s top-grossing animated function.
However that’s why it’s shocking. The film got here out in theaters in 2021, after which it popped up on Netflix all the best way again in June of 2022. And week after week, it has remained among the many most-watched movies on the service whilst dozens of different issues have come and gone. This week, it’s the ninth most-watched title on Netflix within the U.S. in its twenty sixth week on the Netflix High 10.
Now to be clear, that’s not 26 consecutive weeks; Sing 2 has dropped off the listing right here or there. When it invariably pops again up, Netflix provides one other week to its whole. And 26 whole weeks is far longer than some other movie has ever spent on the Netflix High 10, a minimum of way back to Netflix’s revealed charts from the summer season of 2021. Since then just one different movie has appeared on the listing greater than 10 occasions — and that’s Despicable Me 2, which has spent a complete of 13 weeks within the Netflix High 10, and final appeared there in late October. (That was again when Sing 2 had solely appeared on the listing a measly 17 occasions.) In different phrases, Sing 2 just isn’t solely the record-holder right here, it’s greater than doubled the #2 movie.
No different Netlfix film — authentic or licensed — charges with these numbers, not even sizable hits like Glass Onion, which appeared on the listing for seven weeks earlier than dropping off again in early February. (The Grey Man, one other star-studded Netflix blockbuster, vanished after six weeks again in August 2022.)
So what explains Sing 2’s exceptional endurance on Netflix? My guess is it comes right down to demographics and viewing habits. Whereas grownup Netflix subscribers may watch the massive new movie on the service like Glass Onion or The Grey Man after which transfer on to the subsequent factor that pops up, youngsters are inclined to discover a film they love and watch it over and over. (Take it from me, the person who has seen the 2 Frozen movies roughly 300 occasions on Disney+ with my daughters.) In truth, the one Netflix authentic I may discover on all of those charts with 9 whole weeks was Vivo, one other animated musical for households.
The one query is, what number of weeks will Sing 2 keep on the listing? Sing 2 is owned by Common, so at a sure level, Netflix’s license to stream it may expire. And on that day, the mother and father of the world will probably breathe a heavy sigh of reduction.
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