Netflix Releases Top-10 List of Its Most-Watched Original Movies

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What are Netflix’s most popular originals, and how many people are actually watching them? That’s always been somewhat of a mystery, but the world’s most successful streamer (via Deadline) has finally released its top-10 list of exclusive films, based on viewer count. You can check out the full list below, but Netflix’s best investment was Extraction – an action-heavy thriller starring Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth. It managed to capture an incredible 99 million viewers.

Bird Box is No. 2 on the list, which was first reported by Bloomberg, with 89 million viewers,” added Deadline. “The No. 3 and No. 4 titles, respectively, are Peter Berg-directed Spenser Confidential, starring Mark Wahlberg, and Michael Bay’s 6 Underground, whose cast was headed by Ryan Reynolds.”

We’re not sure how many Netflix subscribers actually watched these films from beginning to end, however. That’s because – and this is really funny – Netflix counts anyone who watches something for at least two minutes as an official viewer. Say what?

Here’s the full list:

  • Extraction 99M
  • Bird Box 89M
  • Spenser Confidential 85M
  • 6 Underground 83M
  • Murder Mystery 73M
  • The Irishman 64M
  • Triple Frontier 63M
  • The Wrong Missy 59M
  • The Platform 56M
  • The Perfect Date 48M
Tsing Mui
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