KPOP Demon Hunters and The Waterfront – Footage: Netflix
Welcome again to a different prime 10 report the place we glance deeper into the weekly prime 10 numbers that Netflix releases and work out whether or not exhibits and flicks are underperforming, overperforming, or someplace within the center. This week, we’ll check out debuts for KPOP Demon Hunters, season 1 of The Waterfront, in addition to check-ins with two renewals we simply obtained yesterday, plus how nicely Ginny & Georgia season 3 is performing, too.
Notice: On this report of Netflix’s hours seen from June sixteenth, 2025 to June twenty second, 2025, we’ll use “Full Viewings Equal,” or CVE, expressed in thousands and thousands. Meaning we divide the hours seen introduced by Netflix by the runtime of movies or sequence. It permits for higher comparisons between movies and sequence, however it’s not an viewers metric. It’s the minimal variety of viewings in the event that they had been all full from the primary second to the final of the movie or season.
1. KPop Demon Hunters
How massive is Okay-pop globally? It’s exhausting to inform, and when you’d requested me how massive the launch of the brand new animated Sony/Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters can be, I’d have mentioned “very massive”. There was appreciable circumstantial proof to assist this, with the movie’s songs showing in numerous music streaming charts and the movie performing very nicely within the every day High 10 worldwide. However the numbers are in, and its launch is simply common, with 9.2M CVEs in its first 3 days — solely barely higher than Spellbound, one among 2024’s flops. It’s additionally nicely beneath the earlier Sony/Netflix animated movie, Vivo.
Nonetheless, there are causes to be looking forward to the approaching weeks, because the viewers reception of the movie has been very optimistic, and animated movies have a tendency to have higher legs over time.
2. Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem
We’re going to have a enjoyable little summer time competitors to comply with within the charts over the approaching weeks: the efficiency of the Trainwreck sequence of documentaries. Final week’s entry, Mayor of Mayhem, is already doing higher than The Astroworld Tragedy with 6.4M CVEs over its first 6 days.
This being mentioned, we already know which one goes to win ultimately: the one which dropped yesterday, titled Poop Cruise (sure, the poop cruise — fairly this system). My wildest dream is to have Trainwreck: Poop Cruise crash the all-time High 10; let’s hope the web does its factor.
3. Semi-Soeter is a full hit (for South Africa)
The South African movie Semi-Soeter, within the Afrikaans language, is a sequel to a profitable native hit. With 3.6M CVEs in its first 3 days, it marks the most effective launch ever for a South African non-English-language movie.
4. Netflix renews Ransom Canyon and Guess.
Yesterday, Netflix additionally renewed two new 2025 US sequence: Guess and Ransom Canyon. At first look, each renewals appear fairly beneficiant, particularly Guess, which I had predicted can be outright canceled based mostly on its launch. After 18 days, its numbers haven’t actually improved, and several other components past viewership might clarify the renewal: a presumably low finances, a powerful completion charge, the truth that it was probably commissioned for 2 seasons from the beginning, Netflix feeling charitable or one exec at Netflix daring one other one to resume it in essentially the most twisted sport of dares doable.
For Ransom Canyon, the renewal is a little more logical, although the sequence was nonetheless treading in considerably unsure waters. As for the brand new U.S. Netflix sequence from 2025, solely The Residence and Pulse have but to obtain an official determination. All of the others have been renewed. 6 out of 8, not dangerous!
5. The Waterfront
Will The Waterfront be renewed for a second season? Based mostly on at this time’s renewals information, which, fairly frankly, lowered the edge for renewals and the sequence’ first 4-day launch, it’s actually off to a superb begin, with a powerful debut of 8.3M CVEs that places it in a good place. Now it’s as much as the present to remain there within the coming weeks!
6. Olympo
Olympo aimed to be the brand new Elite popping out of Spain, however at launch, it’s struggling to reside as much as its illustrious predecessor in its earlier seasons, with simply 3.2 million CVEs in its first three days. That may be sufficient for a cautious renewal for a second season, however it’s not out of the woods but.
7. Ginny & Georgia Viewership Watch
Season 3 of Ginny & Georgia continues its robust run, and after 14 days, the drop in viewership in comparison with Season 2 stays minimal. The truth is, in that interval, Season 3 has already surpassed the 28-day viewership complete of Season 1.
8. America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
The documentary sequence in regards to the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders returned for a second season, and it’s off to a really robust begin — outperforming its first season with 3.3M CVEs over its first 5 days.
9. The Nice Indian Kapil Present
Over in India, the weekly reside present The Nice Indian Kapil Present is making a powerful comeback for its third season, with viewership up in comparison with the earlier season’s launch.
That’s all for this week. Be happy to tell us what you assume within the feedback beneath.