KPop Demon Hunters isn’t behaving like a Netflix title. Now, in week 7, it’s the first week the movie hasn’t actually gained viewership week over week. That incredible performance has caused a lot of buzz about what’s next for the franchise, but a bigger question remains: can it finally beat Red Notice? It looks possible. Here’s your top 10 report!
Note: In this report of Netflix’s hours viewed from July 28, 2025, to August 3, 2025, we’ll use “Complete Viewings Equivalent,” or CVE, expressed in millions. That means we divide the hours viewed announced by Netflix by the runtime of films or series. It allows for better comparisons between films and series, but it’s not an audience metric. It is the minimum number of viewings if they were all complete from the first second to the last second of the film or season.
As always, let’s get into the weekly stats, noting that this week was the best on record, stretching back to June 13th, 2023, for English Film.
English TV – 40,900,000 views (Rank 77 of 111 weeks)
English Film – 138,900,000 (Rank 1 of 111 weeks)
Non-English TV – 29,600,000 (Rank 44 of 111 weeks)
Non-English Film – 19,100,000 (Rank 105 of 111 weeks)
1. KPop Demon Hunters Hits The All-Time Top 10 – Where Does It Ultimately Land?
KPop Demon Hunters continues to defy gravity this week with a hold on last week of 26.3M views, making it now the fourth most watched Netflix Original English language movie of all time with 158.70M views.
Netflix Cumulative Views Over Time - KPop Demon Hunters, Leo, Damsel, Carry-On and Red Notice (10-week trend)
Week-by-week cumulative views for 5 Netflix titles: KPop Demon Hunters, Leo, Damsel, Carry-On, Red Notice. Combined final total: 854,900,000 views.
Weekly cumulative Netflix views for KPop Demon Hunters, Leo, Damsel, Carry-On and Red Notice over 10 weeks.
Title
Week 0
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Final cumulative
KPop Demon Hunters
0
9,200,000
33,400,000
56,100,000
80,300,000
106,100,000
132,400,000
158,700,000
184,600,000
210,600,000
236,000,000
236,000,000
Leo
0
34,600,000
58,200,000
72,400,000
81,800,000
89,000,000
95,700,000
101,200,000
105,200,000
108,500,000
111,400,000
111,400,000
Damsel
0
35,300,000
86,100,000
105,600,000
115,900,000
120,800,000
123,300,000
—
—
—
—
123,300,000
Carry-On
0
42,000,000
97,100,000
132,000,000
149,400,000
156,600,000
160,200,000
162,900,000
165,000,000
—
—
165,000,000
Red Notice
0
75,600,000
141,200,000
167,000,000
179,900,000
189,100,000
195,600,000
201,800,000
209,200,000
214,800,000
219,200,000
219,200,000
The number 2 position on the Netflix all-time top 10 looks easily attainable, and we should cross into that territory next week, but will it finally topple Red Notice, which will remain untouched at the top spot even after all these years? It’s possible. It’s got around 58.8M views to go, and we’ve 44 days to go. Putting in some projects that assume either a 0% drop decline (truly best case scenario) to a more traditional 20% or even 30% week-over-week decline, and things start looking achievable…
2. Leanne Makes A Low Debut, But Its Episode Count Is To Blame (For Now)
The new Chuck Lorre-produced multicam sitcom Leanne, headlined by Leanne Morgan, debuted last week to just 2.7M views. That’s based on a viewing hours of 14.9M, but because of its unusual 16-episode count, that pushes the views lower (more runtime to divide the hours by). This should play into the show’s advantage in weeks 2-4, with Netflix viewers getting more into the series, but we’re cautiously going to be watching this one in the weeks to come.
Netflix Viewership Comparison - Nobody Wants This - Season 1, Running Point - Season 1, Obliterated, A Man on the Inside - Season 1, No Good Deed and 7 more Netflix titles (1-week analysis)
Cumulative views over 1 weeks for 12 Netflix titles: Nobody Wants This - Season 1, Running Point - Season 1, Obliterated, A Man on the Inside - Season 1, No Good Deed, Tires - Season 1, Bad Thoughts - Season 1, Survival of the Thickest - Season 1, KAOS, Unstable - Season 1, Leanne, Freeridge - Season 1. Combined total: 62,500,000 views.
Netflix cumulative views ranking for Nobody Wants This - Season 1, Running Point - Season 1, Obliterated, A Man on the Inside - Season 1, No Good Deed and 7 more Netflix titles over 1 weeks.
Title
Opening Week Views
Rank
Nobody Wants This - Season 1
10,300,000
1
Running Point - Season 1
9,300,000
2
Obliterated
7,000,000
3
A Man on the Inside - Season 1
6,900,000
4
No Good Deed
6,000,000
5
Tires - Season 1
3,800,000
6
Bad Thoughts - Season 1
3,800,000
7
Survival of the Thickest - Season 1
3,700,000
8
KAOS
3,400,000
9
Unstable - Season 1
3,400,000
10
Leanne
2,700,000
11
Freeridge - Season 1
2,200,000
12
3. Netflix Should Renew The Hunting Wives (Somehow)
One show that’s particularly hard to measure against other shows is The Hunting Wives, given that it was exclusively licensed to Netflix in the US only for one year and without Netflix Original branding. The show has already been sold in international regions, making a renewal for Netflix alone a bit of a messy proposition, given they usually only like funding shows if they’ve got the global rights.
That said, with the show still topping the global charts despite its one region availability and FlixPatrol suggesting the show was only just knocked off the top 10, it’s resonating.
Week in Top 10
Week Period
Hours Viewed
Views / CVE
Weekly Rank
1
July 20th, 2025 to July 27th, 2025
34,600,000 (New)
5,200,000
3
2
July 27th, 2025 to August 3rd, 2025
38,500,000 (+11%)
5,800,000
2
Lionsgate even just issued a press release praising the series debut and touting the Liminate rankings where the series actually topped the charts with 2B minutes viewed. They state that, “Lionsgate pivoted the show to Netflix and put together a viral grassroots marketing campaign to support its launch.”
4. Conversations with a Killer and the final Trainwreck
As we’ve witnessed all Summer, Netflix’s format of producing documentaries under a moniker has been paying dividends. The Joe Berlinger crime docu-series is back after three years to a very disappointing 3.4M views. Even when compared to Berlinger’s other “franchises” such as Cold Case or Crime Scene, the numbers don’t reflect particularly well…
Netflix Viewership Comparison - Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey, Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes, Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders, Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes, Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields and 2 more Netflix titles (1-week analysis)
Cumulative views over 1 weeks for 7 Netflix titles: Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey, Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes, Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders, Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes, Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields, Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer, Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes. Combined total: 66,300,000 views.
Netflix cumulative views ranking for Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey, Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes, Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders, Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes, Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields and 2 more Netflix titles over 1 weeks.
Title
Opening Week Views
Rank
Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey
13,400,000
1
Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes
12,300,000
2
Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders
11,900,000
3
Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes
10,400,000
4
Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields
9,600,000
5
Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer
5,300,000
6
Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes
3,400,000
7
Trainwreck concluded its eight-entry run for the summer last week with its coverage of the viral incident known as Storm Area 51. It debuted to 7M views, which puts it first amongst the middle of the pack with Poopcruise, with a ridiculous 21.1M views, the Trainwreck king.
Netflix Viewership Comparison - Trainwreck: Poop Cruise, Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel, Trainwreck: The Real Project X, Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 and 3 more Netflix titles (1-week analysis)
Cumulative views over 1 weeks for 8 Netflix titles: Trainwreck: Poop Cruise, Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel, Trainwreck: The Real Project X, Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, Trainwreck: Storm Area 51, Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem, Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy, Trainwreck: P.I. Moms. Combined total: 67,700,000 views.
Netflix cumulative views ranking for Trainwreck: Poop Cruise, Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel, Trainwreck: The Real Project X, Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 and 3 more Netflix titles over 1 weeks.
Title
Opening Week Views
Rank
Trainwreck: Poop Cruise
21,100,000
1
Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel
7,800,000
2
Trainwreck: The Real Project X
7,400,000
3
Trainwreck: Balloon Boy
7,000,000
4
Trainwreck: Storm Area 51
7,000,000
5
Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem
6,400,000
6
Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy
6,200,000
7
Trainwreck: P.I. Moms
4,800,000
8
5. My Oxford Year
Sofia Carson is in a brand new Netflix movie, and given that she’s already got quite a few under her belt, we can now put together the Sofia Carson movie opening chart! The movie is her second biggest opening, slightly ahead of The Life List from earlier this year, but ultimately behind Carry-On. Perhaps it was the involvement of Corey Mylchreest, the British theme, or how well the book sold that gave this movie the edge but either way, Sofia Carson is a certified Netflix star.
Netflix Viewership Comparison - Carry-On, My Oxford Year, The Life List, Purple Hearts and My Little Pony: A New Generation (1-week analysis)
Cumulative views over 1 weeks for 5 Netflix titles: Carry-On, My Oxford Year, The Life List, Purple Hearts, My Little Pony: A New Generation. Combined total: 124,400,000 views.
Netflix cumulative views ranking for Carry-On, My Oxford Year, The Life List, Purple Hearts and My Little Pony: A New Generation over 1 weeks.
Title
Opening Week Views
Rank
Carry-On
42,000,000
1
My Oxford Year
24,600,000
2
The Life List
24,400,000
3
Purple Hearts
23,200,000
4
My Little Pony: A New Generation
10,200,000
5
Where does the movie stack up in the 2025 English language list? Around the middle of the pack, just behind Kinda Pregnant but ahead of The Life List and La Dolce Villa.
Netflix Viewership Comparison - Back in Action, Happy Gilmore 2, The Old Guard 2, Havoc, STRAW and 10 more Netflix titles (1-week analysis)
Cumulative views over 1 weeks for 15 Netflix titles: Back in Action, Happy Gilmore 2, The Old Guard 2, Havoc, STRAW, The Electric State, Kinda Pregnant, My Oxford Year, The Life List, La Dolce Villa, Nonnas, Plankton: The Movie, Fear Street: Prom Queen, KPop Demon Hunters, Meet the Khumalos. Combined total: 359,500,000 views.
Netflix cumulative views ranking for Back in Action, Happy Gilmore 2, The Old Guard 2, Havoc, STRAW and 10 more Netflix titles over 1 weeks.
Title
Opening Week Views
Rank
Back in Action
46,800,000
1
Happy Gilmore 2
46,700,000
2
The Old Guard 2
37,500,000
3
Havoc
29,800,000
4
STRAW
25,300,000
5
The Electric State
25,200,000
6
Kinda Pregnant
25,100,000
7
My Oxford Year
24,600,000
8
The Life List
24,400,000
9
La Dolce Villa
19,800,000
10
Nonnas
15,300,000
11
Plankton: The Movie
14,300,000
12
Fear Street: Prom Queen
10,700,000
13
KPop Demon Hunters
9,200,000
14
Meet the Khumalos
4,800,000
15
6. Happy Gilmore 2 in Week 2
Happy Gilmore 2 made headlines last week for a new accolade Netflix carved out: best US opening weekend for a film ever. While we’re still waiting for more stats from the likes of Nielsen to back that up, it was close to Red Notice based on stats from SambaTV. But the question we’re all waiting for the answer to is, will the movie hit the all-time top 10? With a 13% decline from week 1 to 2, it’s too early to call, but it is currently trailing Carry-On and Back in Action, but ever so slightly ahead of Damsel, which now rounds out the all-time most watched.
Netflix Cumulative Views Over Time - Happy Gilmore 2, Back In Action, Carry-On and Damsel (6-week trend)
Week-by-week cumulative views for 4 Netflix titles: Happy Gilmore 2, Back In Action, Carry-On, Damsel. Combined final total: 397,200,000 views.
Weekly cumulative Netflix views for Happy Gilmore 2, Back In Action, Carry-On and Damsel over 6 weeks.
Title
Week 0
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Final cumulative
Happy Gilmore 2
0
46,700,000
87,500,000
102,200,000
109,200,000
113,700,000
—
113,700,000
Back In Action
0
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
Carry-On
0
42,000,000
97,100,000
132,000,000
149,400,000
156,600,000
160,200,000
160,200,000
Damsel
0
35,300,000
86,100,000
105,600,000
115,900,000
120,800,000
123,300,000
123,300,000
7. Unspeakable Sins Debuts
Netflix Mexico has had a string of successes so far in 2025, but can its new series, Unspeakable Sins, carry on the streak? Somewhat is the answer. With 5.1M views in its debut week, that puts it on par with Bandidos (which did get a season 2) and ahead of One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Secret of the River (and The Gringo Hunters, which is probably one of the biggest misses of the year).
Netflix Viewership Comparison - The Eternaut, Caught, Medusa, Prison Cell 211, Bandidos - Season 1 and 5 more Netflix titles (1-week analysis)
Cumulative views over 1 weeks for 10 Netflix titles: The Eternaut, Caught, Medusa, Prison Cell 211, Bandidos - Season 1, Unspeakable Sins, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Secret of the River, The Gringo Hunters, We Were Kings. Combined total: 51,300,000 views.
Netflix cumulative views ranking for The Eternaut, Caught, Medusa, Prison Cell 211, Bandidos - Season 1 and 5 more Netflix titles over 1 weeks.
Title
Opening Week Views
Rank
The Eternaut
10,800,000
1
Caught
8,200,000
2
Medusa
6,800,000
3
Prison Cell 211
5,300,000
4
Bandidos - Season 1
5,200,000
5
Unspeakable Sins
5,100,000
6
One Hundred Years of Solitude
3,600,000
7
The Secret of the River
3,300,000
8
The Gringo Hunters
1,700,000
9
We Were Kings
1,300,000
10
That’s it for this week, and for something a little different, let’s play a game! Wednesday S2 volume 1 debuts tomorrow, but will it debut to higher or lower views than season 1 did back in November 2022? For reference, it pulled in 52.6M views in its first week.
Will Wednesday S2 debut to higher or lower than 52.6M views
