“Cross,” the James Patterson adaptation starring Aldis Hodge, debuted at No. 1 on Nielsen’s weekly streaming rankings, with 1.36 billion minutes watched through the week of Nov. 11 to Nov. 17. All eight episodes of the collection premiered on Amazon Prime Video on Nov. 14, that means the present was solely obtainable for 4 days through the viewing interval.
The present, created by Ben Watkins and primarily based on Patterson’s “Alex Cross” detective novels, carried out notably properly with Black audiences, who accounted for 40% of whole watch time. (In November, Patterson revealed that he beforehand turned down a seven-figure deal supply to show Cross right into a white man in a collection adaptation, saying “that wasn’t who he was.” Reacting to the revelation, Hodge mentioned, “I used to be shocked, impressed and happy with that.”)
Following behind at No. 2 on the general high 10 is “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which landed on Disney+ on Nov. 14 and was the most-streamed film of the viewing interval. “Outer Banks” held on at No. 3 after 5 new episodes of the Netflix teen drama dropped on Nov. 7.
Rounding out the unique collection checklist are Netflix’s “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Cobra Kai” and “The Diplomat”; Paramount+’s “Particular Ops: Lioness” and “Tulsa King”; and Netflix’s “Arcane,” “The Nice British Baking Present” and “Sisters’ Feud.” Netflix accounted for seven of the ten top-streamed unique collection from Nov. 11-17.
“The Penguin” would have positioned at No. 5 on the originals checklist with 595 million minutes of watch time after the finale, however as a result of it airs dwell on HBO and isn’t unique to Max, the collection ranks on the acquired charts, the place it landed at No. 9. From its debut in September by means of Nov. 17, “The Penguin” amassed 3.8 billion viewing minutes on Max, plus 650 million from its HBO airings.
On the film charts, Christmas got here early. Netflix’s vacation rom-coms “Scorching Frosty” and “Meet Me Subsequent Christmas” took the No. 3 and No. 9 slots, with 439 million and 289 million minutes seen, respectively. Plus, 2018’s “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” landed at No. 7 with 294 million minutes seen, 46% of which had been powered by youngsters aged 2-11.
See Nielsen’s checklist of total streaming rankings for Nov. 11-17 first, adopted by unique streaming titles, acquired titles after which movies.
