If there was no denying it in the past couple of weeks, now the numbers make it impossible to ignore: the holiday spirit is upon us. This week, eight of thetop 10 most-watched movies on Netflixwere Christmas movies, andLindsay Lohan’sOur Little Secretagain took the top spot with 23.5 million views. The movie stars Lohan as Avery, a woman who decides to spend the holidays with her boyfriend’s family and discovers that her ex is among them. The cast also featuresKristin Chenoweth(Wicked),Ian Harding(Pretty Little Liars),John Rudnistky(Red One),Dan Bucatinsky(Scandal) andTim Meadows(Mean Girls).
Runner-up to the most watched holiday title is also a new Netflix movie. The animated featureThat Christmasdebuted at #2 with 18.3 million views. The story follows Santa Claus (voiced byBrian Cox) trying to save the Holy Night during a wild snowstorm. In third place,The Grinchwas there to remind us that not everyone is happy during this time, while #4 featured a Christmas-adjacent story:Marytells the story of the birth of Christ through the eyes of his mother, and the Biblical adventure debuted with 11.4 million views. With 8.4M views,Twas The Text Before Christmaslanded at #5.
Among the most-watched TV shows,The Madnessclimbed one position and landed at #1 with 13.3 million views. Last week’s top performerCold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramseydropped three positions and landed at #4 with 4.6 million views. Meanwhile, the newKeira Knightley(Pirates of the Caribbeantrilogy) thriller seriesBlack Dovesdebuted at #2 with 10.8 million views. Rounding up the top 5 were sci-fi adventure seriesLa Breaat #3 with 5M views and Season 3 of reality dating seriesThe Ultimatum: Marry or Move Onat #5 with 3.3M.
Italy and Brazil Take The Crown In Non-English Realm
In the non-English movies section, a surprise: Reigning supreme for the past two weeks, Frenchaction-thrillerGTMAXdropped a whopping nine positions and landed at #10 with 1.6 million views. The movie was dethroned by several titles, including newcomerThe Children’s Train,an Italian drama set in the wake ofWorld War II. Another standout was Indian adventure and biopicAmaran. The movie tells the real-life story ofMukund Varadarajan, and it debuted at #4 with 4.1 million views.
Last but not least, in the non-English TV realm, sports seriesSennaraced to the top and proved that you don’t need to start on the pole position to win.The real-life storyof the Brazilian F1 racer climbed to #1 and this week accumulated 5.8 million views. Last week’s top performer,The Empress,dropped to #4 with 3.6 million views, while Japanese animeDanDaDanremained among the top 10 most-watched series for the ninth week in a row. This time, it raked in 2.4 million views, whileK-dramasWhen The Phone Rings(#2 with 4.3M) andThe Tale Of Lady Ok(#8 with 1.6M) also became standouts of the week.
You can check out the full list of most-watched titles from Netflixon the Tudum website.
Our Little Secret
Our Little Secret is a holiday drama in which two resentful exes find themselves spending Christmas together after discovering that their current partners are siblings. The film explores themes of reconciliation and the complexities of family dynamics during the festive season.
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