Hold onto your luggage: this week, Netflix viewers got ready for holiday travel with Jaume Collet-Serra’s latest thrill ride Carry-Onstarring Taron Egerton, Jason Bateman, and Sofia Carson. The airport-set Christmas thriller topped the English films list with 42 million views — the biggest opening for a Netflix film this year, launching into the top 10 in 93 countries.
Meanwhile, newly minted Golden Globe nominee Black Doves held onto No. 1 in its second week on the English TV list, nabbing 14.6 million views and staying in the top 10 in 92 countries. Jamie Foxx’s stand-up special What Had Happened Was… hit No. 2 (8.2 million views), and Dead to Me creator Liz Feldman’s new murder mystery No Good Deed landed at No. 3 (6 million views). And cozy comedy A Man on the Inside starring Ted Danson — which was just renewed for a second season — stuck around at No. 8 (1.9 million views). On the non-English TV list, the limited series The Palm hit No. 1 (13.1 million views) and Part 1 of the long-awaited adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude debuted at No. 3 (3.6 million views).
Drama had a great week across series and films, including the Colman Domingo-starring The Madness (No. 4 in English TV, 5.4 million views) and It Ends With Us (No. 5 in English film, 10.9 million views). On the non-English TV list, titles like Korea’s When the Phone Rings (No. 2, 4.4 million views) and The Trunk (No. 8, 1.8 million views), Brazil’s Senna (No. 4, 3 million views), and Spain’s 1992 (No. 6, 2.1 million views), reigned supreme.
The holiday spirit also stayed in the air, with English film titles like That Christmas (No. 2, 17.1 million views), Mary (No. 3, 13.2 million views), The Grinch (No. 4, 13.2 million views), and Our Little Secret (No. 6, 10.4 million views) sticking around for another week. On the English TV list, A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter stayed in demand at No. 7 (2 million views). For more cozy holiday scenes, don’t forget to check out the new Squid Game, Bridgerton, and Spellbound themed virtual yule logs to keep the festive spirit going.
Outside the holiday snow globe, South African vacation comedy Disaster Holiday debuted on the English films list at No. 8 (6 million views). Non-English historical dramas also held strong, with Season 2 of Germany’s The Empress landing at No. 7 (2 million views) on the non-English TV list and Italy’s The Children’s Train topping the non-English film chart (11.4 million views).
Fans continued to press play on true crime on the English-language TV list, with Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey (No. 9, 1.8 million views) and The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga (No. 10, 1.8 million views) rounding out the top 10. Not to be outdone, the third season of The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On hung on at No. 5 (3.4 million views).
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