“Emily in Paris” returned to Netflix last week and immediately reached the top of the TV chart, debuting with 19.9 million views in its first four days of streaming.
The Darren Star-created series is always a strong performer for Netflix, and will surely remain on the Netflix Top 10 for several weeks, especially as its current position only accounts for Season 4’s first five episodes, with Part 2 set to debut on Sept. 12. The new release also gave a boost to Seasons 1 and 3, which took the bottom two spots on the TV chart with 1.8 million and 1.7 million views, respectively.
Still, “Emily in Paris” wasn’t the most-watched title across all of Netflix — that title went to “The Union” which landed at the top of the movies chart. Starring Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry, it hit 33.1 million views in its first three days of streaming. Also on the movies chart, “Kingsman: Secret Service” and “Kingsman: Golden Circle” had strong second weeks, taking No. 2 with 15.2 million views and No. 3 with 9.6 million after recently being added to Netflix.
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Back on the TV side, that No. 2 title was “American Murder: Laci Peterson,” a docuseries that debuted with 12.4 million views in its five days on Netflix. There was only one other TV debut on the chart for Aug. 12-18: “Matt Rife: Lucid — A Crowd Work Special,” which landed in fourth place with 4.9 million views in six days, right behind the second week of “The Umbrella Academy” Season 4 with 7.6 million views.
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“Love Is Blind: UK” improved slightly in its second week on the chart, taking fifth place with 4 million views, up from 3.6 million the week before. With 3.7 million views, “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” dropped to No. 6 with 3.7 million views after two weeks on top, followed by the second week “Gabby’s Dollhouse” Season 10 with 1.9 million views. Impressively, “Simone Biles Rising” continues to chart, clocking in with 1.8 billion minutes and taking eighth place in its fifth week on the chart.
See Netflix’s Top 10 lists for the week of Aug. 12-18 below. The lists begin with English-language series and are followed by non-English-language TV shows, English-language movies, and then non-English-language movies.
