Audiences flocked to the Salinas Valley for the epic saga East of Eden, which premiered at the top of the English TV list with 6.5 million views. Florence Pugh stars in Zoe Kazan’s fresh adaptation of John Steinbeck’s 1952 masterpiece as Cathy Ames, whose life is intertwined with the Trask family — especially brothers Adam (Christopher Abbott) and Charles (Mike Faist) — as they all live out the dark side of the California dream. Tracy Letts, Martha Plimpton, Hoon Lee, and Ciarán Hinds are also in the cast of the seven-episode limited series, which critics call “brilliant” and “breathtaking beyond belief.” The project has pushed the beloved novel back into the top of the book charts.
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story claimed the No. 2 spot on the list with 5.7 million views, with a total of 32.3 million cumulative views in the three weeks since its debut. The fourth installment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s anthology series — one of Netflix’s biggest franchises, with over 325 million views across all seasons — stars Ella Beatty as the infamous New England woman who was charged with the brutal axe murders of her parents in 1892.
UNABOMBER held the top spot on the English film list, collecting 24.9 million views. Jacob Tremblay portrays Ted Kaczynski in the drama inspired by true events. Russell Crowe, Annabelle Wallis, and Shailene Woodley also star in the film, which tracks Kaczynski’s journey from teenage Harvard prodigy to infamous domestic terrorist. The Widower: ’Til Death Do Us Part launched in the No. 2 spot on the list with 11.6 million views. The documentary follows a journalist and a detective as they investigate a suspected killer’s trail of failed marriages and suspicious deaths.
A Different World climbed to the No. 3 spot on the English TV list, enrolling 5.1 million views. Renewed for a second season, the sequel series to the iconic ’80s and ’90s sitcom introduces Deborah (Maleah Joi Moon), the daughter of alumni Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Whitley Gilbert (Jasmine Guy), and the rest of Hillman College’s newest class of students. Wonka’s The Golden Ticket won No. 4 on the list with 4.3 million views. The competition series follows 12 lucky golden ticket winners inside the iconic Chocolate Factory as they vie for a deliciously decadent cash prize.
LEGO® ONE PIECE premiered in the No. 5 spot on the list with 3.8 million views. The two-part animated special expands the ONE PIECE universe, and has fans calling it “chaotic” and “iconic.” Meanwhile, both seasons of The Gentlemen stayed put on the Top 10 — Season 2 of the crime series took the No. 6 spot with 2.9 million views, and Season 1 nabbed No. 9 with 1.7 million views.
Tyler Perry’s Doing Life, the gritty drama about a single mother and a reformed ex-con who form a surprising connection, debuted in the No. 3 spot of the English film list with 9.3 million views. And The Whisper Man, the crime thriller that centers on the abduction of a widower's son, took the No. 7 spot on the list with 2.7 million views.
Not a Stranger kept its grasp on the top spot of the non-English TV list with 5.1 million views. The Turkish thriller zooms in on a new mother whose household grows tense after she hires a new nanny. And the anime movie Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle I, based on the Infinity Castle arc of Koyoharu Gotouge’s popular manga series, topped the non-English film list with 6.4 million views.
