Obama-Produced Netflix Thriller Leads Streaming Top 10 | Charts

Weeks after the film hit select theaters, the streaming debut of the former President Barack Obama-produced thriller “Leave the World Behind” scored a killer opening weekend on Netflix. More than 2.6 million U.S. households viewed the apocalyptic film in its first three days, according to the Samba TV Weekly Wrap Report for the week of Dec. 4 to Dec. 10. That was enough to catapult the film to the top of the streaming charts this week.

Starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali and Ethan Hawke, and produced by Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, the film had Black and Hispanic households over-indexing on viewership compared to the average household (at 8% and 6%, respectively).

“The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” available on VOD and Netflix, landed in a strong second place this week. The box office smash and kid-friendly adaptation of the video game hit the streamer right before the holidays after a successful jaunt in theaters across the country.

At No. 3 this week is the Christmas comedy “Family Switch” starring Jennifer Garner. The film had 1.3 million U.S. households watching in its first four days streaming on Netflix. Boston (+33%), Pittsburgh (+20%) and Cleveland (+18%) all over-indexed on viewership by double digits compared to the average household. Hispanic households were also nearly 10% more likely to tune in than the average household in the initial viewing window.

Amazon Prime Video’s “Candy Cane Lane” landed on the charts another week at No. 4. Netflix swept the next three spots on the leaderboard with “Squid Game: The Challenge,” season five of “Virgin River” and the first season of action thriller “Obliterated.”

Taylor Sheridan’s “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” continues to deliver for Paramount+, landing on the streaming charts for the fifth consecutive week. Rounding out the final two spots this week are Netflix’s “Leo” and the 2018 film “Hunter Killer.”

On broadcast television, NBC’s “The Voice” earned the week’s top telecast and three of the Top 10 spots on the leaderboard as the Top 12 singers performed and scores were announced live. The NBC program managed to edge out the season finale of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” which garnered No. 2 this week as Xochitl Gomez and her partner were crowned Season 32’s champions. Third this week was the CBS special “A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip Hop,” where a star-studded lineup of hip-hop legends came together to celebrate the genre and its contributions to music.

Christmas is in full swing with holiday specials on broadcast TV. “Christmas at the Opry,” hosted by host Wynonna Judd, comes in fourth. The country music special included live performances from Kelly Clarkson, “This Is Us” actress Chrissy Metz, and more. Finally, airings of “Wheel of Fortune” on ABC and “Survivor” on CBS made the charts another week alongside FOX’s “Herd for the Holidays.”

Cole Strain is VP and Head of R&D at Samba TV, a WrapPRO partner. Click here for more data and analysis from Samba TV.

The Wrap Report provides an exclusive first look at the most watched movies and TV series from the past week across both streaming and linear television sourced from viewership trends collected from Samba TV’s panel of more than 3 million households drawn from over 25 million connected TVs, balanced to the U.S. Census.

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