“The Tinder Swindler” was the most-streamed English-language movie on Netflix for the third consecutive week, with viewers spending 34.45 million hours watching the true crime documentary in its second full week of release, according to figures released Tuesday by the streaming service.
Viewership was down 46.8% from the 64.7 million hours watched the previous week. “The Tinder Swindler” was watched for 144.95 million hours in its 19 days of release through Sunday.
“Texas Chainsaw Massacre” was second with 29.18 million hours watched in the first three days of release for the sequel to the 1974 horror film, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
There were five other films in the top 10 covering Feb. 14 though Sunday that were not in the previous week’s list.
The supernatural-tinged action film “Fistful of Vengeance” was fourth with 18.3 million hours watched its first four days of release, despite not being available in the United States.
The 2019 computer-animated adventure film “Abominable” was sixth with 8.96 million hours watched, followed by the 2014 Bill Murray-starring comedy “St. Vincent,” which was watched for 7.64 million hours.
The documentary “Downfall: The Case Against Boeing” was eighth with 7.42 million hours watched in its first three days of release. The 2019 British psychological thriller “The Vanishing” was 10th with 7.03 million hours watched.
“Don’t Look Up” dropped out of the top 10 after eight weeks when it was watched for 389.58 million hours, along with fellow best picture Oscar nominee “The Power of the Dog.”
Also dropping out of the top 10 were the 2016 action thriller, “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi,” the comedy “Home Team,” inspired by New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton coaching his sixth-grade son’s team during his suspension for his involvement in the Bountygate scandal, and the 2019 adventure comedy “Dora and the Lost City of Gold.”
Netflix’s most popular television program for the second consecutive week was “Inventing Anna,” with viewers spending 195.97 million hours watching its first full week of release. Viewership was up 153.49% from the 77.31 million hours watched the previous week when the nine-episode limited series about a reporter (Anna Chlumsky) investigating an Instagram-legendary German heiress (Julia Garner) who stole the hearts of New York’s social scene and their money was available for three days.
There were two programs in the latest top 10 not in the previous week’s.
The eight-episode first season young adult mystery “One of Us Is Lying” was sixth with 15.39 million hours watched. The eight-episode slapstick animated comedy “The Cuphead Show!” was seventh with 14.63 million hours watched in its first three days of release.
Dropping out of the top 10 were the first season of the romantic drama “Sweet Magnolias” and the first season of the female-driven spy thriller “In From the Cold.”
The 10 most-watched English-language movies on Netflix were “The Tinder Swindler,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “Tall Girl 2,” “Fistful of Vengeance,” “Despicable Me 2,” “Abominable,” “St. Vincent,” “Downfall: The Case Against Boeing,” “Despicable Me” and “The Vanishing.”
The 10 most-watched English-language television programs on Netflix were the limited series “Inventing Anna,” the second season of “Love Is Blind,” the second season of “Sweet Magnolias,” the first part of the fourth season of “Ozark,” the second season of “Raising Dion,” the first season of “One of Us Is Lying,” the first season of “The Cuphead Show!” the first season of “Raising Dion,” part four of “Disenchantment” and the first season of “The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window.”