The two most-watched streaming originals in the US for the week of July 12-18 were Peacock’s ‘Love Island USA’ Season 6 and Disney+’s ‘Descendants: The Rise of Red’, which topped Luminate’s TV and Movie charts respectively with 1.1 billion minutes watched.
This was the second week at No. 1 for ‘Love Island’. Season 6 viewership improved slightly from last week’s 919 million minutes watched following the release of episodes 28 through 33. “The Rise of Red” debuted on the first day of this viewing period, making it a full week had time to build up the total.
In its first full weeks of availability on Netflix, Season 3 of “Vikings: Valhalla” was the second most watched (1 billion minutes) and the docuseries “Receiver” was third (886.5 million minutes). Season 4 of “The Boys” took fourth place with 577.8 million minutes watched in the first full week of availability of the penultimate episode and the first few hours of availability of the finale.
Peacock had a second title on the chart this week in addition to “Love Island”: “Those About to Die”, which reached fifth place with 460.5 million viewing minutes. It was followed by two more Netflix titles: Season 2 of “Another Self,” which debuted with 439 million minutes watched, and “Desperate Lies” in its second week with 426.9 million minutes. Rounding out the bottom of the chart were “The Bear,” “Presumed Innocent” and “Sausage Party: Foodtopia.”
Most notable on the film list after “Descendants” was “Hillbilly Elegy,” the 2020 Netflix film based on J.D. Vance’s memoir of the same name, which saw an increase in viewership following Vance’s announcement as running mate to former President Donald Trump. The film took sixth place with 287.8 million minutes watched.
“Tyler Perry’s Divorce in the Black” took second place in its second week on the chart, with 987.1 million viewing minutes. “The Champion” debuted right behind with 949.5 million viewing minutes. Other debuts included “Blame the Game” and “My Spy: The Eternal City”, while “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F”, “A Family Affair” and “Space Cadet” maintained their chart positions.
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