Christmas movies on Netflix are already hot — not frosty.
The streamer’s latest Global Top 10 list included three Christmas movies: Chad Michael Murray and Britt Robertson film “The Merry Gentlemen” debuting at No. 1, “Hot Frosty” slipping to number 2, and “Meet Me Next Christmas” with Christina Millian charting seventh in its third week on the Top 10. And it’s not even Thanksgiving.
“The Merry Gentlemen” had 14.7 million views in the week of November 18, according to Netflix, while “Hot Frosty” with Lacey Chabert and Dustin Milligan had 12.7 million (it had 16 million in its debut), and “Meet Me Next Christmas” had another 5.9 million.
Everyone realizes that it’s only Nov. 26 and not even Thanksgiving yet, right? There are other movies to watch. Like “Minions: The Rise of Gru” (No. 4) for the 10th time apparently.
The real surprise though came on the TV side. The new Mike Schur show “A Man on the Inside” starring Ted Danson debuted at No. 1 with 6.9 million, again denying “Arcane” Season 2 of the top spot after spending what is now its third week stuck at No. 2 (the first season is still in the Top 10 for another week at No. 5). But hanging onto the Top 10 at No. 9 was the “Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson” fight, even though we’re over a week removed from the live event happening.
The fight put up monster numbers for Netflix, but apparently 1.8 million of you still wanted to watch and see what the fuss was about even though you knew the outcome. Maybe that many people had connectivity problems and didn’t get to watch but still really wanted to.
Some other highlights, “Outer Banks: Season 4” has spent seven straight weeks in the Top 10. It landed at No. 4 with 2.7 million views, and “Cobra Kai: Season 6” is right on its tail with its sixth straight week, placing at No. 3 this week. And Netflix’s animated “Spellbound” starring Rachel Zegler was the No. 3 movie with 8.5 million views.
See the full Top 10 list here.
