Lindsay Lohan has become the queen of Netflix films. She’s also the queen of new Christmas movies in 2024. The erstwhile child star has the No. 1 new holiday film of the season, and it’s not even close.
It’s Our Little Secret surpasses the films starring Lacey Chabert, the Hallmark classic that has a new Netflix movie, and the comedian Jack Black, whose funny Christmas movie was scored for Paramount+.
This is according to information provided through Samba TV, a TV generation provider for audience insights and omniscreen measurement. Their breakdown of the top 10 new Christmas videos streamed, measured from November 1 to December 10, puts Secret squarely in the lead.
The film has attracted 3,293,332 U.S. households in that span. By comparison, the No. 2 new Christmas movie, Chabert’s Hot Frosty, also on Netflix, drew 2,332,865 in that same timeframe.
Our Little Secret may become Lohan’s most productive film yet at Netflix, where she has a multi-picture deal. Her latest holiday effort, Falling for Christmas, bowed to 989,000 families two years ago, this was measured in a larger window. small.
Last spring’s Irish Wish movie about St. Patrick’s Day recorded very similar numbers. Obviously, other people get used to looking for Lohan during the holidays. And the streaming service has benefited from the semi-annual exposure around Lohan’s return after years in which her private life made more headlines than her professional achievements.
In Our Little Secret, Lohan and an ex unwittingly end up dating siblings, setting them up for an unexpected reunion at the holidays, which leads to an equally unexpected (for them, not for viewers) rekindling of their romantic feelings.
Netflix has become the Hallmark Channel of streaming. Like the latter cable network known for its formulaic but hugely popular holiday tales, Netflix has made a major investment in the genre, and it has paid off.
The service offers six of the seven new Christmas videos of the year. Behind Our Little Secret and Hot Frosty, in which Chabert faces off against a warm snowman coming to life, Netflix’s Meet Me Next Christmas (2,052,469 households) and The Merry Gentlemen (1,959,697) are ranked 3rd and 4th.
Meet Me Next Christmas stars another Netflix Christmas rom-com stalwart, Christina Milian, as a woman who searches for tickets to a sold-out Pentatonix concert and falls in love with their adventure through New York City.
The Merry Gentlemen is an unapologetic opportunity to convince former teen idol Chad Michael Murray to take off his shirt, and it works. He and some men agree to organize a men’s Christmas revue to raise money for a failing bar and, yes, have sex with the bar owners’ daughter.
Paramount+ has only one top 10 new Christmas film, but it’s a solid entry. At No. 5, Jack Black’s sweetly funny Dear Santa features a kid who accidentally summons Satan (Black) when he means to write a letter to Santa. The film has posted 1,494,283 households.
“Dear Santa” star Jack Black helped propel the film into the top five most sensible new Christmas videos this season.
You can watch Our Little Secret on Netflix.
You can watch Hot Frosty on Netflix.
You can watch Meet Me Next Christmas on Netflix.
You can watch The Happy Gentlemen on Netflix.
You can watch Dear Santa on Paramount+.
You can watch This Christmas on Netflix.
You can watch Maria on Netflix.
You can watch The Nutcracker on Hulu.
You can watch An Absurd Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter on Netflix.
You can watch An Almost Christmas Story on Disney+.