Since Netflix compiled its Top 10 list in February 2020, I’ve kept a spreadsheet that tracks the position of movies in the United States over the days. It is desirable to see which films have lasted the longest, the most sensible ones on the list have dominated more than any other. There have been big stars over the years, from Red Notice to The Mitchells vs. The Machines, from Don’t Look Up to Glass Onion, from The Adam Project to Spenser Confidential. And 2024 has also noted its good percentage of dominant films. some of which are among the most productive of all time on Netflix’s Top 10 list. So which movies have dominated the most this year?
Luckily, as I’ve kept track of every movie on Netflix’s Top 10 list for each passing day, I’ve always kept a scoring system that ranks movies based on their performances. The calculation is simple: a first place finish earns ten points, a second place finish earns nine points, all the way down to tenth place which earns one point. While Netflix does provide numbers for many movies on number of viewers and number of hours watched, I believe my method offers some advantages. Several films will rise up the charts by being dominant for a short period of time, while others endure and consistently remain relevant—two factors not necessarily accounted for by Netflix’s weekly report. In effect, I believe my method provides a better sense of which movies dominated the zeitgeist over the course of an entire season. So I’d like to discuss those results here in this article.
Here are the 25 movies with the maximum numbers as of December 14, 2024 (I’ll update this article if new movies appear on the list before the end of the year). You’ll find a big winner at the top of the list, followed by what looks like a more general year of competition:
As with most years, this list is largely governed by animation. Starting with what has become the best-performing Netflix film of all time, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, whose score of 1,145 numbers is at most double that of Shrek, which is in second place, with 632 numbers. While the film premiered on Netflix in December 2023, the film’s dominance in the Top 10 continued into 2024, as the Super Mario Bros. movie. It has appeared on the list 249 times this year (277 in total if you count last year). In total, he nearly tripled the second-most appearances in this year’s Top 10, which belonged to the Minions with 89.
Other great animated films included Trolls Band Together, which appeared in the Top 10 71 times in total, Shrek, which entered the list 84 times out of a total of 132 times in 2024, and Sing, which had the second-best streak. of the year with 56 consecutive days on the charts (only the 122-day streak of the Super Mario Bros. movie). Other notable titles included The Secret Life of Pets, which charted 38 times this year, and Home, which landed 31 days out of its 117-day total in 2024.
As a parent, it makes sense to me that animation dominates the Top 10, given that kids like to watch the same videos over and over again. So, let’s see what the 25 most sensible ones would look like if we excluded animation:
As you can see, the point totals become a lot closer. Rebel Ridge was the only non-animated movie to own a 25-day streak on the Top 10 (it was on the charts for a total of 26 days), and earned an eight-day streak in the #1 position. Then there’s Damsel, which might have been the most viewed non-animated movie on Netflix in 2024 in terms of hours viewed, but didn’t necessarily dominate the highest spots on the Top 10 list like Rebel Ridge did. The other big winner was The Union, which tied with two other movies, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F and Hit Man, for the longest streaks in the #1 position with 10 consecutive days.
Several of Netflix’s big winners this year were not produced through the streamer, with Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Madame Web and The Equalizer 3 taking the top seven spots. Curiously, those films didn’t spend as much time on the more sensible ones. rank as films such as Anybody But You, The Little Things and Irish Wish, but spent more time on the charts overall, placing in the Top 10 23 times, 20 times and 19 times respectively.
You’ll notice that Atlas doesn’t appear on this list, which is unexpected given that it’s technically the third-most-watched movie on Netflix in 2024 in terms of total hours viewed. However, despite starting her Netflix run with nine consecutive days on the charts, Jennifer Lopez’s sci-fi vehicle fell out of the Top 10 after just twelve days. So while technically the movie may have been viewed more, it wasn’t announced on Netflix’s Top 10 list for a while. Rebel RidgeArray At the moment, Atlas’ total of 105 issues slightly ranks the 50 most sensible movies of the year. .
Compared to other years, 2024 is an up-and-down year for Netflix’s Top 10. In fact, it’s a rising year for animation, as videos like The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Shrek, Minions, and The Boss Baby spent more time on the charts than Animation has in recent years, and as a result , lately all rank among the top ten most productive performances of his life in the Top 10.
That’s not quite the case for non-animated movies, however. For instance, Rebel Ridge’s top showing of 215 points just barely cracks the 25 best lifetime performances, hovering around other movies like You People and The Unforgivable. However, if we exclude animated movies, Rebel Ridge rests in the 15th-place position. Still, past years have seen their top non-animated movies perform much better, such as Red Notice’s 355 points, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story’s 340 points and Don’t Look Up’s 335 points. Simply put, there wasn’t a single movie in 2024 that dominated the Top 10 for as many days as those juggernauts.
Like I said, I’ll continue to update this list as the year draws to a close. Currently, the only other big movie moving up the charts is Our Little Secret, which currently has 136 numbers and ranks 17th among non-animated movies. But for now, this turns out to be a clear snapshot of the movies that took the top spot on Netflix’s Top 10 list throughout 2024.
As you can see, Carry-On soared into the #5 position thanks to its historic end-of-the-year showing—although it would go on to capture more Top 10 points than any other film released in 2024 on Netflix. And Our Little Secret slowly accrued 200 points over the course of its 33-day run (the most Top 10 showings of any non-animated movie in 2024).
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