Window length for last week’s VOD releases:
Love Language (Vertical) – 10 days
Sense and Sensibility (Focus) – 17 days
Musk (Bleecker Street) – 28 days
Angel and the Badman (Angel) – 28 days
Misty Green (A24) – 28 days
Beware Biouna (Lionsgate) – 32 days
Prime Time (A24) – 39 days
Charlie Harper (Row K) – 39 days
Resident Evil (Sony) – 46 days
The History of Concrete (Magnolia) – 46 days
Bad Apples (Paramount) – 46 days
Sony’s enormously successful reboot of “Resident Evil” as expected swept the board of VOD top 10s. Released in the exhibitor-prefered 46 day exclusivity window, it easily topped all other lesser grossing new releases.
As happens most weeks, there’s a new #1 on Netflix’s U.S. most viewed movie list. This week it’s “A Dog’s Perfect Christmas,” starring Dennis Quaid and a corgi.
We are adding Prime Video’s top 10 watched (they describe it as “purchased”) movie list, presumably U.S.-based. With the appearance of some non-premium priced titles o the list, it appears to be like iTunes based on transactions, not revenue like Fandango’s.
“Resident” was the only one of four wider (1,000+ theater) releases to maintain the 45 day or more window. Focus’ “Sense and Sensibility,” a respectable $18 million grossing film still in theaters came out after 18. Angel’s low-grossing Western “Angel and the Badman” ($4 million) after 28 (and couldn’t even make iTunes’ extended list) while “Prime Time” (A24) came close with 39 days.
“Primetime” fared best among these, placing between third and fifth at the three sites. “Sense” is between fifth and seventh at all three.
“Musk” (Magnolia), Alex Gibney’s four hour documentary, which faced challenges from its length, then expanding the same week “You Can See Everything” (but fall access to theaters) was released on digital Friday, 28 days after its platform opening. Priced at $14.99 (below normal premium), it is #5 at iTunes. The late week release may have affected the other two charts, though iTunes is normally the most responsive to specialized films.)
Released both in theaters and then later digital the same days, Chris Rock’s “Misty Green” (A24) is a no-show anywhere so far. “Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother” (Amazon MGM) and “The History of Concrete” (Magnolia) made a midweek appearance on iTunes.
Previous #1s “Verity” (Amazon MGM) and “Spider-Man: Brave New World” (Sony) share the #2-4 slots with “Prime Time.” Renting at $3.99, “Godzilla Minus One” (Toho) from 2023 got as high as #4 at iTunes midweek.
“The Day After Tomorrow” from 2004 was #1 most of the week at Netflix until “Christmas” replaced it. #3 today is another recent Lifetime movie – “Kidnapped in Her Own Home.” Only two other originals chart today – the documentary “Funny Money with Dane Cook” (how he lost a fortune from fraud committed by his step-brother) and earlier #1 “Collision Course” from Mexico.
Not on their U.S. top 10, and more significant, as far as I can tell nowhere promoted on their home page (which lists dozens of movies) is Lee Chang-dong’s “Possible Love.” They acquired the film at Cannes (where is won the Grand Prix), at 95 its Metacritic score is the third highest of any film released this year, Jeon Do-Yeon has been mentioned as a legitimate Best Actress contender, it did have a limited theatrical run (grosses unreported) but seems now to have disappeared into the void.
The Top Tens
iTunes ranks films daily by number of transactions, while Fandango at Home lists by revenue. The listings below are for Monday,November 9(iTunes, with full week rank listed second, and Prime Video) and the week of October 26-November 1 (Fandango).
The distributors listed are current rights owners. Prices for all titles are for lowest for either rental or download.
iTunes
(the first number is today’s rank, the second for the whole week based on averaging the daily rankings)
1. (1) Resident Evil (Sony) – $19.99
2. (2) Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Sony) – $19.99
3. (3) Primetime (A24) – $19.99
4. (4) Verity (Amazon MGM) – $19.99
5. (8) Musk (Bleecker Street) – $14.99
6. (5) Godzilla Minus One (Toho) – $3.99
7. (6) Sense and Sensibility (Focus) – $19.99
8. (9) Coyote vs. Acme (Ketchup) – $5.99
9. (7) The End of Oak Street (WB) – $6.99
10. (-) Runner (Angel) – $19.99
(films not on today’s top 10, with their positions for the full week)
— (10) Practical Magic 2 (WB) – $19.99
Prime Video
1. Resident Evil (Sony) – $19.99
2. Verity (Amazon MGM) – $19.99
3. Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Sony) – $19.99
4. The End of Oak Street (WB) – $6.99
5. Primetime (A24) – $19.99
6. Coyote vs. Acme (Ketchup) – $5.99
7. Mutiny (Lionsgate) – $5.99
8. Sense and Sensibility (Focus) – $19.99
9. Buddy (Roadside Attractions) – $9.99
10. Runner (Angel) – $19.99
Fandango at Home
(full week)
1. Resident Evil (Sony) – $19.99
2. Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Sony) – $19.99
3. Verity (Amazon MGM) – $19.99
4. Prime Time (A24) – $19.99
5. Forgotten Island (Universal) – $19.99
6. The End of Oak Street (WB) – $6.99
7. Runner (Angel) – $19.99
8. Practical Magic 2 (WB) – $19.99
9. By Any Means (Paramount) – $19.99
10. The Dog Stars (Disney) – $19.99
Netflix Movies
These are the most-viewed, current rankings on Netflix’s domestic daily chart on November 9. Originals include both Netflix-produced and acquired titles it initially presents in the U.S. Netflix publishes its own worldwide weekly (and individual country) top 10s on Tuesdays based on time viewed, and usually includes films for which it doesn’t have domestic rights. The first number is today’s rank, after that the rank based on the average of each day’s position. The final four are listed by their full week ranking in parentheses.
1. (3) A Dog’s Perfect Christmas (Netflix original)
2. (1) The Day After Tomorrow (2004 theatrical release)
3. (2) Kidnapped in Her Own Home (2026 Lifetime movie)
4. (4) The Croods (2013 theatrical release)
5. (6) King Arthur (2017 theatrical release)
6. (9) Funny Money – The Dane Cook Story (Netflix original documentary)
7. (10) The Mummy (2017 theatrical release)
8. (-) Love the Coopers (2015 theatrical re
9. (5) Collision Course (Netflix original)
10. (-) 10,000 B.C. (2008 theatrical release)
(films not on today’s top 10, with their positions for the full week)
(6) Don’t Trust the Couple Upstairs (2026 Lifetime movie)
(7) Champions (2023 theatrical release)