Collision Course, a Spanish action thriller, has topped Netflix’s non-English movie chart with 17.2 million views in the week of November 2 to 8, according to Netflix’s official Top 10 figures. The film’s total is bigger than anything on the English-language film chart, where A Dog’s Perfect Christmas led with 8.6 million views.
The film took 30.3 million hours viewed, up 60.32 percent on the previous week, according to the rundown carried by What’s On Netflix. It is in its second week on the chart, and its growth shows the film is finding new audiences rather than fading after its debut.
International films outdraw English ones
The non-English movie chart has regularly outdrawn the English chart this year, and this week is no exception. Collision Course’s 17.2 million views is double the English chart leader’s total, and it underlines how Netflix’s global audience now drives the platform’s biggest hits.
The film’s success follows a pattern set by other international titles, including Korean drama and Indian films, which have topped Netflix’s global charts in recent weeks. The platform’s weekly Top 10 now regularly features non-English titles at the top of the overall rankings, a shift from the days when English-language films dominated.
A crowded film chart
Behind Collision Course, the English film chart is led by A Dog’s Perfect Christmas with 8.6 million views, followed by Heist with 6.3 million and Final Destination: Bloodlines with 5.8 million. KPop Demon Hunters, in its 69th week on the chart, took tenth place with 2.8 million views.
Collision Course’s second-week growth of more than 60 percent in hours viewed suggests the film is benefiting from strong word of mouth. Whether it can hold the top spot for a third week will be clear when next Tuesday’s figures arrive, but its opening fortnight has already made it one of the biggest non-English film hits of the year on Netflix.
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