{"id":927311,"date":"2026-10-14T02:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T02:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/927311\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T02:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T02:12:15","slug":"below-attracts-record-netflix-debut-for-canadian-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/927311\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Below’ Attracts Record Netflix Debut For Canadian Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBelow<\/a> attracted a record audience on Netflix<\/a> over the weekend. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe limited series about a fisherman (Josh Hartnett) whose small Newfoundland hometown is terrorized by a mysterious sea creature baited 17 million views from its debut on October 8 through Sunday evening, marking the most-viewed debut ever for a Netflix Canadian title, per the streamer.<\/p>\n

\n\tBelow also handily secured the top spot on the English TV list for the week of October 5-11.<\/p>\n

\n\tSecond place went to East of Eden, which nearly doubled its viewership from its opening weekend<\/a> with 12.6 million views. Zoe Kazan\u2019s adaptation of John Steinbeck\u2019s classic novel had an underwhelming launch with just 6.5 million views \u2014 Netflix\u2019s lowest No. 1 opening since March.<\/p>\n

\n\tInterestingly, third place went to Disney\u2019s Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 1, which landed on Netflix last week and tallied 4.1 million views as it found a new audience. The series\u2019 third season will premiere on Disney+ next month.<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere, Mojo Brookz: I Know You Lying, the debut Netflix special from the stand-up comedian, nabbed the No. 4 spot on the English TV list with 3.3 million views, and Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story claimed fifth place with 3 million views. The Gentlemen Season 2 nabbed the No. 8 spot with 2 million views, and reality competition series Wonka\u2019s The Golden Ticket won No. 9 on the list with 1.9 million views. A Different World, which has already been renewed<\/a>, clocked in at No. 10 spot, also with 1.9 million views.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn the film side of things, Ben Affleck\u2019s Animals<\/a> launched at No. 1 with 23.8 million views. Tyler Perry\u2019s Doing Life rose to second place with 18.2 million views. Unabomber, in which Jacob Tremblay portrays domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski, seized No. 7 with 7.3 million views.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Below attracted a record audience on Netflix over the weekend. The limited series about a fisherman (Josh Hartnett)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,432332,134,435,427,2657],"class_list":["post-927311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-below","tag-entertainment","tag-netflix","tag-tv","tag-tv-ratings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}