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Cr: Skydance Animation\/NETFLIX \u00a92026 Skydance Animation<\/p>\n
Skydance Animation and Netflix have another animated hit on their hands with Swapped, debuting #2 on the weekly global top 10 charts for the streamer with 15.5M views based on 26.4M hours watched. That\u2019s in addition to ranking in the daily top 10s in over 90 countries. <\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how Swapped compares against other Friday debuts:<\/p>\n
Netflix Viewership Data – 1 Week Analysis
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\n Cumulative Views (1 weeks)
\n Rank
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\n The Sea Beast
\n 16,900,000
\n 1
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\n Swapped
\n 15,500,000
\n 2
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\n Vivo
\n 13,200,000
\n 3
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\n Back to the Outback
\n 10,100,000
\n 4
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\n Orion and the Dark
\n 10,000,000
\n 5
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\n KPop Demon Hunters
\n 9,200,000
\n 6
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\n Spellbound
\n 8,500,000
\n 7
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\n In Your Dreams
\n 8,300,000
\n 8
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\n The Monkey King
\n 8,100,000
\n 9
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\n The Magician’s Elephant
\n 8,000,000
\n 10
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\n Thelma the Unicorn
\n 7,300,000
\n 11
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\n The Twits
\n 5,900,000
\n 12
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\n Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
\n 4,900,000
\n 13
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\n Nimona
\n 3,200,000
\n 14
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That opening 3-day debut makes it Netflix\u2019s second-best animated movie debut on a Friday in quite some time, and puts it in touching distance of The Sea Beast.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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One notable exclusion from this list is Leo. While undeniably Netflix\u2019s biggest animated movie debut, it launched on a Tuesday, preventing an apples-to-apples comparison in the graph above. Interestingly, Netflix still noted in their write-up that Swapped had \u2018the biggest three-day opening for a Netflix animated film since Leo in 2023.\u2019 In its first five days, Leo pulled in 34.6M views<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s a welcome win for Netflix Animation, which has had a hard time finding big animated hits since KPOP Demon Hunters\u00a0since last summer, which is now into its 46th week straight in the weekly top 10s<\/a>, regularly chunking in over 4 million views every single week and now up to 617M views and over 1.028B viewing hours in total. Of course, that movie famously started off (as you can see above) low in the top 10s before steadily growing over time.\u00a0<\/p>\n Picture Credit: Netflix<\/p>\n The movie, directed by Nathan Greno<\/a>, tells the story of a tiny woodland creature and a majestic bird who suddenly swap bodies, forcing them to team up to survive the wildest adventure of their lives. It picked up mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, including our own Andrew Morgan, who gave it a 3\/5 star rating, but the audience reception thus far has been overwhelmingly positive, with it sitting at an 89% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of publication<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Much of the film\u2019s immediate draw can likely be attributed to its stellar voice cast, featuring Michael B. Jordan and Juno Temple as the mismatched duo, alongside comedy heavyweights like Tracy Morgan and Cedric the Entertainer. That\u2019s in addition to its vibrant clips and artwork going viral across social media, including many with tens of millions of views.\u00a0<\/p>\n We\u2019ll see how this one trends over time, but if it\u2019s anything like Netflix\u2019s other movies in this genre, it\u2019ll add value to Netflix for many years to come. We consistently see from the Netflix Engagement Data report that animated movies, whether licensed or from Netflix\u2019s own output, are the top performers and have strong long-tail viewership. We can tell you that on the global daily top 10s, Swapped managed to unseat Apex today as the #1 title for May 5th. Its next big competition will be Remarkably Bright Creatures this Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Swapped](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/swapped-big-hit-for-netflix.jpg\"\/)
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