{"id":587241,"date":"2026-09-01T20:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T20:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/587241\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T20:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T20:48:10","slug":"gta-6-netflix-extended-look-tops-charts-with-31-1-million-views-in-four-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/587241\/","title":{"rendered":"‘GTA 6’ Netflix Extended Look Tops Charts With 31.1 Million Views in Four Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWith only six hours of exclusivity before it hit YouTube, Netflix\u2019s \u201cGrand Theft Auto 6\u201d extended look<\/a> became the streamer\u2019s most-viewed title last week. <\/p>\n

\n\tBetween its release on Thursday, Aug. 27 at 3 p.m. ET and Sunday, Aug. 30 (the end of Netflix\u2019s viewing window for its weekly Top 10 rankings) the 27-minute \u201cGTAVI\u201d special drew 31.1 million views.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe extended look at the highly anticipated Rockstar Games title, which marks an entirely new category of entertainment for Netflix, was classified under the English-language film list for the week. It was No. 1 on that list in 87 of 93 countries that Netflix tracks globally.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor comparison, \u201cGrand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look\u201d views have topped 17 million on YouTube<\/a> just on the Rockstar Games account only, as of the time of publication Tuesday. The video was posted to YouTube by Rockstar Games at 9 p.m. ET last Thursday, following its exclusive debut earlier that day on Netflix.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt should be noted here that YouTube and Netflix count views very differently. Netflix defines a view as the total hours viewed for a title divided by its runtime, meaning one household watching a program twice would be counted only once. On YouTube, a view is counted as soon as any video (whether its a short, a repeat viewing or partial plays) starts to play.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe \u201cGrand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look\u201d content was captured entirely from in-game footage on PlayStation 5 (the game will be released for PS5 and Xbox Series X and S on Nov. 19), per Netflix and Take-Two Interactive-owned publisher Rockstar. It marks the lengthiest look fans have gotten at \u201cGTAVI\u201d thus far, following two trailers released over the past three years.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe special features \u201cGTAVI\u201d protagonists Jason and Lucia in both cinematic and gameplay scenes throughout the fictional Vice City, and teases the overall narrative of the game.<\/p>\n

\n\tComing in at a distant second on the Top 10 English-language movies list was \u201cThe Whisper Man\u201d with 23.2 million views.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn the TV side, the documentary \u201cDeath of the Pastor\u2019s Wife\u201d was No. 1 with 19 million views, while the third season of Tyler Perry\u2019s \u201cBeauty in Black\u201d was runnerup with 13 million views.<\/p>\n

\n\tSee the full Netflix Top 10 rankings for the week here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With only six hours of exclusivity before it hit YouTube, Netflix\u2019s \u201cGrand Theft Auto 6\u201d extended look became…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[289104,67617,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-587241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-grand-theft-auto-6","tag-gta-6","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}