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So far in 2026, two English-language Netflix movies have managed to enter Netflix\u2019s all-time most-watched list: Swapped <\/a>and War Machine, with the former being undoubtedly the most-watched movie of the year on the 91-day metric, but we do not have 91-day numbers for everything, so what have been the biggest movies of the year so far, and what\u2019s disappointed? Let\u2019s take an updated look as of October 2026.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Reducing that timeframe, War Machine is the most-watched English-language Netflix movie of 2026 so far, pulling in 112.0 million views in its first 28 days. It narrowly beats Apex (105.2M) and The Rip (104.0M), the only other 2026 movies to clear 100 million views in their first four weeks on the charts. War Machine also has the biggest total so far, with around 153.0 million views once Netflix\u2019s January\u2013June Engagement Report is added to its Top 10 run. But totals favor whatever has been out longest. A January release has had more than nine months to build one, while UNABOMBER has had under three weeks. So instead of ranking raw totals, we\u2019ve lined up the year\u2019s English-language Netflix movies over the same window: their first 28 days on the Top 10, meaning the opening weekend plus the following three weeks. We\u2019ve also estimated each movie\u2019s opening 14 days.<\/p>\n The Netflix Movie Rankings of 2026 So Far<\/p>\n # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 \u2020 Dropped out of the Top 10 early, so this is a minimum. \u00b6 Release date assumed to be the Friday of its debut week; confirm before publishing.<\/p>\n The Rip had the biggest opening weekend of the year with 41.6 million views. War Machine overtook it with a 44.4 million-view second week, the biggest single week any 2026 English movie has had, and stayed ahead over both 14 and 28 days.<\/p>\n Netflix Weekly Views Breakdown – War Machine, Apex, The Rip, Swapped, Thrash and 5 more Netflix titles (4-week analysis)<\/p>\n Weekly views for 10 Netflix titles: War Machine, Apex, The Rip, Swapped, Thrash, The Last House, The Whisper Man, Voicemails for Isabelle, 72 HOURS, Office Romance. Combined total across all titles and weeks: 850,600,000 views.<\/p>\n Per-week Netflix views for War Machine, Apex, The Rip, Swapped, Thrash and 5 more Netflix titles across 4 weeks.<\/p>\n Title War Machine Apex The Rip Swapped Thrash The Last House The Whisper Man Voicemails for Isabelle 72 HOURS Office Romance The top five<\/p>\n 1. War Machine. It held #1 for two weeks and stayed in the Top 10 for eight straight weeks, then returned for two more in late July.<\/p>\n 2. Apex. It posted 40.2 million views in its first full week but dropped off faster and left the Top 10 after six weeks.<\/p>\n 3. The Rip. The only 2026 English movie to spend three weeks at #1. A steep third-week drop to 14.6 million views cost it top spot.<\/p>\n 4. Swapped. The slowest starter in the top five, with 15.5 million views on its opening weekend before jumping to 38.7 million. Its 13 weeks in the Top 10 are the most of any 2026 English movie. Like KPop Demon Hunters before it, repeat viewership kept this one riding through its first 91 days.<\/p>\n 5. Thrash. Two huge weeks at #1, with 37.7 million and then 34.5 million views, before falling to 9.6 million. It was gone after four weeks. Further down, The Last House was the biggest movie of the summer. The Whisper Man and Voicemails for Isabelle both opened at #2 and climbed to #1 in their first full week.<\/p>\n Too early to call<\/p>\n Three recent movies haven\u2019t had four weeks yet, so here\u2019s how each compares with the other 22 over the same number of weeks.<\/p>\n Movie UNABOMBER Doing Life Animals Animals had the seventh-biggest opening weekend of the year, and Doing Life nearly doubled in its second week, from 9.3 million to 18.2 million views.<\/p>\n Netflix Weekly Views Breakdown – War Machine, The Rip, Apex, The Whisper Man, UNABOMBER and 2 more Netflix titles (3-week analysis)<\/p>\n Weekly views for 7 Netflix titles: War Machine, The Rip, Apex, The Whisper Man, UNABOMBER, Doing Life, Animals. Combined total across all titles and weeks: 462,100,000 views.<\/p>\n Per-week Netflix views for War Machine, The Rip, Apex, The Whisper Man, UNABOMBER and 2 more Netflix titles across 3 weeks.<\/p>\n Title War Machine The Rip Apex The Whisper Man UNABOMBER Doing Life Animals Total views so far<\/p>\n Adding Netflix\u2019s January\u2013June Engagement Report gives complete totals for movies released in the first half of the year. War Machine comes out on top again with around 153.0 million views. Its 146.9 million views between January and June were the most of any movie on Netflix in that period.<\/p>\n Movie War Machine Swapped The Rip Apex Thrash Voicemails for Isabelle The Whisper Man The Last House \u2021 Includes five-sevenths of the week of June 29\u2013July 5, which straddles both halves. \u00a7 Released after June, so this is Top 10 views only and a minimum.<\/p>\n The weekly Top 10 misses more than you might expect. For the 14 movies in both datasets, it captured 87% of their January\u2013June views, and only 70% for People We Meet on Vacation, which picked up 23.4 million views the charts never recorded.<\/p>\n About the data<\/p>\n Weekly figures come from Netflix\u2019s global Top 10 for English-language movies, from January 5\u201311 to October 5\u201311, 2026. First-half totals come from Netflix\u2019s January\u2013June 2026 Engagement Report<\/a>.
\nMovie
\nReleased
\nOpening weekend
\nFirst 14 days (est.)
\nFirst 28 days<\/p>\n
\nWar Machine
\nMar 6
\n39.3M
\n94.0M
\n112.0M<\/p>\n
\nApex
\nApr 24
\n38.2M
\n87.7M
\n105.2M<\/p>\n
\nThe Rip
\nJan 16
\n41.6M
\n90.3M
\n104.0M<\/p>\n
\nSwapped
\nMay 1
\n15.5M
\n69.3M
\n96.7M<\/p>\n
\nThrash
\nApr 10
\n37.7M
\n77.7M
\n86.1M<\/p>\n
\nThe Last House
\nAug 7 \u00b6
\n27.5M
\n67.9M
\n78.8M<\/p>\n
\nThe Whisper Man
\nAug 28 \u00b6
\n23.2M
\n63.9M
\n75.5M<\/p>\n
\nVoicemails for Isabelle
\nJun 19
\n17.5M
\n56.1M
\n70.4M<\/p>\n
\n72 HOURS
\nJul 24 \u00b6
\n22.1M
\n53.5M
\n64.3M<\/p>\n
\nOffice Romance
\nJun 5
\n20.9M
\n50.0M
\n57.6M<\/p>\n
\nPeople We Meet on Vacation
\nJan 9
\n17.2M
\n45.8M
\n54.3M<\/p>\n
\nPeaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
\nMar 20
\n25.3M
\n48.1M
\n50.6M \u2020<\/p>\n
\nRemarkably Bright Creatures
\nMay 8
\n10.4M
\n35.4M
\n43.8M<\/p>\n
\nEnola Holmes 3
\nJul 3 \u00b6
\n20.7M
\n35.4M
\n37.4M \u2020<\/p>\n
\nLadies First
\nMay 22
\n11.9M
\n33.7M
\n36.0M \u2020<\/p>\n
\nLittle Brother
\nJun 26
\n14.0M
\n29.2M
\n31.0M \u2020<\/p>\n
\nJoe\u2019s College Road Trip
\nFeb 13
\n12.5M
\n24.5M
\n25.7M \u2020<\/p>\n
\nDon\u2019t Say Good Luck
\nAug 14 \u00b6
\n8.1M
\n23.4M
\n25.3M \u2020<\/p>\n
\nRoommates
\nApr 17
\n8.8M
\n23.0M
\n24.5M \u2020<\/p>\n
\nBest of the Best
\nSep 18 \u00b6
\n4.3M
\n11.6M \u2020
\n11.6M \u2020<\/p>\n
\n Week 1
\n Week 2
\n Week 3
\n Week 4
\n Total<\/p>\n
\n 39,300,000
\n 44,400,000
\n 18,000,000
\n 10,300,000
\n 112,000,000<\/p>\n
\n 38,200,000
\n 40,200,000
\n 16,200,000
\n 10,600,000
\n 105,200,000<\/p>\n
\n 41,600,000
\n 40,400,000
\n 14,600,000
\n 7,400,000
\n 104,000,000<\/p>\n
\n 15,500,000
\n 38,700,000
\n 26,400,000
\n 16,100,000
\n 96,700,000<\/p>\n
\n 37,700,000
\n 34,500,000
\n 9,600,000
\n 4,300,000
\n 86,100,000<\/p>\n
\n 27,500,000
\n 33,500,000
\n 12,000,000
\n 5,800,000
\n 78,800,000<\/p>\n
\n 23,200,000
\n 33,400,000
\n 12,700,000
\n 6,200,000
\n 75,500,000<\/p>\n
\n 17,500,000
\n 31,000,000
\n 13,300,000
\n 8,600,000
\n 70,400,000<\/p>\n
\n 22,100,000
\n 25,100,000
\n 11,100,000
\n 6,000,000
\n 64,300,000<\/p>\n
\n 20,900,000
\n 24,600,000
\n 7,800,000
\n 4,300,000
\n 57,600,000<\/p>\n
\nWeeks so far
\nViews so far
\nRank among the 23 over the same weeks<\/p>\n
\n3
\n48.6M
\n13th<\/p>\n
\n2
\n27.5M
\n17th<\/p>\n
\n1
\n23.8M
\n7th<\/p>\n
\n Week 1
\n Week 2
\n Week 3
\n Total<\/p>\n
\n 39,300,000
\n 44,400,000
\n 18,000,000
\n 101,700,000<\/p>\n
\n 41,600,000
\n 40,400,000
\n 14,600,000
\n 96,600,000<\/p>\n
\n 38,200,000
\n 40,200,000
\n 16,200,000
\n 94,600,000<\/p>\n
\n 23,200,000
\n 33,400,000
\n 12,700,000
\n 69,300,000<\/p>\n
\n 16,400,000
\n 24,900,000
\n 7,300,000
\n 48,600,000<\/p>\n
\n 9,300,000
\n 18,200,000
\n 0
\n 27,500,000<\/p>\n
\n 23,800,000
\n 0
\n 0
\n 23,800,000<\/p>\n
\nViews Jan\u2013Jun (Engagement Report)
\nTop 10 views since July
\nTotal so far<\/p>\n
\n146.9M
\n6.1M
\n153.0M<\/p>\n
\n130.8M
\n11.4M \u2021
\n142.2M<\/p>\n
\n136.1M
\n0
\n136.1M<\/p>\n
\n129.0M
\n0
\n129.0M<\/p>\n
\n100.0M
\n0
\n100.0M<\/p>\n
\n53.3M
\n32.0M \u2021
\n85.3M<\/p>\n
\n\u2013
\n82.2M
\n82.2M \u00a7<\/p>\n
\n\u2013
\n82.1M
\n82.1M \u00a7<\/p>\n
\nA view is hours watched divided by runtime. Weeks a movie spent outside the Top 10 count as zero.
\nNetflix\u2019s debut week covers only the opening weekend for a Friday release. The 14-day estimate adds that weekend, the second week and four-sevenths of the third week.
\nThe list covers 23 English-language Netflix movies that premiered in 2026. Licensed and library titles aren\u2019t included. Look up any movie\u2019s week-by-week run in our Netflix Top 10 data search<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Picture Credits: Netflix So far in 2026, two English-language Netflix movies have managed to enter Netflix\u2019s all-time most-watched…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-630529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630529","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=630529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}