The Netflix original film “The Union” was the third-most-streamed title of the Aug. 12-18 viewing window, per Nielsen — a feat, as movies are disadvantaged on the Nielsen Streaming Top 10, having shorter running times than the TV series they’re up against.
With 1.3 billion minutes watched, the Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg-led film came only behind “Prison Break” (1.6 billion minutes watched) and “The Umbrella Academy” (1.4 billion), which were also the previous week’s top two titles. The former was recently added to Netflix after concluding its run on Fox in 2018, though it was already available on Hulu, and the latter having just dropped its fourth and final season on Netflix.
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In fourth place, up from seventh place the week before, was “Fire Country.” The CBS drama was streamed for 1.2 billion minutes across Paramount+, where it has been available since its debut, and Netflix, where it was recently added.
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“Bluey,” which charts every week, landed No. 5 with 996 million minutes watched, and was followed by another chart regular: “Grey’s Anatomy” with 928 million minutes watched. “American Murder: Laci Peterson” debuted at No. 7 with 834 million minutes watched in its first four days of availability, coming just ahead of the week’s last chart regular, “Family Guy,” which was watched for 834 million minutes. “Emily in Paris” returned to the chart as the ninth-most-watched title of the week, clocking 792 million minutes watched in the first four days of availability of its fourth season.
“Dexter” took last place for the second week in a row with 748 million minutes watched across Netflix and Paramount, with the long concluded Showtime series seeing renewed interest after having been added to Netflix in June and with prequel series “Dexter: Original Sin” debuting this December.
See Nielsen’s list of overall streaming rankings for Aug. 12 to 18 first, followed by original streaming titles, acquired titles and then films.
