Paramount+ lagged in both Luminate and Nielsen’s weekly streaming rankings, but came in with the No. 4 title for April 26-May 2.
„Knuckles,” a limited series based on the „Sonic the Hedgehog” video games, debuted on the first day of this viewing period and was watched 450 million minutes. Divided by the series’ 171-minute runtime, that roughly translates to 2.6 million views.
In terms of minutes watched, „Knuckles” placed behind „Fallout” on Amazon Prime Video and „Baby Reindeer” on Netflix at No. 817.8 million and 668.5 million minutes watched last week. 1 and No. 2 positions. And Netflix’s Spanish crime drama “The Asunta Case” came in at No. 3 with 506.3 million minutes watched in its first full week.
But when counting each series’ running time, only „Baby Reindeer” reached 2.8 million views more than „Knuckles,” while „Fallout” and „The Azunda Case” reached 1.7 million and 1.6 million views, respectively.
Netflix’s „Dead Boy Detectives” was next at No. 5 with 429.4 million views (985,000 views), followed by „Them” Season 2 debut on Amazon Prime Video with 290.9 million views (935,000 views).
In the movies chart, „Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver” is at the top with 260.2 million minutes watched, although its 2.1 million views are followed by the No. 2 title „Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Good,” which has 193.2 million minutes with 2.4 million views. „Rebel Moon — Part One” continued the boost of „Part Two,” placing fourth with 101.8 million minutes watched and 688,000 views.
Notable in the film charts were Anne Hathaway’s debut and Nicholas Kalitzin’s „The Idea of You” with 59.6 million minutes watched and 518,000 views.
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