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‘The Night Agent’ Breaks Netflix Chart On Debut Week

The thriller from Sony Pictures TV and creator Shawn Ryan rocketed to No. 1 on the streamer’s internal charts for the week of March 20-26. The Night Agent, which premiered on March 23, amassed 168.17 million hours of viewing worldwide over its first four days.

That figure is the third highest ever for a series debut since Netflix started releasing its weekly top 10 lists in July 2021; only Wednesday (341.23 million hours) and Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (196.2 million) rank higher. The Night Agent was among the top 10 series in 93 countries.

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Love Is Blind Season 4 also debuted its first five episodes this week, bringing in 25.52M hours viewed. That brought it to No. 4 on the list. Episodes 6-8 drop on March 31, followed by episodes 9-11 on April 7 and the final episode on April 14. Waco: American Apocalypse was also a newcomer on the list this week with 21.5M hours viewed (No. 5).

Shadow and Bone Season 2 held onto its second place spot on the Top 10, while You Season 4 fell to from first place to third place.

Also on the list this week were Shadow and Bone Season 1, Season 3 of Outer Banks, Sex/Life Season 2, Wednesday and MH370: The Plane That Disappeared.

The Glory remained atop the Non-English TV List for the third straight week with 48.35M hours viewed. The Korean thriller also moved up to the No. 6 spot on the Non-English TV Most Popular list with 413.05M total hours viewed.

As for the film side of things, Luther: The Fallen Sun once again reigned over the English-language chart with another 24.7M hours viewed in its third consecutive week at the top. The Magician’s Elephant moved up to No. 2 on the list, with 16.73M hours viewed.

Somto Bisina

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