Friends viewership rises after Matthew Perry’s death – Deadline

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For the first time since June.. suit It was unable to exceed 1 billion minutes watched during the week of October 23-29.

With 997 million minutes watched, the USA Network legal drama ranked second on Nielsen’s streaming charts during the period. This ended an 18-week streak of reaching over 1 billion minutes, which, while impressive, is not actually a record holder.

According to Nielsen, that honor goes to the desk, 30 weeks are pre-scheduled for over 1 billion minutes. but, suit It broke the record by holding the top spot for 15 weeks, surpassing… Ozark11 week streak.

Romantic comedy film Jennifer Lawrence No hard feelings It ranked first with 1.1 billion minutes watched — the only title to have more than 1 billion minutes watched in this period. Nielsen says the film attracted a very broad audience: the viewing age was evenly distributed across the 18-64 demo, and 30% of viewers were Hispanic or African American.

The fall of the House of Usher It managed to hold on to third place with 944 million minutes watched.

Another new movie enters the list, Five nights at freddy’s It came in eighth on the overall list with 740 million minutes watched in just the first few days on Peacock after arriving on the service on October 27. In comparison, Nielsen says that The end of Halloween It recorded approximately 717 million viewing minutes in its first three days on Peacock. We expect to see this horror film on the charts through November.

Disney+ didn’t have any originals on the overall list, however Loki It kept the streamer afloat on the original list in fourth place. With the release of Episode 4 of Season 2, the series has achieved 514 million viewing minutes. This is one point higher than what the series achieved the previous week, despite a slight decline in viewing.

Fans also took some time to commemorate the life of Matthew Perry, following the actor’s sudden death on October 28. In just a few hours before this period ends, friends It achieved 583 million viewing minutes, ranking seventh on the list of earned titles.

This is the highest weekly total for friends Since the end of January, when the series has seen just over 600 million minutes watched.

Here are the top 10 films overall and originals, with streaming service, title, number of episodes (“1″=feature film or series premiere) and minutes watched: