Season 4 of “The Umbrella Academy” was the most-watched streaming original in the U.S. during the week of Aug. 9-15, per Luminate.
The Netflix series’ final outing was watched for 863.1 million minutes in its first full week on Netflix. Additionally, the new release renewed attention on previous ones, with Season 1 grabbing eighth place with 176.1 million minutes watched.
“A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” continued to perform well for Netflix, as did “Love Is Blind: UK,” charting at No. 2 with 335.4 million minutes watched and No. 3 with 313.4 million minutes watched, respectively. They were followed by Season 6 of “Love Island USA,” which was watched for 292.1 million minutes on Peacock in the finale’s third full week of availability.
Docuseries “American Murder: Laci Peterson” debuted in fifth place with 255.3 million views, while “Love of My Life” grew slightly from the week before, landing in sixth place with 214.6 million. Besides “The Umbrella Academy” Season 1, the titles sith less than 200 million minutes watched were “Presumed Innocent,” “Blue Ribbon Baking Championship” and “Evil” Season 4.
“The Instigators” was the No. 1 title on the film chart with 369.4 million minutes watched in its first week of availability on Apple TV+. Netlix’s “Inside the Mind of a Dog” debuted at No. 1 with 201.1 million minutes watched, followed by the second chart appearance of last week’s top movie, “Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie,” which was watched for 153 million minutes.
With less than 100 million minutes watched were “Mission: Cross,” “Find Me Falling,” “Lolo and the Kid,” “One Fast Move,” “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,” “My Spy: The Eternal City” and “A Family Affair.”
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