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Netflix has released a report outlining viewing totals for its titles from January to June 2023, and the top ranked movies may surprise you.
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- Netflix has released a report outlining viewing totals for its titles from January to June 2023.
- It's the first of what the streamer promises to be a biannual look at what people are watching.
- Here are the 10 most-watched movies on the platform in the first half of the year, per Netflix.
Netflix took a big step toward data transparency this week, releasing an exhaustive report of the movies and television series its subscribers watched in the first half of 2023, calculated by viewing hours.
The report, titled "What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report" is the first of what the streamer promises to be a biannual look at what people are (and aren't) watching on the platform.
The list includes viewership data on more than 18,000 titles and reveals the number of hours each was viewed between January and June 2023.
According to Netflix, the report represents 99% of all viewing on Netflix, and a total of nearly 100 billion hours of watch time.
Like its top-ranking shows, the movies that Netflix users consumed the most across the first six months of 2023 may be surprising. Keep reading to find out what took the top spot.
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Total hours viewed: 120,000,000
Premiere date: April 28, 2023
Rotten Tomatoes score: 82%
Netflix synopsis: "A steely special ops agent finds his morality put to the test when he infiltrates a crime syndicate and unexpectedly bonds with the boss' young son."
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Total hours viewed: 120,500,000
Premiere date: January 6, 2023
Rotten Tomatoes score: 63%
Netflix synopsis: "A retired detective recruits an astute West Point cadet named Edgar Allan Poe to help him solve a grisly murder mystery at the U.S. Military Academy."
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Total hours viewed: 124,400,000
Premiere date: February 24, 2023
Rotten Tomatoes score: 42%
Netflix synopsis: "After finding a ghost with a murky past haunting their new house, a family becomes internet sensations — and the targets of a shadowy government agency."
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Total hours viewed: 142,900,000
Premiere date: December 23, 2022
Rotten Tomatoes score: 92%
Netflix synopsis: "World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his ecletic crew of friends."
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Total hours viewed: 163,000,000
Premiere date: February 10, 2023
Rotten Tomatoes score: 30%
Netflix synopsis: "When best friends and total opposites Debbie and Peter swap homes for a week, they get a peek into each other's lives that could open the door to love."
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Total hours viewed: 173,600,000
Premiere date: March 31, 2023
Rotten Tomatoes score: 45%
Netflix synopsis: "After starting their own detective agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz land a career-making case when their billionaire pal is kidnapped from his wedding."
Strong Baby
Total hours viewed: 181,800,000
Premiere date: January 27, 2023
Rotten Tomatoes score: 40%
Netflix synopsis: "Families and cultures clash when two LA millennials from different backgrounds fall in love and face the ultimate relationship test: meeting the parents."
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Total hours viewed: 201,800,000
Premiere date: June 16, 2023
Rotten Tomatoes score: 79%
Netflix synopsis: "Back from the brink of death, highly skilled commando Tyler Rake takes on another dangerous mission: saving the imprisoned family of a ruthless gangster."
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Total hours viewed: 209,700,000
Premiere date: March 10, 2023
Rotten Tomatoes score: 68%
Netflix synopsis: "Haunted by an unsolved murder, brilliant but disgraced London police detective John Luther breaks out of prison to hunt down a sadistic serial killer."
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Total hours viewed: 249,900,000
Premiere date: May 12, 2023
Rotten Tomatoes score: 43%
Netflix synopsis: "A military-trained assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter she's never met from ruthless criminals gunning for revenge."