“A Man on the Inside,” a Netflix comedy from Mike Schur starring Ted Danson, was the No. 1 title on Luminate’s weekly ranking of streaming originals for Nov. 22-28. The series hit 1.3 billion minutes watched during its first full week of availability after its Nov. 21 premiere.
Next in line was the newest Taylor Sheridan series, “Landman,” which hit 984.3 million minutes watched in its first full week on Paramount+ — up from its No. 7 debut with 470.4 million minutes watched in five days the previous week. Last week’s No. 1 title, “Cross,” took third place this week with 855.4 million minutes watched in its second full week of avavilability.
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The rest of the series on the chart — "The Empress" Season 2, "The Day of the Jackal," "The Lincoln Lawyer" Season 3 and "Cobra Kai" Season 6 — all achieved below 500 million minutes watched.
On the film chart, "The Merry Gentlemen" took the top slot with 435.1 million minutes watched. The Rachel Zegler-led animated film "Spellbound" landed at No. 2 with 346.7 million minutes watched this week, and was followed by "Our Little Secret" (301.8 million), "Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy" (272.4 million), "The Piano Lesson" (241.7 million) and "Hot Frosty" (233.9 million) — last week's top title.
The remaining chart titles all achieved fewer than 200 million minutes watched: "The Lost Children," "Blitz," "GTMax" and, as previously mentioned, "Meet Me Next Christmas."
(Disclosure: Luminate and Variety share a common owner in Penske Media Corp.)
