‘Road House’ Dominates Streaming on Easter Weekend
What the movie-streaming public wants depends on which top 10 chart you prefer. This week offered little consistency and some outright contradictions.
One thing is clear: Jake Gyllenhaal’s straight-to-streaming “Road House” remake is a massive hit. Amazon Prime reported over 50 million worldwide viewers through its second streaming weekend and gateway app Reelgood reported it as the week’s #1 movie for March 21-27 in the U.S.
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“The Accountant,” a 2016 Warner Bros. drama starring Ben Affleck, is currently #1 at Netflix. On Easter weekend “The Passion of the Christ” led VOD at iTunes, while the just-released $19.99 “Imaginary” (Lionsgate) topped Fandango’s revenue-calculated list. (It was #20 at iTunes.) For a second week, Google Play did not update its list.
“Ordinary Angels” (also Lionsgate) is #2 at Fandango, but #14 at iTunes. Since Fandango calculates by revenue, that list favors PVODs — but this week, six of its top 10 rented for $5.99 or less; “The Passion of the Christ,” only $3.99, was #8.
Easter also elevated “Hop” (#3) and “The Ten Commandments” (#7) at iTunes, but neither Netflix nor Reelgood reflected a boost for holiday-related titles.
Netflix’s current top 10 contains five originals, starting with the French-language “The Wages of Fear.” After William Friedkin’s “Sorcerer,” it’s the second remake of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s classic adventure tale of truckers transporting nitroglycerine. Also new at #3 is the South African “Heart of the Hunter,” Polish rom-com “No Pressure” at #5, and Bill Nighy as a British soccer coach in “The Beautiful Game” at #8.
“Road House” is #3 at Reelgood, behind Netflix’s “3 Body Problem” and “Quiet on Set” (Max). Oddly, “Irish Spring” was ahead of “Damsel” each day during the the seven-day period, but the fantasy starring Millie Bobby Brown placed at Reelgood as the sole Netflix entry.
Finally, the lists saw two significant dropoffs. After two weeks, “Bob Marley: One Love” (Paramount), is gone from iTunes and dropped from #1 to sixth on Fandango. “Shirley,” another Netflix original, also fell off its list after an eight-day run, reaching as high as #8.
VOD Top 10s
iTunes and Google Play rank films daily by number of transactions, while Fandango at Home lists by revenue. The listings below are for Monday, April 1. Google Play’s top 10 has not been updated, now for two weeks. We will list them when they return.
The distributors listed are current rights owners. Prices for all titles are for lowest for either rental or download.
iTunes
1. The Passion of the Christ (Picturehouse) – $3.99
2. Anyone but You (Sony) – $5.99
3. The Beekeeper (Lionsgate) – $5.99
4. Hop (Universal) – $3.79
5. Migration (Universal) – $5.99
6. The Iron Claw (A24) – $4.99
7. The Ten Commandments (Paramount) – $3.79
8. Argylle (Universal) – $19.99
9. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Lionsgate) – $5.99
10. Land of Bad (The Avenue) – $19.99
Fandango at Home
1. Imaginary (Lionsgate) – $19.99
2. Ordinary Angels (Lionsgate) – $19.99
3. Madame Web (Sony) – $19.99
4. The Beekeeper (Amazon MGM) – $5.99
5. Migration (Universal) – $5.99
6. The Iron Claw (A24) – $4.99
7. Land of Bad (The Avenue) – $19.99
8. The Passion of the Christ (Picturehouse) – $3.99
9. Anyone but You (Sony) – $5.99
10. Argylle (Universal) – $5.99
Reelgood
Reelgood is a gateway app for film and TV that provides a weekly listing of most-watched movies on subscription-based streamers. We list the streamer hosting the film after each title. This list covers March 21-27.
1. Road House (2024) (Amazon Prime)
2. Anatomy of a Fall (Hulu))
3. Poor Things (Hulu)
4. Oppenheimer (Peacock)
5. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Fubo)
6. Road House (1989) (Amazon Prime)
7. American Fiction (Fubo)
8. Dune (Max)
9. Damsel (Netflix)
10. The Holdovers (Peacock)
Netflix Movies
These are the most-viewed, current rankings on Netflix’s domestic daily chart on Monday, April 1. Originals include both Netflix-produced and acquired titles it initially presents in the U.S. Netflix publishes its own worldwide weekly top 10 on Tuesdays based on time viewed.
1. The Accountant (2016 theatrical release)
2. The Wages of Fear (Netflix French original)
3. Heart of the Hunter (Netflix South African original)
4. The Miracle Club (2023 theatrical release)
5. No Pressure (Netflix Polish original)
6. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023 theatrical release)
7. On the Line (2022 VOD release)
8. The Beautiful Game (Netflix British original)
9. Damsel (Netflix original)
10. Mending the Line (2022 theatrical release)
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