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'Yu Yu Hakusho' bags No. 1 spot on Netflix: Biggest debut for Japanese series

Published Dec 20, 2023 03:41 am

The live action series “Yu Yu Hakusho” debuted on top of Netflix’s weekly Global Top 10 chart and set a new record. 

According to Netflix, “Yu Yu Hakusho” topped the weekly non-English list from Dec. 11 to 17 with 7.7 million views to set the record for “the biggest debut for any Netflix Japanese series.”

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(Photo from Netflix) 

Meanwhile, the Korean series “My Demon” is at No. 2 with 4.2 million views to land on its fourth week on the chart. The Korean dating series “Single’s Inferno” debuted at No. 4 with 3.6 million views. 

On the English Films list, “Leave the World Behind,” starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Mahershala Ali and Myha'la, bagged the No. 1 spot with 44.9 million views. 

On the English TV List, the final season of “The Crown” rose to No. 2 with 5.8 million views.  

The thriller “Blood Vessel” is No. 1 on the non-English Films list with 4.4 million views. 

Here are Netflix’s Global Top 10 lists for Dec. 11 to 17: 

TV (Non-English)

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RANK

TITLE

WEEKS IN TOP 10

HOURS VIEWED

VIEWS

1

Yu Yu Hakusho: Season 1

1

32,100,000

7,700,000

2

My Demon: Season 1

4

33,600,000

4,200,000

3

Blood Coast: Season 1

2

19,900,000

3,800,000

4

Single’s Inferno: Season 3

1

11,900,000

3,600,000

5

High Tides: Season 1

2

19,100,000

3,300,000

6

True Beauty

3

63,500,000

3,200,000

7

A Nearly Normal Family: Limited Series

4

12,200,000

2,700,000

8

If I Were Luísa Sonza: Season 1

1

4,000,000

2,200,000

9

Dubai Bling: Season 2

1

12,600,000

1,900,000

10

Welcome to Samdal-ri: Season 1

2

11,000,000

1,900,000

TV (English)

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RANK

TITLE

WEEKS IN TOP 10

HOURS VIEWED

VIEWS

1

My Life With the Walter Boys: Season 1

2

97,500,000

12,800,000

2

The Crown: Season 6

5

50,900,000

5,800,000

3

Obliterated: Season 1

3

35,600,000

5,200,000

4

World War II: From the Frontlines: Season 1

2

21,200,000

4,400,000

5

Squid Game: The Challenge: Season 1

4

24,900,000

3,000,000

6

Car Masters: Rust to Riches: Season 5

1

12,900,000

2,400,000

7

Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife: Season 1

3

6,100,000

2,300,000

8

CoComelon Lane: Season 1

4

7,800,000

2,000,000

9

Young Sheldon: Season 1

4

11,600,000

1,600,000

10

School Spirits: Season 1

1

8,900,000

1,400,000

 

 

Films (English)

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RANK

TITLE

WEEKS IN TOP 10

HOURS VIEWED

VIEWS

1

Leave the World Behind

2

106,200,000

44,900,000

2

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

1

20,300,000

11,900,000

3

Leo

4

16,800,000

9,400,000

4

Family Switch

3

16,600,000

9,400,000

5

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

3

13,700,000

8,900,000

6

Underwater

1

9,200,000

5,800,000

7

Old

1

10,000,000

5,600,000

8

Christmas as Usual

2

7,100,000

4,800,000

9

Dr. Seuss' The Grinch

5

5,700,000

4,000,000

10

Holiday in the Vineyards

1

6,900,000

3,900,000

 

 

Films (Non-English)

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RANK

TITLE

 

WEEKS IN TOP 10

HOURS VIEWED

VIEWS

1

Blood Vessel

2

8,800,000

4,400,000

2

Stolen Vacation

2

3,200,000

2,100,000

3

Dhak Dhak

1

3,700,000

1,600,000

4

The Archies

2

3,100,000

1,300,000

5

Don't Buy the Seller

1

2,100,000

1,200,000

6

Familia

1

1,800,000

1,000,000

7

NAGA

1

1,900,000

1,000,000

8

Nowhere

9

1,800,000

1,000,000

9

Women on the Edge

3

1,400,000

900,000

10

Japan

1

2,200,000

900,000

 

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