“Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” Amazon Prime Video’s TV remake of the film of the same name, had a strong opening weekend. Starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, the series debuted in fourth place on Nielsen’s streaming rankings with 964 million minutes watched in its first three days of availability.
It ranked only behind “Griselda,” the Sofia Vergara-led Netflix miniseries that hit 1.7 billion minutes watched between Jan. 29 and Feb. 4, its first full week of availability, as well as “Young Sheldon” and “Bluey,” frequent chart-toppers that were watched for 1.3 billion and 1.4 billion minutes, respectively.
“Griselda” and “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” were the only streaming originals to make the Top 10 during this viewing window. No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7 all went to chart regulars: “Grey’s Anatomy” with 958 million minutes watched, “The Big Bang Theory” with 750 million minutes watched and “NCIS” with 689 million minutes watched. The ninth-most-streamed title of the week was “This Is Us,” which recently began a run on the Top 10 after being added to Netflix.
The bottom title on the chart was “True Detective,” which released the third episode of Season 4 on Jan. 28, just before the viewing window began, and the fourth episode on Feb. 4, just before it ended. The series was watched for 648 million minutes during this window — but this statistic refers only to viewership on Max, while the show also airs on HBO’s linear channel, where the network tends to get roughly one-third of its viewership.
See Nielsen’s list of overall streaming rankings for Jan. 29-Feb. 4 first, followed by original streaming titles, acquired titles and then films.
