FX’s “The Bear” served up more than 1.2 billion minutes watched during its first full week in release on Hulu while Eddie Murphy’s return to form in Netflix’s “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” grabbed a big crowd in its first 48 hours of release, according to Luminate‘s streaming originals ratings for the week of June 28-July 4.
Other strong performers for the seven-day frame that ended with the Independence Day holiday included Netflix original film “Family Affair,” Amazon Prime Video’s documentary “I Am: Celine Dion” and Tubi slasher pic “Bloodline Killer.” Among streaming original series, Netflix’s “Worst Roommate Ever” got Season 2 off to a strong start and its British sci-fi import “Supacell” impressed in its first week.
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"The Bear" topped the TV series chart with 1.2 billion minutes watched, up 829% from the previous week when it only had one day in release. "Worst Roommate Ever," Netflix's offbeat horror docuseries, rose 441% from the previous week to land at No. 2 with 638 million minutes watched in its first full week in release.
"Supacell," however, was the big mover in the series top 10. It soared 3,700% to land at No. 3 for the week with 605.6 million minutes watched, in its first full week release after bowing June 27. Netflix's unscripted real series "Owning Manhattan" opened to 512.2 million minutes watched to take the No. 5 spot.
The buzz whipped up by the return of "The Bear" juiced viewership for the previous two seasons, enough to lift Season 1 to the No. 11 spot (234.8 million minutes watched) and Season 2 to No. 13 (213.9 million).
On the film side, the Richard LaGravanese-helmed Netflix rom-com "Family Affair" led the field with 1.4 billion minutes watched in its first full week in release. "Axel F" was No. 1 with 646 million minutes watched after the highly anticipated sequel bowed July 3.
Prime Video saw strong hold for its Celine Dion documentary "I Am: Celine Dion," which delivered 151.2 million minutes watched, up 83% from the previous week.
"Trigger Warning," Netflix's political thriller starrer Jessica Alba, fell 64% in its second week after debuting at No. 1 last week. But it still held the No. 3 spot with 360.6 million minutes watched. A sleeper story for the week was the indie horror romp "Bloodline Killer," which hacked its way to No. 9 with 43.9 million minutes viewed since its June 28 debut.
(Pictured: "The Bear")
