Masters of the Universe claimed the top position in Nielsen’s streaming ratings for the week of July 20-26, marking its debut on Prime Video following a theatrical release that generated approximately $114 million worldwide against a production budget of $170 million. The film accumulated 1.17 billion minutes of viewing time during its first streaming week, becoming one of only two titles to surpass the billion-minute threshold.
The Big Bang Theory held the second position with 1.12 billion minutes of watch time, marking the second consecutive week the comedy series achieved an all-time high in viewing metrics. Among original content, Will Ferrell’s Netflix comedy The Hawk placed third with 944 million minutes, while Prime Video’s action comedy Ride or Die, featuring Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham, garnered 922 million minutes and showed a 6 percent week-over-week increase.
Additional entries on the charts included the debut of King of the Hill’s 15th season, which generated 658 million minutes of viewing time with new episodes accounting for approximately 461 million minutes of that total. Netflix’s Ransom Canyon returned to the rankings with its second season premiere, accumulating 751 million minutes. Kevin Hart’s Netflix comedy 72 Hours secured the second position on the movies top 10 with 791 million minutes during its premiere week.
Nielsen’s streaming ratings measure viewing on television sets within the United States only and do not include minutes watched on computers or mobile devices.
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