Netflix Top 10s: ‘My Brilliant Career’ Surges, and ‘Facing El Chapo’ Debuts Big Alongside ‘Blood Sacrifice’
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Welcome to your slightly belated rundown of all the biggest stories from the Netflix top 10s for the week of August 17th through August 23rd, 2026. Below, we’ll take a look at the viewership stories that have caught our eyes, whether it’s updates on titles like My Brilliant Career, Don’t Say Good Luck, or My Life with the Walter Boys, or some of the other debuts from last week, including Facing El Chapo and Blood Sacrifice.
If you’re looking for our coverage on Outer Banks season 5, we already did that last night. As a reminder, Outer Banks season 5 debuted at the #1 spot on Netflix’s English TV list with 9.4 million views (80.6 million viewing hours) in its opening week, but experienced a significant viewership decline compared to previous outings. This opening marks a roughly 46% drop from its series peak in season 3 (17.4 million views) and also falls short of seasons 2 and 4, albeit there are caveats there.
Facing El Chapo
Everyone has heard of El Chapo, and that’s what Netflix was counting on when it put this new Mexican film as its big Friday movie release, which traditionally goes to a big English-language film. It worked a treat and served as one of the best-performing movies from the region in quite some time and the biggest international Friday film for 2026:
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Netflix cumulative views ranking for Counterattack, Facing El Chapo, Desire, Without Saying Goodbye, The Heart Knows and 7 more Netflix titles over 1 weeks.
Title
Opening Week Views
Rank
Counterattack
18,600,000
1
Facing El Chapo
18,000,000
2
Desire
12,900,000
3
Without Saying Goodbye
8,100,000
4
The Heart Knows
7,600,000
5
Accused
7,500,000
6
Queens on the Run
7,000,000
7
The Marked Woman
6,600,000
8
Firebreak
6,100,000
9
Husbands in Action
5,700,000
10
Almost Family
5,500,000
11
Ikka
4,400,000
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