How is the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie performing on Netflix? And why would anyone but Netflix care about those numbers? Well, the answer to the second question is pretty simple. If a ton of people watch a movie like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, there’s a good chance we’ll get more Texas Chainsaw Massacres down the road. If the opposite is the case, well, it may be a while before we see Leatherface on screen again. So it’s only natural that fans are invested in viewership numbers/box office results, as they’re pretty good predictors of what may be coming next. And in the case of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, well, it’s looking like what could be next is more Leatherface. Because the numbers continue to look very good.
As we told you last week, Texas Chainsaw Massacre was the second most-watched movie on Netflix in the film’s first weekend of release, but we now have the numbers for the week beginning February 21st and ending February 27th – the first full week that Texas Chainsaw Massacre was available to stream on Netflix. And it’s currently sitting high in the #3 spot.
According to Netflix, Texas Chainsaw Massacre was viewed for 17,440,000 hours globally by subscribers between February 21-27, which means it’s been viewed for a total of 46,620,000 hours since it premiered February 18. What the hell does that actually mean? These numbers aren’t as easy to read as box office financials, that’s for sure, but the basic gist here is that A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE have watched Leatherface’s latest chainsaw massacre. Only A Madea Homecoming and The Tinder Swindler bested Texas Chainsaw Massacre this past week.
The streaming service explains how this all works, “Every Tuesday, we publish four global Top 10 lists for films and TV: Film (English), TV (English), Film (Non-English), and TV (Non-English). These lists rank titles based on weekly hours viewed: the total number of hours that our members around the world watched each title from Monday to Sunday of the previous week.”
For the week of February 21-27, Texas Chainsaw Massacre ranked Top 10 in 87 countries on the Netflix charts as well, across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.
For what it’s worth, director David Blue Garcia already has ideas for a sequel!
