Viewership for Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver plummeted in the film’s second week on the streaming service.
REBEL MOON. Sofia Boutella stars as Kora, the reluctant hero from a peaceful colony who is about to find she’s her people’s last hope, in Zack Snyder’s REBEL MOON. Cr. Clay Enos/Netflix © 2023
The film debuted at the top of Netflix’s English language film’s chart the week it premiered bringing in 44.2 million hours viewed and 21.4 million views. However, in its second week, viewership fell to 38.8 million hours viewed and 18.8 million views.
That’s a decline of 12.2% in total hours watched and 12.1% in total views.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 13: (L-R) Zack Snyder and Deborah Snyder attend the Netflix Premiere of Zack Snyder’s REBEL MOON – Part One: A Child of Fire at TCL Chinese Theatre on December 13, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Netflix)
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Now, you might not think that decline is that significant. However, if you got back to December and look at viewership for Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire, it paints a stark picture that viewers did not like what Zack Snyder created.
The first film also took the top spot for English-language films for the week it debuted and racked up 54.1 million hours viewed and 23.9 million views. In its second week, total hours viewed and views increased to 77 million hours viewed and 34 million views. That’s a 42.3% increase in total hours viewed and total views. That’s right, the second week for the first film saw an increase in total hours viewed and viewership compared to the second film seeing a decline.
Rebel Moon. (Featured) Sofia Boutella as Kora in Rebel Moon. Cr. Chris Strother/Netflix ©2023
In fact, many Netflix original films see an increase in their second week compared to their first week given the first week is usually only a single weekend while the second week includes the whole week. For example, Leave the World Behind debuted at the beginning of December and brought in 98.7 million hours viewed and 41.7 million views in its first week. Its second week increased hours viewed to 106.2 million and views to 44.9 million.
Lift starring Kevin Hart performed similarly when it debuted. The film garnered 58.5 million hours viewed and 32.8 million views when it debuted in the middle of January. In its second week it saw total hours viewed increase to 65.4 million and views increase to 36.7 million.
REBEL MOON: (L-R) Sofia Boutella as Kora and Djimon Hounsou as Titus in Rebel Moon. Cr. Clay Enos/Netflix © 2023
The animated film Orion and the Dark did this as well. The film debuted on Netflix with 15.5 million hours viewed and 10 million views. In its second week its total hours viewed increased to 19.7 million and total views increased to 12.7 million.
The Lindsay Lohan film, Irish Wish, did it too. It debuted with 30.6 million hours viewed and 19.5 million views. Second week viewership increased to 40 million hours viewed and 25.5 million views.
The Millie Bobby Brown film Damsel from director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo saw debut week viewership of 64.8 million hours viewed and 35.3 million views. Second week viewership increased to 93.2 million hours viewed and 50.8 million views.
Even a non-original film like The Super Mario Bros. Movie followed this pattern. In its first week on the streamer, it had 4.8 million hours viewed and 3.1 million views. However, by its second week it had 20.3 million hours viewed and 13.2 million views.
Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver. Sofia Boutella as Kora in Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver. Cr. Clay Enos/Netflix © 2023
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On top of Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver bucking a trend that typically sees Netflix original films perform better in their second, if you compare the total hours viewed between the two films, it reveals a nearly 37% decline in total hours viewed from 131.1 million to 40.2 million.
This reduction in viewership appears to confirm early reporting from analytics firm Samba TV, which indicated the second film had around 40% fall off from the first film. The company reported at the end of December that 1.7 million US households watched Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire in its first five days on the streaming service.
Samba TV on X
In the middle of April it revealed the second film only saw 967,000 US households tune in. That’s a 43.12% decline.
However, Samba TV’s Part Two reporting was only over three days instead of five days like the first film.
Samba TV on X
What do you make of Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver seeing viewership decline in its second week and falling off a cliff compared to the first film?
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