Taylor Sheridan's $85M Oscar-Nominated Thriller Lands On Netflix's US Top 10 Chart 10 Years Later

A movie written by Taylor Sheridan has become a streaming hit a decade after its release. Sheridan is a prolific writer who first became widely recognized for penning the screenplays for a number of prominent features, including the Chris Pine movie Hell or High Water. He also directed two of the most prominent movies that he wrote, namely 2017’s Wind River and 2021’s Those Who Wish Me ᴅᴇᴀᴅ.

However, since 2018, Sheridan has become more ᴀssociated with prestige television than with movies, as he is the creator of the shows in the Yellowstone franchise. The flagship neo-Western series has already spawned the prequels 1883 and 1923 and has more spinoffs in development. Additionally, he has either created or executive produced a number of other successful series, including Special Ops: Lioness, Tulsa King, Mayor of Kingstown, and Landman.

It Has Landed On A Major U.S. Chart

2015’s Sicario is making waves on Netflix. The movie, which was written by Sheridan and directed by Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Dune, Dune: Part Two), follows FBI agent Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) finding herself in over her head when she joins a task force targeting a Mexican cartel leader. The movie was a critical and commercial success, grossing $85 million against its $30 million budget, earning a Certified Fresh score of 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, and spawning the 2018 sequel Day of the Soldado.

The star-studded cast of Sicario also includes Josh Brolin, Benicio del Toro, Daniel Kaluuya, and Jon Bernthal.

Now, Netflix has calculated their Top 10 chart of the most watched movies in the United States for the week of February 24 through March 2. After debuting on the platform on March 1, just one day before the end of the week, Sicario has landed at No. 8 on the chart.

It is the highest-ranked movie that is more than three years old, as the movies above it include the new release Counterattack (No. 3), the 2024 releases Venom: The Last Dance (No. 1), Despicable Me 4 (No. 2), the 2023 movies To Catch a Killer (No. 4) and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (No. 5), and the 2022 тιтles Watcher (No. 6) and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (No. 7).

What This Means For Sicario

It’s Another Sheridan Streaming Success

Benicio del Toro as Alejandro holding a silenced pistol and wearing a stealth suit in Sicario

It remains to be seen if Sicario is able to climb any higher up the chart, but the fact that it nabbed a position at No. 8 within just two days would seem to indicate that it has strong potential. If the Denis Villeneuve movie climbs the chart and maintains a position in the Top 10, it will serve to cement the streaming success of Taylor Sheridan after a recent report discovered that his Paramount+ series collectively earned the streaming platform more than $260 million between 2021 and 2024.

Source: Netflix