Netflix continues to be a go-to destination for movies and TV shows for many streaming service users. In addition to having plenty of licensed content, Netflix also boasts a healthy library of original movies and TV shows that continues to grow with each pᴀssing year. Major hits from past years include movies like Damsel (2024), The Gray Man (2022), and The Adam Project (2022), as well as TV shows like Wednesday (2022–), Stranger Things (2016–), and Bridgerton (2020–).

2021 saw the release of Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up, a comedy about a planet-killing comet heading straight for Earth. The Netflix film, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, and Jonah Hill, earned somewhat mixed reviews but became a mᴀssive viewership success. Don’t Look Up previously ranked as the second most popular movie of all time on Netflix behind Red Notice (2021), but a newer movie has now just taken its spot.

Carry-On Moves Up In Netflix’s All-Time Top 10 List

The 2024 Action Thriller Surpᴀsses Don’t Look Up

Carry-On

has just dethroned Don’t Look Up on Netflix’s all-time movies chart. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, the 2024 action thriller stars Taron Egerton as a TSA agent who gets blackmailed into letting a mysterious package go through airport security on Christmas Eve. Also starring Jason Bateman in a rare turn as a sinister villain and Danielle ᴅᴇᴀᴅwyler as an LAPD detective, Carry-On was met with positive reviews from critics and viewership success on Netflix, quickly working its way into the streamer’s all-time top 10 ranking.

New data from Netflix now reveals that Carry-On has moved from third place up to second place on the list of the streamer’s top 10 most popular original movies of all time. The action thriller boasts a staggering 172.1 million views, with 344.1 million hours viewed. Don’t Look Up remains in the top five, now occupying third place, with 171.4 million views, though it does feature more hours viewed at 408.6 million. Both films still fall behind Red Notice, which remains the reigning champion with 230.9 million views. Check out the full top 10 list below:

What Carry-On’s Success Means For The Movie

Will There Be A Sequel?

The fact that Carry-On has now become the second most popular Netflix movie of all time bodes well for those hoping for a sequel. Though the Carry-On ending wraps up the story of Egerton’s Ethan Kopek, there has been talk of a potential follow-up. Serra himself has said that there are no immediate plans for a sequel, but he did tell Variety that one isn’t entirely off the table. “If audiences wanted a sequel, families wanted a sequel, and if we had an idea that would spark and live up to the original, maybe we would do something,” he told the outlet.

Egerton, too, has expressed tentative interest in making Carry-On 2, telling Today that “it would need a really innovative, creative idea to feel like a worthy idea for a sequel. But yeah, why not.” It is worth noting, however, that Red Notice 2 was announced after the original movie’s success, and there has since been no movement on that film, suggesting viewership success alone isn’t always enough to get another movie going. Whether a sequel happens or not, Carry-On is undoubtedly a major win for Netflix.

Source: Netflix