{"id":381151,"date":"2026-10-16T03:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=381151"},"modified":"2026-10-16T03:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:16:06","slug":"below-is-already-no-1-on-netflix-worldwide-17-million-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/below-is-already-no-1-on-netflix-worldwide-17-million-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Below is already No. 1 on Netflix worldwide: 17 million views"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below, Netflix<\/a>\u2019s horror series, premiered on October 8<\/strong> and wasted no time climbing the chart. According to Netflix, it hit No. 1 globally after pulling in 17 million views in its first week across 53 countries.<\/p>\n

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The series comes from Jesse McKeown and was filmed in Newfoundland and Labrador<\/strong>. Set in a remote fishing town dealing with both a sea creature and a resettlement offer, Below puts Josh Hartnett, Mackenzie Davis, and Charlie Heaton up front. Netflix says it\u2019s already the platform\u2019s biggest Canadian debut, and one of those late-year breakouts that even moved past East of Eden.<\/p>\n\n

The comparisons aren\u2019t hard to see. Critics and viewers have been lining Below up with Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, and Apple TV+<\/a>\u2019s Emmy-winning, King-praised Widow\u2019s Bay because it pulls from that same mix of small-town dread, supernatural mystery, family drama, and isolated coastal horror. Reviews have praised the atmosphere, the suspense, the landscape, and Hartnett in particular, even if some critics think the middle stretch drags<\/strong>, the plot gets overcrowded, audience scores have come in lower, and the finale doesn\u2019t really stick the landing.<\/p>\n\n

If Netflix is where you go for horror, Below is a solid one to queue up, especially since it works family trauma<\/strong>, climate anxiety, and corporate greed into the monster story. It also keeps 2026\u2019s King-adjacent run going, alongside Prime Video<\/a>\u2019s Carrie at No. 2 with an 85% Certified Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

You can watch Below on Netflix now.<\/p>\n

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Below, Netflix\u2019s horror series, premiered on October 8 and wasted no time climbing the chart. According to Netflix, it hit No. 1 globally after pulling in 17 million views in its first week across 53 countries. The series comes from Jesse McKeown and was filmed in Newfoundland and Labrador. Set in a remote fishing town … Continue reading “Below is already No. 1 on Netflix worldwide: 17 million views”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9352,"featured_media":381150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-381151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381152,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381151\/revisions\/381152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381151"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=381151"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=381151"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=381151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}