Dove Cameron’s Erotic Thriller 56 Days Rockets to No. 1 on Prime Video as Rotten Tomatoes Score Impresses

Prime Video is loading up on thrillers this year — a new Reacher season is on deck, and Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis are teaming for Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta. But the streamer’s current heat check is an erotic thriller that just blasted to number one: 56 Days, led by Dove Cameron, is the buzziest thing on the service right now and, for once, the scores actually back it up.

Prime Video’s new number one

56 Days dropped Friday and immediately shoved the James Patterson crime series Cross out of the top spot in the U.S. The show’s eight breezy episodes are built around a meet-cute that turns very not-cute: Ciara (Dove Cameron — Descendants favorite and, yes, the almost-Powerpuff Girl from that scrapped pilot) bumps into Oliver (Avan Jogia) in a supermarket, they fall hard and fast, and 56 days later homicide detectives find an unidentified body in Oliver’s bathtub — a body intentionally decomposed to hide who it was. From there, the series peels back the timeline and the relationship, secret by grim secret.

On paper, it’s the classic streaming cocktail: good-looking leads, twisty plotting, and marketing that leans proudly horned-up. The surprise is that critics didn’t toss it straight into the guilty-pleasure bin.

How it’s playing with critics and viewers

Critically, 56 Days is sitting at a 62% Tomatometer — not spotless, not a shrug either. The usual knocks are there (you can see the seams if you go looking), but the leads are getting real credit for selling the obsession and the danger. As one pull-quote sums it up:

"Compelling layered performances."

And the show’s structure keeps you guessing:

"Never quite knowing what to expect."

The audience response is where it pops: an 86% Audience Score (Popcornmeter) suggests the binge is delivering exactly what people want on a weeknight. One viewer nails the vibe:

"Dove and Avan's performances were great and kept me intrigued through to the end. 10/10 and I didn't see the ending coming at all."

Where things stand right now

• Rank: #1 on Prime Video in the U.S., bumping Cross
• Format: 8 episodes
• Tomatometer: 62%
• Audience Score (Popcornmeter): 86%

Bottom line: 56 Days isn’t reinventing the thriller, but it is confidently playing the hits — chemistry, secrets, and a clean hook that pays off. Will it stick in your brain a year from now — or even in, yes, 56 days? Hard to say. Right this second, though, it’s one of the easiest binges on streaming.