Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein Is Poised to Crack Netflix's All-Time Most-Watched Movies Top 10
Netflix has a monster hit on its hands as Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein electrifies subscribers and ignites raves across the platform.
Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' is barely out of the lab and it's already gunning for Netflix's all-time chart. After a blink-and-you-missed-it theatrical tease, the gothic horror hit Netflix on November 7 and, yeah, viewers showed up fast.
The numbers so far
In less than two weeks on the platform, the film has pulled in 62.9 million views, per Deadline. Netflix tracks these things by how many times a movie is watched globally in its first 91 days. That part matters.
For context: 'Damsel' — the 2024 fantasy movie starring Stranger Things lead Millie Bobby Brown — landed 138 million views in its first 91 days and currently sits at No. 10 on Netflix's all-time list. 'Frankenstein' is already at 62.9 million after just 12 days. Do the math: with 79 days left in the window, it's very much in the conversation to crack the Top 10 if the momentum holds.
Where the bar is right now
Netflix's all-time ranking (again, measured by first-91-days views) currently looks like this, as listed on Netflix's Tudum:
- 1) KPop Demon Hunters - 325.1 million views
- 2) Red Notice
- 3) Carry-On
- 4) Don't Look Up
- 5) The Adam Project
- 6) Bird Box
- 7) Back in Action
- 8) Leave the World Behind
- 9) The Gray Man
- 10) Damsel - 138 million views (in its first 91 days)
Yes, Netflix only counts the first 91 days, not lifetime views — a very Netflix metric choice that keeps the leaderboard active. Either way, if 'Frankenstein' keeps pulling in eyeballs anywhere near its current pace, it has a real shot at pushing into that list.
What the movie is
Del Toro's take is an emotional, gothic spin on Mary Shelley's classic. Oscar Isaac plays Dr. Victor Frankenstein, the brilliant ego who reanimates a creature, and Jacob Elordi is the creation forced to live with the fallout. The story tracks how the experiment wrecks both of them — which is exactly the grim, humane angle you'd expect from del Toro.
The cast also includes Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, and Christoph Waltz. Critics are into it: the film holds an 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes right now.
Where to watch
After a short theatrical run, 'Frankenstein' is streaming on Netflix now.