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Netflix is finally in its festive, year-end glory, and holiday energy resounds all over the most popular movies chart throughout November.

Despite consecutive weeks of solo reign on Netflix’s most popular movies chart, Ben Affleck’s twisted crime thriller Animals has finally been toppled during the week of November 2nd to November 8th, all thanks to Cathryn Michon’s newest holiday entry, A Dog’s Perfect Christmas, based on A Dog’s Purpose author W Bruce Cameron’s bestselling 2020 novel.

With 8.6million views in its debut week, A Dog’s Perfect Christmas is currently one of the top 10 trending movies in 66 countries. And knowing fans, they’d have it no other way. But if you think the most popular movies chart is only Netflix Originals, you’re wrong, and you’ll know why soon enough.

That said, ranked second on the most popular movies chart this week is a Hollywood blast from the past: the 2001 crime drama Heist with 6.3million views. Besides making the weekly cut, the early-2000s action-thriller is currently the number-one movie in six countries, including Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Sweden, and Norway.

Up next on this week’s most popular movies chart is the sixth instalment of the Final Destination film series, Final Destination Bloodlines, which was added to regional Netflix libraries way before Halloween. But even though the spooky season is done and dusted, the horror hangover persists with 5.8million views. Additionally, the supernatural horror is the number-one movie in eight countries: Guatemala, Jamaica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

At number four is Jake Gyllenhaal and Dennis Quaid’s forgotten sci-fi disaster film The Day After Tomorrow, which has steadily climbed Netflix’s most popular movies chart for over a week. With 4.4million views, the early 2000s film is clearly making waves on Netflix as the well-deserved leader of the weekly charts in the United States.

Rounding out the top five this week is the 2021 animated comedy Sing 2 with 4.3million views. But it’s neither the only animated entry nor the only instalment of the beloved franchise present on this week’s most popular movies chart.

Sixth on this week’s most popular movies chart is the gripping military action thriller Sniper: The Last Stand, followed by Eli Roth’s 2023 slasher horror mystery Thanksgiving, just in time for the holidays. Meanwhile, the American animated musical Sing is ranked eighth after returning to the chart for its non-consecutive 18th week.

Wrapping up the most popular movies chart on Netflix this week are Kidnapped In Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story and KPop Demon Hunters with 3.1million views and 2.8million views, respectively. And with that, it’s a wrap for the week!

The 10 most popular movies on Netflix this week:

• A Dog’s Perfect Christmas
• Heist
• Final Destination Bloodlines
• The Day After Tomorrow
• Sing 2
• Sniper: The Last Stand
• Thanksgiving
• Sing
• Kidnapped In Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story
• KPop Demon Hunters