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Netflix has preserved the legacy of the bizarre Addams Family right from the outset. Although it’s still some time until the child of woes, Wednesday, returns to Nevermore and Netflix, The Addams Family has made itself right at home on the global charts.

In the week dated February 16th to February 22nd, The Addams Family didn’t just appear on the most popular movies chart on Netflix; the animated film rose through the ranks to fourth with 5.3million views from 7.7million hours viewed.

Succeeding the 2019 movie on the most popular movies chart, quite unsurprisingly, is the 2021 sequel, The Addams Family 2, also animated. With 5.2million views amassed from 8.1million hours viewed, the movie is currently ranked fifth, marking a collective dominance of the eccentric family.

Coming back to The Addams Family, the ongoing resurgence of the modern animated movie is influenced by factors such as Netflix recently acquiring the streaming rights to both movies, which were then added to the platform on February 20th. Considering the latest global rankings documented the movie’s collective viewership based on two days of streaming availability, it’s likely that in the coming week, The Addams Family, with its successor, will climb further up.

While the lore of the macabre family isn’t new, ever since Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday series breathed new life into the classic story, the Addams Family has rekindled its momentum in pop culture. Thanks to Wednesday and her theatrics, now, the Addams fever is a permanent thing on Netflix.

That said, there is still time for season three. However, recent updates confirmed that the instalment is already in production with promising new cast additions such as Winona Ryder and Eva Green. So, fans who are struggling to hold their horses until the impending release must be flocking towards the animated movies to get their fix of the macabre family while waiting for more of the live-action series.

Then again, there’s no denying the star power The Addams Family boasts as its cast, with Oscar Isaac voicing Gomez, Charlize Theron as Morticia, Chloe Grace Moretz as Wednesday, and Snoop Dogg as Cousin Itt.

By now, the Addams family craze isn’t a surprise, but what might come as one is that both animated movies are doing performatively well in the “kids & family” segment, possibly because they qualify as a comparatively safe introduction to gothic themes for younger viewers who might find the live-action movies and series a little intense.

However, if you’re someone who had no clue about the movie’s availability, The Addams Family is currently streaming as well as trending on Netflix. So, you might as well make a marathon with the sequel to follow up with.