Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a big winner for Prime Video. The series debuted on February 2 and since then has collected more than a billion viewing minutes across its eight episodes, particularly impressive because of its overlap with the Super Bowl hoopla.
The showing by Prime backs up its recent streaming hit with Reacher, which has been in the upper range of the Nielsen originals streaming tally for some time.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Griselda, the latter which landed at No. 6 in the latest tally with 735 million minutes watched in its second full week of availability, are the two originals that are landing well on the streaming chart. Griselda, the Sofia Vergara vehicle, is down from its strong debut, but still holding on.
HBO’s True Detective was in the fifth most-streamed slot for the Feb. 5 through 11 window, thanks to the fifth episode of Night Country being released on Max. The series was up from its No. 10 slot and has increased viewership from 648M to 745M minutes.
All other chart positions went to acquired titles, with Young Sheldon taking first place with 1.3 billion minutes watched. The animated Bluey was in second with 1.1 billion minutes, and Grey’s Anatomy, took third place with 860 million minutes.
Of note is Royal Pains in 7th place with 707M minutes viewed. The Blue Sky USA Network series is following the successful revival of Suits on Netflix.