What’s on Netflix — the great site that just published my huge Netflix Indian Originals 2025 preview — posted their guide to the most watched Netflix Original movies of 2024. Two charts separate English Original movies from non-English Original movies. Tabs allow you so see how films performed in their first, second, third, and fourth week of release.
The data is derived from Netflix’s weekly Top 10 lists, posted every Tuesday. This is a smaller subset of the data Netflix publishes every six months in its Engagement Reports, but that information obviously isn’t out for the second half of 2024. Though less comprehensive, data from the weekly Top 10 lists still gives us a good idea of which Netflix Originals were most popular — or at least most in-demand right after they released.
I’m going to look at just the results for the First Four Weeks as compiled by What’s on Netflix to see what Indian Original movies released in 2024 were the most popular. I’ve noted below which movies did not rank in the Top 10 for four full weeks after their release (or failed to chart at all). The links below go to my review of each film. Here are the Most Watched Netflix Original Indian movies of 2024:
- Do Patti — 17,000,000 cumulative views
- Sector 36 — 12,100,000 cumulative views (dropped out after 3 weeks)
- Maharaj — 11,600,000 cumulative views
- Bhakshak — 10,400,000 cumulative views (dropped out after 3 weeks)
- Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba — 10,100,000 cumulative views
- Sikandar Ka Muqaddar — 9,500,000 cumulative views (in first 3 weeks)
- Murder Mubarak — 6,300,000 cumulative views (dropped out after 2 weeks)
- Amar Singh Chamkila — 5,300,000 cumulative views (dropped out after 2 weeks)
- Wild Wild Punjab — 4,500,000 cumulative views (dropped out after 2 weeks)
- CTRL — 2,100,000 cumulative views (dropped out after 1 week)
- Vijay 69 — Failed to feature in the weekly Top 10
It’s no shock to find Do Patti atop the list with stars as big as Kriti Sanon and Kajol in the leading roles. Given the dark subject matter of Sector 36, I’m a little surprised to see it in second place (not that I’m complaining; it’s a great movie). Undoubtedly, news about the court case that delayed Maharaj‘s release raised awareness of the film.
Sikandar Ka Muqaddar hasn’t even been out for four weeks yet, so it’ll be fun to see if it can climb past Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba into fifth place when it completes its first month of release.
The two major disappointments on the list are Amar Singh Chamkila and CTRL, two of my favorites of the year. When the next Engagement Report comes out, I hope the data will report that they were just slow burns that got more views over time. They really are worth watching.
How did your favorite Netflix Original rank?
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