Mission accomplished for Guillaume Canet. The lead actor in the film “Ad Vitam,” which he co-wrote and which marks his first collaboration with Netflix, is off to a thunderous start. Released on January 10, 2025, this thriller directed by Rodolphe Lauga rose to the top of the most watched films in France on the streaming platform from January 6 to 12, 2025. Better still, it is even the first foreign language film seen in across the planet over this same period, with 17.1 million views. A performance since the film was only 48 hours old when the data was collected. The actor plays Franck Lazarev, a former member of GIGN. He is forced to come out of retirement to find his wife Leo, kidnapped by a group of armed men. Thanks to this success, he dethroned “Papi-Sitter” by Philippe Guillard, which fell to second position. This tricolor comedy, carried by Gérard Lanvin and Olivier Marchal, is followed by an American blockbuster, “Comme des bêtes 2”.
The “Like Beasts” saga finds a place on Netflix
At the start of the 2025 school year, young and old alike have been seduced by the second opus of the saga of the same name. The animated film, in which we can hear the French voices of Philippe Lacheau, Willy Rovelli, Tarek Boudali and Élodie Fontan, entertained more than two million spectators in theaters in 2019. The original film, which dates from 2016, had did better, attracting more than 3.7 million fans. Also available on Netflix, it is in sixth place in this Top 10. The top quartet is completed by “Number 24”, a Norwegian work by John Andreas Andersen.
On the series side, nothing stops “Squid Game”. The second season of the South Korean phenomenon continues to crush the competition in France and around the world. It has been viewed more than 26 million times this week, bringing its total to 152.5 million views since its launch on December 26, 2024. “I miss you”, the adaptation of a new novel by Harlan Coben , is second. A new product occupies the last step of the podium. This is “Crime at the Root”, a mini-series inspired by a Swedish news story solved thanks to genetics. It is followed by “At the Dawn of America”, a new entry, which immerses spectators in the America of 1857. Find the entire ranking of the most viewed content in France below.
Top 10 films in France on Netflix from January 6 to 12, 2025:
- “Ad Vitam”: 1 week in the Top 10
- “Papi-Sitter” : 2 weeks in the Top 10
- “Comme des bêtes 2”: 4 weeks in the Top 10
- “Number 24”: 2 weeks in the Top 10
- “Not my fault!” : 1 week in the Top 10
- “Comme des bêtes”: 1 week in the Top 10
- “Ma”: 2 weeks in the Top 10
- “Carry-on”: 5 weeks in the Top 10
- “Sniper: Rogue mission”: 2 weeks in the Top 10
- “Super Mario Bros., the Movie”: 18 weeks in the Top 10
Top 10 series in France on Netflix from January 6 to 12, 2025:
- “Squid Game” season 2: 3 weeks in the Top 10
- “I miss you”: 2 weeks in the Top 10
- “Crime at the Root”: 1 week in the Top 10
- “At the Dawn of America”: 1 week in the Top 10
- “Departure”, season 1: 2 weeks in the Top 10
- “False profile”, season 2: 1 week in the Top 10
- “Squid Game” season 1: 14 weeks in the Top 10
- “Power” season 1: 1 week in the Top 10
- “Departure”, season 2: 2 weeks in the Top 10
- “La Palma”: 5 weeks in the Top 10
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