‘Army of the Dead’ Re-emerges on Netflix Top 10s Following ‘Army of Theives’

Army of Thieves arrived on Netflix on October 29th, 2021 and after a week, it crowned the worldwide pinnacle 10 charts for the week finishing November fifth beating out Halloween launch Hypnotic.

With 5,964 international factors (primarily based totally on to be had international locations furnished through FlixPatrol) Army of Thieves beat out Hypnotic with four,755 factors however in 1/3 area changed into Army of the Dead with 2831 factors.

Based on our data, that is the most powerful re-emergence we’ve visible for a Netflix Original film across the time of a sequel/prequel launch. We did see To All The Boys re-input the pinnacle 10s across the time of the discharge of the 1/3 access in advance this 12 months however that wasn’t akin to Army of the Dead‘s surge withinside the pinnacle 10s.

For the ones unaware, Army of the Dead changed into launched on Netflix on May twenty first and got here from director Zack Snyder. Army of Thieves, set withinside the equal universe, serves a prequel telling the tale of Dieter being recruited for his first foremost heist with the upcoming zombie apocalypse occurring withinside the background. Dieter additionally regarded in Army of the Dead however sadly (spoiler alert), didn’t make it to the give up of the film.

Army of the Dead presently holds role wide variety nine on Netflix’s maximum-watched English language films (primarily based totally on launched 2-minute viewing figures) with seventy five million perspectives inside four weeks of launch.

Why did Army of the Dead get a massive enhance on Netflix?

There’s no question numerous elements as to why Army of the Dead had one of these sturdy week withinside the Netflix pinnacle 10s again.

Possibly maximum crucial is that the films are related with many references in each instructions all through every respective film. There’s lots of easter eggs (including a few extras performing in each) in addition to recommendations in the direction of a sequel to Army of the Dead too. It even expands at the time loop idea hinted out all through the primary film too.

Just a brief seek on Twitter famous that many rewatched Army of the Dead simply to resolve a number of the greater plot-precise references among the 2 films.

Army of Thieves changed into true as hell I sense like I want to rewatch Army of the Dead now

— CLB 🥀 (@Kashankashae) November four, 2021

Army Of Thieves changed into fuckin awesome, nine/10. I am def gonna rewatch Army of the Dead aswell. I love Deiter.

— •Q• (@qfeckinragnarok) October 30, 2021

The motive that is newsworthy is that the pinnacle 10s are so regularly ruled through present day titles or these days introduced certified titles. If we examine this week’s international pinnacle 10s for instance, you may see that on the worldwide films list, almost each name featured changed into introduced to Netflix during the last month.

It additionally demonstrates how interconnected universes are notable treasured despite the fact that they’ve now no longer constantly panned out for Netflix. Recent examples encompass Altered Carbon and Bright which did now no longer see the equal form of resurgence as we’ve visible here.

It’s now no longer simply the Netflix pinnacle 10s wherein the unique film is seeing a bump in recognition either. IMDb’s MovieMeter noticed the film rank 183 for the week finishing October thirty first up 528 locations from the week before. Given Army of Thieves had handiest been launched for two days at that point, we’re anticipating that to upward thrust in addition subsequent week.