TV-Movie #1 On Netflix w ‘Dahmer’ & ‘Mr. Harrigan’s Telephone’ – Deadline

Ryan Murphy’s true crime restricted collection Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has been a large hit for Netflix, a dominant #1 collection globally since its Sept. 21 launch and on observe to turn into the streamer’s second hottest English-language present solely behind Season 4 of Stranger Issues. Launched Wednesday, Oct. 5, horror movie Mr. Harrigan’s Telephone, which Murphy produced, additionally shortly shot as much as the highest spot, giving the prolific writer-producer-director the #1 Movie and #1 TV Sequence within the U.S. on Friday. It’s believed to be the primary time a producer has held the 2 prime spots concurrently.

Netflix solely gives world tallies weekly however confirmed that each Murphy titles have been #1 on the respective movie and collection lists in 60 international locations Friday, making them world #1s for the day. We must wait till Tuesday to see whether or not Mr. Harrigan’s Telephone, primarily based on Stephen King’s novella, will probably be #1 for the week (Dahmer is assured of one other #1 end) to provide Murphy the highest weekly sports activities worldwide. One other prime Netflix-based producer, Shawn Levy, has held each pole positions although not on the similar time; movie The Adam Mission was #1 globally on the weekly Prime 10 listing in March of this 12 months, adopted by Stranger Issues 4, whose reign at #1 began in late Could.

For Murphy, the blockbuster success of Dahmer comes within the third 12 months of his large general cope with Netflix, which can also be when Shonda Rhimes’ first Netflix collection, mega hit Bridgerton, got here out. It was adopted by equally widespread true crime restricted collection Inventing Anna.

Murphy, who did two restricted collection, Hollywood and Halston and two film musicals, The Promenade and The Boys Within the Band, early into his Netflix deal (Ratched and The Politician have been pre-existing and never pact of that pact), additionally has a second collection behind the serial killer drama Dahmer, horror-themed restricted collection The Watcher. He has turn into more and more secretive about his growth however, for the previous 12 months and a half, executives on the streamer have been talking extremely of what he has been engaged on. And when hypothesis began swirling over the summer time that Murphy may transfer to Disney to reunite with Dana Walden following her huge promotion, Netflix executives remained assured that Murphy would have a powerful fall along with his two new collection that have been described as being very on model for the hit maker.