Russell Crowe’s New Crime Thriller Officially Hits 50 Million Views

Published Oct 21, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT

Rohan Naahar is a News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he’ll watch anything once. He has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He also writes obsessively about the box office, charting the many hits and misses that are released weekly, and how their commercial performance shapes public perception. In his time at Collider, he has also helped drive diversity by writing stories about the multiple Indian film industries, with a goal of introducing audiences to a whole new world of cinema.

Netflix didn’t make a third season of Mindhunter despite evidence of its growing popularity, but it has certainly invested heavily in true-crime documentaries that come and go every other week. David Fincher, one of the primary creative forces behind Mindhunter, claimed that the show was simply too expensive to justify its existence. And now, with his contract with the streamer having ended, the chances of fans getting a third season of the psychological thriller — Fincher had already shut the door on it — have further diminished. Netflix will, however, continue to release alternatives such as the recent movie Unabomber, which has defied poor reviews to emerge as a solid hit.

While the film wasn’t able to compete with some of Netflix’s other mid-budget genre films this year, it has remained a part of the streamer’s global top-10 chart for a full month now. This year saw Netflix pivot away from mega-budget tentpoles and focus on mid-budget genre films. The strategy apparently paid off, although the recent layoffs at the company would suggest otherwise. Netflix began the year with The Rip, which was followed by Apex, Thrash, and War Machine. Each of those films passed the coveted 100-million-views mark, and two recent releases — The Last House and The Whisper Man — have come mighty close, with more than 90 million views and 80 million views, respectively. Netflix is now enjoying the blockbuster success of Ben Affleck’s new thriller, Animals, which has topped 50 million views in two weeks.

Four criminal masterminds. One of them was always going to be yours. Here is who comes for you, why they picked you out of everyone available, and what they want from

Your nemesis does not want to beat you. He wants to know you completely, and he is patient enough to wait for it. The frightening part is how good the conversation is.

Your nemesis is not after money, territory or revenge. He is after a demonstration, and you are the person he has chosen to prove his point on.

Your nemesis respects you, which sounds flattering until you work out what it means. He chose you because nobody else was worth his time.

Your nemesis has no personal interest in you whatsoever, and that is precisely what makes him unsurvivable. You are not a rival. You are a stop on the way.

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