The latest streaming and TV ratings, box office grosses, industry data — and the narratives behind the numbers of the most-watched movies and TV shows.
Updated daily: May 25, 2026
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BOX OFFICE
The highest-grossing films domestically each weekend
↑ Lionsgate’s Michael Jackson biopic Michael continues to defy expectations as it crosses the $300 million mark domestically for a global cume north of $700 million.
Big Number
+30%
Curry Barker’s Obsession is becoming a runaway horror hit. The film, from Focus Features and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, looks to come in at No. 2 in its sophomore outing with $22.4 million, for an almost unheard of 30 percent increase over its opening weekend.
Expectations
This Is The Way
Disney is now projecting that The Mandalorian and Grogu, budgeted at $165 million, will open well ahead of expectations domestically with $102 million and $165 million globally. The big wild card is walk-up business on May 24. That is where families, who are notoriously hard to track, will come into play.
STREAMING
The most-viewed series and movies of the week
↑ Bluey notched 889 million viewing minutes on Disney+ for the week of April 20-26, the best weekly total for the kids’ favorite since late January. It finished No. 1 overall, just ahead of The Boys at 882 million minutes on Prime Video. The gleefully violent superhero show led the original series top 10, although it declined slightly from the previous week.
↑ Apex, starring Charlize Theron, led the movie chart and ranked third overall with 847 million minutes of watch time. The Devil Wears Prada (173 million minutes on HBO Max and Hulu) also made the top 10 a week before the theatrical release of its sequel.
↑ Running Point was the top series debut of the week; the Netflix comedy had 772 million minutes of viewing for the week of its season two debut.
↑ Euphoria improved in the week after its inaugural appearance in the streaming rankings, growing to 658 million minutes on HBO Max (vs. 556 million a week earlier). Netflix’s Beef also went up — it rose by about 34 percent to 665 million minutes.
BROADCAST
Top TV
The most-viewed network shows
What’s premiering on TV this week:
Monday, May 25
Spider-Noir (MGM+; all episodes on Prime Video May 27)
8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT: American Music Awards (CBS/Paramount+)
8 p.m.: World War II With Tom Hanks (History)
9 p.m.: The Many Lives of Benjamin Kyle (ID/HBO Max)
Wednesday, May 27
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (Netflix)
8 p.m.: Hollywood Squares (CBS, finale), The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire (History)
Thursday, May 28
The Four Seasons (Netflix)
Criminal Minds: Evolution (Paramount+)
Deli Boys (Hulu)
Inside View
The narrative behind the numbers
NBC
Viewers 5.83M
NBC’s Rare Win
For the first time since 2008, a network other than CBS can claim the title of the most-watched broadcaster in primetime. NBC will win the first 2025-26 season in total viewers — the first time that’s happened since the latter days of Must-See TV. With the September-to-May TV season coming to a close, NBC will finish with an across-the-board win among all viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. The victory is thanks in no small part to two-plus weeks in February, when the second most-watched Super Bowl ever and a resurgent Winter Olympics put NBC out of reach of its fellow broadcast networks. Through May 17, NBC has averaged 5.83 million viewers in primetime this season, up about 14 percent from 2024-25.
SPOTLIGHT
BROADWAY
The top theatrical productions each week
↑ Tony nominations continue to boost the fortunes of several Broadway shows, while the Daniel Radcliffe-effect also remains in full force.
Trailer Spotlight
Disclosure Day
Steven Spielberg returns to the UFO genre, which he first helped bring into the modern era with 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind and continued with 1982’s E.T. The Extra Terrestrial and 2005’s War of the Worlds. (In theaters June 12.)
PREVIEW
Upcoming Releases
Notable movies heading to theaters
TRENDING
This week’s most searched and shared content
SOURCE: PARROT ANALYTICS (May 1, 2026 – May 7, 2026)
This ranking shows the most in-demand series that have debuted in the last 365 days on major platforms with US audiences.
NEWS FEED
Star Wars Box Office Rebound: ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Makes Major Gains on Saturday for $102M Domestic Opening
The Lucasfilm/Disney title is the first Star Wars movie to play on the big screen in seven long years in what seems like a galaxy far, far away. The other headline at the Memorial Day box office is the extraordinary hold of YouTuber Curry Barker’s ‘Obsession,’ which is up an unheard of 30 percent over its opening frame.
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‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Munches on $12 Million in Thursday Previews
The Jon Favreau-directed feature is the first Star Wars title to play in theaters in seven years, and is already earning high audience scores after getting mostly dissed by critics.
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Mel Gibson’s ‘Resurrection of the Christ’ Unveils First Look at Jesus as It Pushes Release Date
Jaakko Ohtonen replaced Jim Caviezel for the sequel to ‘The Passion of the Christ,’ which releases its first part in March 2027, followed by a second part in 2028.
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‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Targets $80M-Plus U.S. Box Office Launch Amid Scrutiny Heavier Than Jabba the Hutt
Jon Favreau’s feature adaptation of his Disney+ series is making a big play for families thanks to Grogu, aka Baby Yoda.
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Box Office Thriller: ‘Michael’ Sashays Past ‘Prada 2’ With Stunning $26M After Returning to Imax and Other Premium Screens
Elsewhere, Curry Barker’s horror pic ‘Obsession’ opened well ahead of expectations with $16 million, while the Michael Jackson biopic was among a number of holdovers celebrating major milestones as it crossed $700 million globally in its fourth weekend and ‘Prada 2’ neared $550 million.
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Brad Pitt’s ‘Heart of the Beast’ Sailing Into Theaters in Late September
David Ayer is directing the survival action movie for Paramount Pictures.
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Box Office: ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ Sews Up Mother’s Day Victory Over ‘Mortal Kombat II,’ Crosses $433M Globally
In only its second weekend, the ‘Prada’ sequel has already passed up the entire lifetime run of the original 2006 movie as Disney becomes the first Hollywood studio the year to clear the $2 billion mark in worldwide ticket sales.
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