# Ben Affleck’s New 106-Minute Thriller Clings to Streaming Crown

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ben-afflecks-new-106-minute-thriller-clings-to-streaming-crown/
- Published: 2026-11-05T03:00:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T03:22:44+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/ben-affleck-animals-streaming-success-netflix-november-2026/

## Key points

- *Animals* has drawn 70 million Netflix views in four weeks.
- It added 4.7 million views in the latest reported week.
- The film has two months left in Netflix’s tracking period.

## Summary

Ben Affleck’s political thriller *Animals* has reached 70 million Netflix views in four weeks, despite receiving poor reviews. Its continued audience draw highlights Netflix’s recent focus on mid-budget genre films, several of which have attracted large viewership.

The film follows a Los Angeles mayoral candidate and his wife after their son is kidnapped, placing the candidate in a moral dilemma. *Animals* earned 4.7 million views in the week of 26 October to 1 November, following weekly totals of 23.8 million, 30.8 million and 10.7 million. It has two months left in Netflix’s three-month viewership measurement period; the article reports a 29% Rotten Tomatoes score, compared with 83% for Spike Lee’s *Highest 2 Lowest*, which shares its source premise.

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