# Robert De Niro’s R-Rated Thriller Is Officially Dominating Netflix’s All-Time Charts

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/robert-de-niros-r-rated-thriller-is-officially-dominating-netflixs-all-time-charts/
- Published: 2026-09-25T01:15:11+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-25T02:30:48+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/robert-de-niro-thriller-the-whisper-man-streaming-success-netflix-september-2026/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Film, TV

## Key points

- *The Whisper Man* is dominating Netflix’s 2026 film charts.
- It stayed in the global Top 10 for four weeks.
- The thriller has recorded more than 75 million weekly views combined.

## Summary

Robert De Niro’s R-rated crime thriller *The Whisper Man* has become one of Netflix’s biggest films of 2026, remaining in the global Top 10 for four consecutive weeks. Its sustained popularity highlights the strong audience appetite for dark, star-led thrillers on the streaming platform.

The film opened with 23.2 million views, rose to 33.4 million in its first full week and became Netflix’s most-watched English-language film worldwide. It then added 12.7 million views the following week and another 6.2 million between 14 and 20 September, while following a widowed crime writer whose abducted son’s case connects to a convicted serial killer known as “The Whisper Man”.

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