Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s The Rip Viewership Dominates In Week 1, Might Be Headed for All-Time Most Watched List

Netflix’s movie slate so far in 2026 has been firing on all cylinders in terms of quality. While People We Meet on Vacation didn’t quite live up to expectations on the viewership front, the same does not apply to The Rip, which “ripped” with it topping the weekly Netflix top 10 chart with 41.6M views from its 78.3M hours watched globally. In addition, the movie is currently the #1 movie in the daily charts in all 91 countries. 

Debuting #1 in the weekly charts, the movie pushes People We Meet on Vacation down to the #2 spot for the week, with Netflix dubbing this the “biggest film opening since Happy Gilmore 2.”

Stacked against most of 2025’s movie slate and a bunch of other action or high-performing titles we think are relevant for apt comparisons, here’s the movie’s first three days compared to others.

You can see it ranks right amongst that very top performing group, slightly above The Old Guard 2 but below Carry-On, Leave the World Behind, and Extraction 2. 

The good news is that The Rip’s legs should be pretty good, too, given that the movie has been receiving positive reception across the board. Critics granted it Netflix’s second Certified Fresh rating of 2026 on Rotten Tomatoes, after People We Meet on Vacation (yes, Netflix is now two-for-two on English-language movies for the year). 

While it’s very early, here’s how it’s tracking against some of Netflix’s entries in the all-time most-watched list right now. It’s currently trending a little about Damsel, which means at this stage, it should be on target for a spot on that all-time top 10 list. Must stress again, it’s early days. 

We should note that The Rip is one of the first movies Netflix is experimenting with a new payout scheme for the cast and crew of the movie. While the specifics have not been announced, this strong start will definitely be encouraging for them to meet that. More details on the special case can be found in this excellent profile on the New York Times. “We wanted to institute fairness and address some of the real issues that are present and urgent for our business,” Affleck told the outlet in the interview. No specifics were given, but it stated, “Instead, the bonuses will be judged on the film’s performance over 90 days on Netflix and will be rated against other films on the service. The idea is that there could be a bigger potential payout for the whole crew.” It does appear to be somewhat in line with the WGA Bonus implemented after the 2023 negotiations.

So if getting close to or in the all-time top 10 doesn’t get you paid – what will?

Next up for Ben Affleck and Artists Equity is Animals, another action thriller with Affleck both directing and starring, confirmed for a 2026 release.

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