{
  "id": 4920568,
  "title": "GTA 6 Extended Look Tops Netflix Top 10 Chart in First Week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/gta-6-extended-look-tops-netflix-top-10-chart-in-first-week",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-01T19:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IGN",
    "slug": "ign",
    "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-extended-look-tops-netflix-top-10-chart-in-first-week"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Grand Theft Auto 6: An Extended Look held the top spot on Netflix's first week top 10 chart in the English Film category, accumulating 31.1 million views. This impressive figure surpassed the second-place film, The Whisper Man, which garnered 23.2 million views during the same reporting period of August 24-30. Interestingly, GTA 6 managed to outperform its Netflix competition despite debuting on Thursday. Netflix defines a view as the total hours viewed for a title divided by its runtime. Consequently, one household watching a 27-minute video twice is counted the same as two households each watching it once. YouTube also reported 17 million views for the GTA 6 Extended Look as of 12pm PT when this story was published. On the TV side, Death of the Pastor's Wife led last week's Netflix Top 10 with 19 million views, while Facing El Chapo topped the non-English film category with 20.7 million views. Rockstar approached Netflix for the premiere, contrary to popular belief. For more information on GTA 6, refer to IGN's report on what was seen at Rockstar North that wasn't on Netflix and other details related to the crime epic.",
  "summary": "Grand Theft Auto 6: An Extended Look dominated Netflix's top 10 chart in its first week (in the English Film category), racking up 31.1 million views in its first week, beating the second-place film on the list, the Robert DeNiro, Adam Scott, and Michelle Monaghan thriller The Whisper Man, which pulled in 23.2 million views. Worth noting is that GTA 6 handily beat its Netflix competition despite…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}