With Netflix set to unveil its Top 10 list of movies in the United States for the week of July 13-19, there are a few titles in contention for the top spot. Last week's No. 1 movie, Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea, is currently favored to hold onto the lead, though it faces stiff competition from the steamy new romance Desire.
Polymarket traders are betting heavily that Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea will be named the top movie of the week for the second consecutive week, assigning it 98% odds. While the documentary faced brief competition from titles like Heartstopper Forever, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and Enola Holmes 3, it managed to pull away from the pack over the weekend.
Data from FlixPatrol, which tracks streaming metrics, indicates that while Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea dipped to the No. 2 spot on Sunday, July 19, it maintained the No. 1 position for the vast majority of the week. This sustained performance is widely expected to secure its place as the top-performing film for the July 13-19 period.
The film itself is an intense documentary chronicling the 2012 Costa Concordia disaster. It features never-before-seen footage and survivor accounts of the luxury cruise ship wreck, which resulted in 32 fatalities and a 16-year prison sentence for the captain. According to Netflix, the production interweaves eyewitness testimonies, cell phone footage from the night of the tragedy, and translations of the ship’s black box recordings to expose the critical decisions that led to the catastrophe.
Looking ahead, the landscape of the streaming charts is expected to shift rapidly. While Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea is likely to claim the top spot for the previous week, Desire—a Spanish drama centered on forbidden love—has shown significant momentum, holding the No. 1 spot on both Sunday and Monday. Furthermore, the arrival of Wicked: For Good on Tuesday is already making waves, with FlixPatrol data suggesting it is poised to dominate the charts for the coming week.
Netflix is scheduled to officially announce its weekly rankings on Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET, which will confirm whether the predictions regarding Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea hold true.