Ryan Murphy’s true crime limited series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has been a massive hit for Netflix, a dominant #1 series globally since its Sept.
21 release and on track to become the streamer’s second most popular English-language show only behind Season 4 of Stranger Things.
Released Wednesday, Oct. 5, horror film Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, which Murphy produced, also quickly shot up to the top spot, giving the prolific writer-producer-director the #1 Film and #1 TV Series in the U.S.
on Friday. It is believed to be the first time a producer has held the two top spots simultaneously. Netflix only provides global tallies weekly but confirmed that both Murphy titles were #1 on the respective film and series lists in 60 countries Friday, making them global #1s for the day.
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