Netflix’s The Mitchells vs. the Machines took the top spot on Nielsen’s weekly U.S. streaming chart for May 3 to May 9, the first animated movie to notch a win since Soul last December.The well-reviewed Sony Pictures Animation title had been gaining momentum, charting the previous week with only a couple of days of available streaming.
Produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, known for animated breakouts like The Lego Movie and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse, Mitchells drew 853 million minutes of total viewing.Mike Rianda made his directing debut with the film, which had a week of theatrical release in select locations starting April 23 and then hit Netflix on April 30.
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