Kamal Haasan-led Thug Life landed on Netflix a couple of days back, and it has secured a top spot in Netflix’s weekly global top 10. Despite decent views, the film did not crack the highest five viewership of South Indian movies on the streaming platform. It missed the cut to enter the highest by a narrow margin, staying below Officer on Duty and Good Bad Ugly’s debut-week views. Keep scrolling for more.
The Tamil-language gangster motion drama was directed by Mani Ratnam, who co-wrote the script with Haasan. Kamal Haasan stars within the lead role alongside an ensemble solid that features Trisha Krishnan, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Abhirami, Ashok Selvan, Joju George, Nassar, Mahesh Manjrekar, Ali Fazal, Sanjana Krishnamoorthy, and Tanikella Bharani.
Thug Life OTT Verdict (Week 1)
In accordance with Netflix‘s weekly data for June 30 to July 6, Thug Life landed within the #2 rank in week 1. Kamal Haasan’s film garnered 2.4 million views in its first week, and 6.6 million hours of the movie were watched on Netflix. It’s the second most-watched non-English movie from June 30 to July 6. Thug Life is simply behind Raid 2, which is at #1 with 4.9 million views.
Trending in 13 countries
Kamal Haasan is a veteran actor, and folks all the time wait to look at his movies. This movie is more significant as he reunites with the master filmmaker Mani Ratnam after many years. Unfortunately, it had an underwhelming run within the theaters, nevertheless it seems to have found an audience online. The movie is trending in 13 countries across Asia and Africa. It’s in the highest ten in India, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and more places. The film is anticipated to climb up the charts in the next weeks.
Fails to beat Good Bad Ugly and Officer On Duty’s week 1 viewership
Kamal Haasan’s film missed the debut-week viewership of Officer on Duty and Good Bad Ugly by a whisker. Each movies raked in 2.6 million views in week 1. Due to this fact, Mani Ratnam‘s movie did not crack the list of the highest five debut-week viewership for a South Indian film on Netflix.
Take a look at the highest 5 debut week viewership of South Indian movies on Netflix that arrived in 2025 as a streaming original or after a theatrical release and took a spot in the highest 10 movies of that week globally.
- Pushpa 2: 5.8 Million
- HIT 3: 4.2 Million
- Vidaamuyarchi: 3 Million
- Test: 2.7 Million
- Officer On Duty: 2.6 Million | Good Bad Ugly: 2.6 Million
Note: The debut week viewership numbers are the official numbers given by Netflix for all of the movies that arrived on the platform, no matter the day they arrived in every week. Some arrived on the fourth day of the week, some on the fifth, and so forth, but the debut numbers are calculated by Netflix weekly, not day-wise.
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