Fahadh Faasil’s Maareesan arrived earlier this yr but had a poor theatrical run. Nevertheless, the film managed to grab eyeballs once it arrived on OTT. Nevertheless, its Netflix debut has also brought lukewarm viewership numbers to the table. In truth, it’s the second-lowest Netflix debut of 2025.
Lowest Netflix Debut Of 2025
For a Hindi film, the bottom debut week numbers were registered by Azaad on Netflix. Rasha Thadani and Aaman Devgan’s film registered a debut week viewership of 1.1 million. Meanwhile, for a South Indian film, the bottom debut week was registered by Thammudu with 1 million views in its debut week. This can be the bottom debut week viewership for an Indian film.
Maareesan OTT Verdict
Maareesan, in its debut week, garnered a viewership of 1.6 million, against 4 million viewing hours taking the sixth spot within the globally trending list of top 10 non-English movies on Netflix for the week of August 18 – August 24, as per data by Netflix. The film might pick up within the upcoming week.
Take a look at the debut week viewership for all of the South Indian movies ranked from highest to lowest. These movies arrived on Netflix in 2025 either as a direct release or after a theatrical run.
- 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
- Daaku Mahaaraaj: 2.4 Million
- Kadhalikka Neramillai: 2.2 Million
- Court: State VS A No person: 2.2 Million
- Dragon: 2.1 Million
- Jack: 2.1 Million
- Maareesan: 1.6 Million
- Rifle Club: 1 Million
- Thammudu: 1 Million
Note: The debut week viewership numbers are the official numbers given by Netflix for all of the movies that arrived on the platform, regardless of 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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