Twilight Returns to Netflix and Lands in the U.S. Top 10

The film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight placed No. 6 on Netflix's official U.S. movie chart for the week of October 12–18, Collider reported. It was the film's seventh total appearance on the weekly list.

The placement comes a week before Halloween, when supernatural stories tend to find their audience.

The chart position carries a caveat. A separate Collider report noted that Twilight entered Netflix's Top 10, per FlixPatrol, while the film is soon to leave the platform.

That framing matters when reading the result. A title with a limited window on a service can draw viewers who want to catch it before it goes, though the sources do not say that is what happened here.

The film's star power is part of the wider conversation. A Men's Journal piece describes Twilight as Robert Pattinson's star-making movie and a Netflix Top 10 hit once again.

Yahoo notes that Pattinson first came to prominence as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). It adds that Twilight, despite negative reviews from critics, helped certify him as a box office draw and movie star.

The chart news sits alongside a bigger Netflix commitment to the property. According to Collider, Netflix has ordered an animated adaptation of Midnight Sun, Meyer's companion novel that retells the first book from Edward's perspective.

Midnight Sun was published in 2020, according to Wikipedia's entry on the series. It retells the events of Twilight from Edward Cullen's point of view rather than Bella Swan's.

Twilight is Meyer's 2005 young adult novel about seventeen-year-old Bella Swan, who falls dangerously in love with Edward Cullen, a 103-year-old vampire living in Forks, Washington. It is the first book in a series that has since sold over 160 million copies worldwide, per Wikipedia.

The 2008 film adaptation was a commercial success, grossing more than $392 million worldwide, according to Wikipedia's entry on the novel. That track record helps explain why the property keeps returning to the conversation across formats.

Want the full verdict? For LuvemBooks' take on the novel itself, read our review of Twilight.