Alan Ritchson as 81 in Netflix’s ‘War Machine’Image via Netflix
Despite major movie stars such as Adam Sandler and Mark Wahlberg effectively pivoting to streaming, the small-screen industry has cultivated stars of its own. Millie Bobby Brown remains a major draw for Netflix, while Alan Ritchson‘s career has blossomed following the success of the Prime Video series Reacher. Ritchson is set to return as the hulking character in a new season of the action series, but before he does, he has expanded his horizons by headlining a major Netflix project that has earned him a spot among the streamer’s heaviest hitters. The movie in question premiered to mostly positive reviews in February and eventually broke into Netflix’s all-time top 10 viewership chart.
According to the streamer’s latest viewership report, the film jumped another spot on the all-time chart, overtaking one of the most expensive films in Netflix’s history. Ritchson’s sci-fi title was directed by Patrick Hughes, the Australian filmmaker behind The Expendables 3 and The Hitman’s Bodyguard. We’re talking, of course, about War Machine. A few weeks ago, Netflix revealed that the film had become one of its 10 most-watched hits of all time by announcing that it would receive a sequel. War Machine overtook the coming-of-age fantasy movie Damsel, starring Brown, to break into the top 10. It has now climbed to the number nine spot on the list, which is topped by the animated super-hit KPop Demon Hunters.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
✊Princess Leia
🔦Ellen Ripley
🔥Max Rockatansky
01
How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
02
What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
03
What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
04
How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
05
You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
06
What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
07
How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
08
When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
Here’s the All-Time Netflix Top 10 List
Movie
Views (in millions)
KPop Demon Hunters
325
Red Notice
230
Carry-On
172
Don’t Look Up
171
The Adam Project
157.6
Bird Box
157.4
Back in Action
147
Leave the World Behind
143
War Machine
139.9
The Gray Man
139.3
War Machine has pushed the Russo Brothers’ 2022 espionage action movie The Gray Man to the number 10 spot. It is now sitting at 139.9 million views, while The Gray Man has 139.3 million views. The Russo Brothers’ film famously cost a reported $200 million to produce, and was supposed to spawn a franchise. However, like several of their post-Avengers: Endgame projects, the original plans failed to materialize. Starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, and Ana de Armas, The Gray Man now holds a 40% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. The site’s consensus reads, “The Gray Man has the star-studded outline of an entertaining action thriller, but it’s filled in with lukewarm leftovers from far better films.” By comparison, War Machine is sitting at a 66% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
