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The Whisper Man holds rank 1 on IMDb MOVIEmeter on September 1, 2026, four days after its August 28 Netflix debut: James Ashcroft directing; Robert De Niro, Adam Scott, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Keaton in the cast; Alex North's novel; 114 minutes; a $50 million budget; mixed reviews. The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan's Homer film, stays at rank 2 after it dropped from rank 1 on August 31. All ten titles match yesterday's board. Wikipedia also lists The Whisper Man at rank 6 on the same date, a second-site check that the Netflix title is still the page people are opening.
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The Whisper Man (2026): A Netflix crime thriller that arrived August 28 and still leads MOVIEmeter on day five of its streaming window. James Ashcroft directs a 114-minute, $50 million adaptation of Alex North's novel with Robert De Niro, Adam Scott, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Keaton. Reviews are mixed; the rank is a page-interest hold, not a new box-office print.
The Odyssey (2026): Christopher Nolan's theatrical Homer film sits at rank 2, the slot it took on August 31 after leaving rank 1. Universal dated the wide release for July 17, 2026. No new MOVIEmeter order change printed today; the title is a hold after that one-rank drop.
The Dog Stars (2026): Rank 3 is unchanged versus August 31. Prior daily coverage cited a reported theatrical gross near $8 million when the title entered this board. No fresh ranking change printed today.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026): Sony's 2026 Spider-Man title holds rank 4 on the same frozen ten. It remains a theatrical interest row, not a streaming debut. No new rank move versus August 31.
Coyote vs. Acme (2026): Rank 5 is unchanged. Prior daily coverage cited a reported theatrical gross near $15.4 million when the title entered this board. That figure is a previous citation, not a new weekend recap.
The End of Oak Street (2026): David Robert Mitchell's Warner Bros. film (Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor) went wide in the U.S. on August 14, 2026 after an August 9 premiere. It holds rank 6 on a board with no order change versus August 31.
Obsession (2025): The 2025 title is the only pre-2026 row in the ten. It holds rank 7 with no new MOVIEmeter move today. No widely reported September 1 trigger was identified.
Mutiny (2026): Jason Statham's Lionsgate thriller, dated August 21, 2026 in the U.S., holds rank 8. Mixed reviews followed the release. No new rank change versus August 31 is on this board.
Insidious: Out of the Further (2026): The next Insidious feature holds rank 9, still inside the August theatrical window that put several 2026 titles on this list. No new ranking change printed today.
The Last Sunrise (2026): Rank 10 is unchanged versus August 31. No widely reported September 1 trigger was identified for this title.
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What changed on IMDb since yesterday
Ranks 1 through 10 are identical to the August 31 post: same ten titles, same order. There is no new entrant, no drop-off, and no mover of 5 or more places. The last documented order change on this feed is The Odyssey slipping from 1 to 2 on August 31, which put The Whisper Man on top after the August 28 Netflix launch. September 1 is a hold of that board, not a second reshuffle.
What today's IMDb trends reveal
Streaming plus late-summer theatricals, not a single opening, is the pattern. The Whisper Man is a 114-minute, $50 million Netflix title four days into release and still rank 1 on MOVIEmeter, with Wikipedia repeating the interest at rank 6. Around it sit 2026 theatrical names: Nolan at 2, Spider-Man at 4, Coyote vs. Acme at 5, Oak Street (August 14) at 6, Mutiny (August 21) at 8, and Insidious at 9. Obsession (2025) is the leftover catalog row.
Reported grosses on this page stay limited to figures already on the August 31 file: about $8 million for The Dog Stars and about $15.4 million for Coyote vs. Acme, labeled as prior citations. No new weekend table is attached. A frozen ten is a reminder that MOVIEmeter can sit still while Wikipedia and Netflix charts still move, which is why the IMDb MOVIEmeter API is the check against a one-day screenshot.
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This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends call below. Film desks use that feed to watch IMDb MOVIEmeter day over day without copying chart pages by hand.
{
"type": "IMDb MOVIEmeter",
"limit": 10
}
Limit 10 is the published slice. Ranks 11 and beyond stay on the live API, not in this recap.