The Whisper Man (2026) holds rank 1 on IMDb MOVIEmeter on September 5, 2026. The Odyssey (2026) and The Dog Stars (2026) hold 2 and 3. Versus the September 4 IMDb board, every title and rank matches, including Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) at 4. The IMDb MOVIEmeter API snapshot is as of 08:01:32 UTC.
Top trending movies on IMDb: September 5
The Whisper Man (2026): Upcoming thriller adaptation. Holds 1. No separate September 5 trailer note identified beyond residual MOVIEmeter traffic.
The Odyssey (2026): Christopher Nolan Homer adaptation still drawing pre-release page views. Holds 2.
The Dog Stars (2026): Post-apocalyptic adaptation. Holds 3.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026): Marvel theatrical title. Holds 4.
Coyote vs. Acme (2026): Live-action Looney Tunes film. Holds 5.
The End of Oak Street (2026): Horror title holding mid-board. Holds 6.
Obsession (2025): The only 2025-dated row on a 2026-heavy list. Holds 7.
Mutiny (2026): 2026 feature. Holds 8.
Insidious: Out of the Further (2026): Insidious-franchise entry. Holds 9.
The Last Sunrise (2026): 2026 feature. Holds 10.
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What changed on IMDb since yesterday
New entrants: none.
Big movers: none.
Drop-offs: none.
The same freeze now spans September 3 through September 5 on this core type.
What today's IMDb titles reveal
MOVIEmeter here is a pre-release watchlist, not a weekend box-office chart. Nine of ten rows carry a 2026 year stamp; Obsession (2025) is the holdover.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day at 4 is the franchise gravity well. The Whisper Man holding 1 three days running is a page-interest story, not a new chart dump.
By Any Means opened in theaters September 4 and is trending on YouTube, yet it is not in this IMDb ten. The two boards are not the same audience.
The freeze now covers 72 hours of researched pulls. Rank 1 through rank 10 did not swap a single title between September 4 at the prior daily file and September 5 at 08:01:32 UTC. Nolan's Odyssey at 2 and Spider-Man at 4 are the two highest-profile studio magnets; Whisper Man holding 1 anyway is a page-interest leftover. Obsession (2025) at 7 is the only title whose year stamp is not 2026.
Coyote vs. Acme at 5 and Insidious: Out of the Further at 9 are the animation and horror franchise slots. Mutiny at 8 and The Last Sunrise at 10 have no extra theatrical date attached in the fetch. The End of Oak Street at 6 is the mid-board horror hold. Zero new MOVIEmeter titles versus September 4 is the documented result for this Saturday file.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool with type IMDb MOVIEmeter and limit 10. The feed is for analysts who need a dated ranked board rather than a homepage screenshot.
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"type": "IMDb MOVIEmeter",
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Read the IMDb MOVIEmeter API page for the live call.