"Stranger Things" season four debuted on Netflix on Friday, three years after the third season premiered. And it's already breaking Netflix viewership records, according to the company.
The season was watched for 286.8 million hours over the weekend, making it the biggest premiere weekend yet for an English-language Netflix series. It topped "Bridgerton" season two's 193 million hours and "Money Heist" season five's 202 million hours.
"Stranger Things" season four will be five hours longer than any previous season, Netflix said. It's being released in parts, and the first seven episodes that debuted on Friday featured longer-than-usual episodes that each clocked in at more than an hour. The second part, which consists of the supersized episodes eight and nine, debuts in July.
"Bridgerton" season two is still Netflix's biggest English-language season ever, based on hours viewed in its first 28 days.
Each Tuesday, Netflix updates its lists of its most-watched shows and movies, based on hours viewed in the previous week.
The new season of "Stranger Things" also lifted the previous seasons in viewership last week. Each of the first three seasons were on Netflix's top 10 most-watched shows list for last week.
Below are the top 10 TV shows on Netflix from May 23 through May 29 (Insider combined Netflix's English-language and non-English-language lists):