Netflix's "Cuties" is one of the streamer's most popular movies this week, despite calls to boycott Netflix related to the film.
Data provided to Business Insider from the analytics firm SimilarWeb showed a 187% spike in traffic to Netflix's US cancellation page on September 10, the day after the movie debuted.
Some, including the conservative Parents Television Council, argued that the movie, about a French-Senegalese girl who joins a dance troupe, sexualized young girls. Netflix said in a statement that it's a "social commentary against the sexualization of young children."
"It's an award-winning film and a powerful story about the pressure young girls face on social media and from society more generally growing up — and we'd encourage anyone who cares about these important issues to watch the movie," a Netflix spokesperson said.
"Cuties" was the No. 4 most popular movie on Netflix this week.
Netflix's new crime thriller "The Devil All the Time," starring Spider-Man actor Tom Holland and the future Batman, Robert Pattinson, was also popular.
Netflix introduced daily top 10 lists of its most viewed movies and TV shows in February (it counts a view if an account watches at least two minutes of a title).
Every week, the streaming search engine Reelgood compiles for Business Insider a list of which movies have been most prominent on Netflix's daily lists that week. On Reelgood, users can browse Netflix's entire movie library and sort by IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes ratings.
Below are Netflix's 9 most popular movies of the week in the US: