The worldwide Top 10 for the final week of February 2026 does not feel like a race for new releases so much as a process of settling in after the turbulent start of the year. It is as if audiences have stopped experimenting and begun reorganizing their relationship with entertainment. Instead of flashy debuts, what dominates are familiar universes, reliable stories, and formats that function as habit.

There is also a recurring phenomenon: when a title truly connects, it reorganizes the entire platform around it. This is not just numerical leadership but gravity. Some hits are so dominant that the rest of the ranking seems to exist merely as satellites.

Netflix

On Netflix, Bridgerton leading the series confirms that escapist romance remains one of the most effective refuges in the global catalog. The show no longer relies on premiere excitement; it has become a recurring destination, almost like revisiting an emotionally safe place. Right behind it, The Night Agent maintains the opposite yet complementary logic: functional suspense, steady pacing, and enough cliffhangers to turn the narrative into automatic binge viewing. The Top 10 also mixes reality TV, anime, and the unexpected reappearance of Smallville, a reminder that early-2000s nostalgia has become one of the most reliable fuels for streaming.

In films, the pattern is shared household consumption. Animations like Kung Fu Panda 3 and Despicable Me 4 coexist with darker titles, such as the Addams Family duo, which functions as an intergenerational franchise — light enough for children, yet ironic enough for adults.

HBO Max

HBO Max continues to demonstrate the power of a series with a strong identity. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms leads with a quiet authority grounded less in spectacle and more in narrative clarity and familiarity with the world of Westeros. It is fantasy on a human scale, character-driven, contrasting with the genre’s usual epic excess, and perhaps precisely for that reason, it feels especially appealing right now. The Pitt, close behind, confirms the appetite for direct adult drama without excessive visual noise.

In films, the simultaneous presence of multiple entries from the 28 Days Later franchise once again shows chain consumption behavior. Viewers do not want a single installment; they want the entire arc. Streaming turns franchises into ready-made pathways, designed to be followed from beginning to end.

Disney+

Disney+ presents perhaps the clearest contrast between action and family comfort. Predator: Badlands dominates the film rankings by a wide margin, highlighting how action properties remain essential for mobilizing global audiences. Around it, however, appear animations and classics that sustain everyday household use of the platform, from Toy Story 4 to A Bug’s Life. It is streaming as a shared domestic space across generations.

In series, Love Story remains in the lead, suggesting something relatively rare for Disney+: a drama that generates ongoing conversation. At the same time, titles like Grey’s Anatomy function as utility viewing — the show you put on without deciding, simply to fill the silence.

Prime Video

Prime Video maintains its pragmatic profile. Beast Games leads the series with the typical strength of large-scale competitive reality shows, formats that offer immediate reward and low emotional ambiguity. Thrillers like Cross and 56 Days reinforce the taste for fast narratives, while Yo soy Betty la fea continues to prove that Latin American telenovelas are not merely legacy catalog but real retention engines.

In films, diversity defines the top tier, with action, romance, and mid-scale thrillers coexisting without a clear hierarchy. It is a ranking driven by accessibility rather than cultural impact.

Paramount+

Paramount+ remains the most coherent platform in terms of identity. South Park and Yellowstone lead the series, reaffirming the loyalty of an adult audience that returns repeatedly to familiar universes. Reality shows such as De Férias com o Ex: América Latina coexist comfortably with traditional dramas because both deliver the same outcome: prolonged engagement.

In films, Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning dominates easily, surrounded by equally recognizable titles like Mean Girls and the Scream franchise. The sensation is one of familiar territory rather than discovery.

Apple TV+

Apple TV+ continues to be the most concentrated case. Hijack and Shrinking lead the series with strong numbers, illustrating the platform’s strategy: fewer titles, deeper consumption. Shows like Severance, Ted Lasso, and The Morning Show remain permanent symbolic capital, sustaining the perception of quality even when they are not at the absolute top.

In films, F1 and Eternity dominate decisively, reinforcing the bet on event productions capable of concentrating global attention rather than dispersing it across dozens of smaller releases.

Taken as a whole, the ranking for the final week of February does not point to a radical shift in taste but to something subtler and perhaps more revealing: a search for emotional balance. Audiences alternate between escapist romance, efficient suspense, familiar franchises, and identity-driven drama as if regulating their own internal intensity. Streaming ceases to be merely entertainment and becomes a system for fine-tuning collective mood. We do not just watch what is available. We watch what allows us to keep going.

Top 10 Miscelana

1- A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms

2- Love Story

3- The Last Thing He Told Me

4- The Beauty

5- Hijack

6- Cross

7- Eternity

8- The Pitt

9- Magnum

10- Shrinking