Netflix’s big-budget adaptation of Richard Osman’s bestseller The Thursday Murder Club has started to slide down the streamer’s rankings after less than two weeks.
The cosy crime thriller, starring Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie and Pierce Brosnan as a group of pensioners at a retirement village investigating cold cases, was initially released in select cinemas after a lavish Leicester Square premiere on August 21.
A week later it hit the streaming platform for fans around the world to enjoy, where it went straight to the number one spot in multiple countries within hours and was praised as ‘a breath of fresh air’.
It also received a largely positive reception from critics, earning a decent score of 77% on Rotten Tomatoes from reviews – however some book fans made thei