‘The Mummy’ Continues to Lead Peacock’s Most-Watched Movie of the Week List: Here Is the Rest of the Top 10

Peacock’s film shelf stays busy with crowd-pleasing action, animation, horror, and comedies. Below is a quick tour through the ten titles viewers are clicking on right now, from franchise favorites to recent theatrical releases. To make skimming easy, the countdown runs from 10 to 1 and uses each film’s official title and release year.

For each pick you’ll find essential details—what it’s about, who’s in it, and the creative team behind it—so you can decide what to play next without extra searching. Let’s dive in.

10. ‘Puss in Boots’ (2011)

A prequel-spin-off to the ‘Shrek’ films, ‘Puss in Boots’ follows the famed feline outlaw on a quest involving magic beans, the Golden Goose, Humpty Alexander Dumpty, and master thief Kitty Softpaws. The voice cast includes Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, and Zach Galifianakis.

Directed by Chris Miller for DreamWorks Animation with a screenplay by Tom Wheeler (from a story by Wheeler, Brian Lynch, and Will Davies), the film was released by Paramount Pictures and established the solo franchise later continued by ‘The Last Wish.’

9. ‘Brightburn’ (2019)

This super-powered horror tale centers on Brandon Breyer, a Kansas boy of extraterrestrial origin whose awakening abilities take a murderous turn, placing his adoptive parents and town in danger. The cast includes Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Meredith Hagner, and Matt Jones.

Directed by David Yarovesky and written by Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn, the film was produced by James Gunn and Kenneth Huang and released by Sony’s Screen Gems/Stage 6. It runs about 90 minutes and reframes superhero origin beats through a horror lens.

8. ‘Django Unchained’ (2012)

Set in the antebellum South, ‘Django Unchained’ follows a freed man who partners with a German bounty hunter to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner. The principal cast features Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson.

Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, the film integrates Western motifs with historical revenge drama. Produced by A Band Apart and released by Columbia Pictures and The Weinstein Company in various territories, it won multiple awards, including Oscars for supporting actor and original screenplay.

7. ‘Abigail’ (2024)

After criminals kidnap the ballerina daughter of a powerful crime figure, they hole up in a mansion—only to learn their captive is a vampire who turns the tables. The cast includes Alisha Weir in the title role alongside Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, Kevin Durand, William Catlett, Angus Cloud, and Giancarlo Esposito.

Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett from a screenplay by Stephen Shields and Guy Busick, the Universal Pictures release blends heist and horror elements, running about 109–110 minutes. It draws inspiration from classic vampire lore while playing with single-location tension.

6. ‘21 Jump Street’ (2012)

A comedic reinvention of the 1980s TV series, ‘21 Jump Street’ tracks two rookie cops who go undercover as high-school students to crack a synthetic-drug ring. The ensemble includes Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, and Ice Cube.

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller directed, with a screenplay by Michael Bacall from a story by Bacall and Jonah Hill. Produced by Columbia Pictures and released by Sony Pictures, the film launched a successful buddy-cop franchise and emphasized improvisational humor within an action framework.

5. ‘Home’ (2015)

This animated sci-fi comedy follows an alien misfit named Oh who teams up with a resourceful human teen, Tip, to find her mother after an alien occupation of Earth. The voice cast features Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez, and Matt Jones.

Directed by Tim Johnson for DreamWorks Animation, the film’s screenplay is by Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember, adapted from Adam Rex’s 2007 novel ‘The True Meaning of Smekday.’ It was released theatrically in 2015 and later spun off a television series, ‘Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh.’

4. ‘Miss Congeniality’ (2000)

An undercover-cop comedy, ‘Miss Congeniality’ centers on FBI agent Gracie Hart infiltrating the Miss United States pageant to stop a bombing threat. Sandra Bullock leads the cast with Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen, William Shatner, and Ernie Hudson.

Donald Petrie directed the film from a screenplay by Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, and Caryn Lucas. Produced by Castle Rock Entertainment and released by Warner Bros., it mixes procedural beats with pageant-world hijinks and became a major box-office success.

3. ‘2012’ (2009)

A globe-spanning disaster epic, ‘2012’ follows a struggling writer and his family as they navigate apocalyptic cataclysms triggered by a planetary-scale geological upheaval. The ensemble includes John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Thandiwe Newton, Oliver Platt, Danny Glover, and Woody Harrelson.

Roland Emmerich directed and co-wrote the film with Harald Kloser, extending Emmerich’s run of large-scale spectacle. Columbia Pictures released the feature, which pairs character arcs with set-piece destruction across multiple continents.

2. ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ (2022)

The swashbuckling cat from the ‘Shrek’ universe returns for a quest to restore his nine lives, teaming up with Kitty Softpaws and a therapy-dog sidekick while facing Goldilocks and the Three Bears Crime Family and a wolfish embodiment of danger. The voice cast features Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek Pinault, Harvey Guillén, Florence Pugh, John Mulaney, and Wagner Moura.

Directed by Joel Crawford (with Januel Mercado as co-director), the sequel is produced by DreamWorks Animation and written by Paul Fisher, Tommy Swerdlow, and Tom Wheeler. It continues the character’s storyline that began in ‘Shrek 2’ and the 2011 spin-off, blending fairy-tale adventure with character-driven stakes.

1. ‘The Mummy’ (1999)

Set in 1920s Egypt, ‘The Mummy’ follows American adventurer Rick O’Connell as he teams up with librarian-archaeologist Evelyn Carnahan and her brother Jonathan to explore the lost city of Hamunaptra, where they accidentally resurrect the cursed high priest Imhotep. As ancient plagues sweep across the desert, the trio races to stop Imhotep from reclaiming his full power and reviving his lover Anck-su-namun. The film stars Brendan Fraser as Rick O’Connell, Rachel Weisz as Evelyn Carnahan, John Hannah as Jonathan Carnahan, Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep, Oded Fehr as Ardeth Bay, Kevin J. O’Connor as Beni Gabor, and Patricia Velásquez as Anck-su-namun.

Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film was written by Sommers from a story by Sommers, Lloyd Fonvielle, and Kevin Jarre, and produced by Universal Pictures. Key behind-the-scenes contributors include composer Jerry Goldsmith, cinematographer Adrian Biddle, and editor Bob Ducsay, with extensive visual effects work bringing the resurrected priest and supernatural plagues to life. The movie blended pulp adventure, horror elements, and large-scale effects into a modern revival of Universal’s classic monster franchise and launched a successful series of sequels and spin-offs.

Tell us which of these you queued up on Peacock this week—and what you think—in the comments!