The Final Problem has hardly needed a weekend to climb to the top of Netflix Spain. The miniseries led by José Coronado, María Valverde, Martiño Rivas, and Maribel Verdú debuted on Friday, September 25, and already leads the platform’s daily series ranking in our country.
In the latest available cut, corresponding to September 27, The Final Problem sits in first position in Spain and retains the spot it had reached the day before, according to FlixPatrol’s daily tracking.
There is an important caveat: this ranking measures popularity positions, not absolute view counts. Therefore, it confirms the series has reached number one, but it does not yet reveal how many hours or views it has generated, nor compare its real audience with other recent Netflix premieres.
That data will come later through the platform’s own weekly rankings.
The series’ ascent to the top spot now adds a first data point to the numbers that already indicated Netflix’s revival of the classic mystery. The premiere did not start from a premise that was hard to explain: an isolated hotel, a suspicious death, and a closed circle of potential culprits.
José Coronado shifts to a different thriller, but ends up back at number one
The fiction adapts the homonymous novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte and places the action in the spring of 1959. Thirteen people become trapped by a storm in a small hotel on an islet near Mallorca when a British tourist is found dead.
Basil, played by Coronado, is a retired actor who years earlier gained notoriety for bringing Sherlock Holmes to the big screen. What starts as a death that appears voluntary ends up forcing him to use the detective skills he spent years pretending to have in front of a camera.
Netflix confirmed before the premiere that the production comprises four episodes and is directed by Félix Viscarret, with Gonzalo de Castro, Cristina Kovani, José Condessa, and Pepón Nieto completing the main cast. Netflix described the series as a blend of thriller, mystery, and period fiction.
For Coronado, moreover, the result continues a curious streak within the platform. This summer, ‘The Believers’ also reached the top of Netflix Spain’s weekly film ranking. They are very different projects: there, contemporary thrillers dominated; now it moves within the rules of the classic whodunit.
The real test for The Final Problem begins now. Reaching the number-one spot immediately after the premiere demonstrates a strong start in terms of popularity, but its staying power over the coming days—and, above all, the release of Netflix’s first figures—will determine the true scale of its success.
