Sandra Bullock's Ominous Psychological Thriller Surges On Netflix Chart 18 Years Later

The Sandra Bullock thriller Premonition is surging on Netflix. The 2007 movie, which is told out of order, sees the Oscar winner playing a woman who is trying to prevent the impending death of her husband (Julian McMahon). The movie’s ensemble cast also includes Nia Long (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), Amber Valletta (Hitch), and Peter Stormare (2025’s Until Dawn).

Now, per Netflix‘s daily chart of their Top 10 most-watched movies in the United States, Premonition has surged to No. 10. It has landed on the chart alongside popular contemporary Netflix originals such as Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers (No. 1), A House of Dynamite (No. 2), KPop Demon Hunters (No. 3), The Perfect Neighbor (No. 7), and Ballad of a Small Player (No. 9).

It seems likely that the Sandra Bullock movie has landed on the chart because of Halloween, which took place on October 31. Many Halloween-themed movies and horror-adjacent titles have filled the remaining space on the chart, including Goosebumps 2 (No. 4), Hotel Transylvania 3 (No. 5), Hubie Halloween (No. 6), and Casper (No. 8).

However, Premonition has achieved this feat in spite of the fact that it is not a recent addition to the Netflix library in the United States, which is a factor that can give titles a significant boost in viewership.

While Premonition has a very different atmosphere from the other Halloween titles that are dominating the Netflix chart in the U.S., which are all family-friendly horror-comedies, there are several factors that may have led to its resurgence on streaming 18 years after its original theatrical run.

The first is that Premonition was a hit when it debuted. It grossed $84.1 million against a reported budget of just $20 million, outgrossing a number of popular 2007 titles including Hot Fuzz ($80.6 million), Rob Zombie’s Halloween ($80.5 million), There Will Be Blood ($76.2 million), and 30 Days of Night ($75.5 million). Additionally, Netflix is already known for being the home of solid Sandra Bullock horror-thrillers.

She was the star of their 2018 post-apocalyptic movie Bird Box, which was at one point the streamer’s most-watched movie of all time with 157.4 million viewers, though it has since fallen behind The Adam Project (157.6 million), Don’t Look Up (171.4 million), Carry-On (172.1 million), Red Notice (230.9 million), and KPop Demon Hunters (325.1 million).

Sandra Bullock is continuing to prove herself as a major draw for the streaming platform, even for acquired titles that aren’t being given the extra push of being recent additions or Netflix originals.