1 Week Earlier than Season 2, Apple TV’s Simple-To-Binge Sci-Fi Motion Thriller Climbs Streaming Charts

Apple’s sci-fi slate has a behavior of resurfacing when viewers need one thing quick, punchy, and completed, and one in every of its most binge-friendly style hits is doing precisely that proper now. The collection performs like a globetrotting conspiracy chase with kaiju-scale stakesconstructed round household secrets and techniques, a shadow group, and set-piece momentum that retains episodes clicking into “only one extra.” It’s additionally the type of present that advantages from word-of-mouth spikes: accessible mythology, clear season size, and a hook that pays off with out demanding homework.

The information backs up the surge. On Apple TV charts this week, the present is climbing throughout a variety of markets, tightening its common place from the mid-ranks towards the highest tier and stacking factors day over day right into a stronger each day footprint. Critically, it’s not a distinct segment curiosity both: it carries an 88% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes (the best of any mission within the blockbuster franchise it is part of) and a 7.6/10 on IMDb, which helps clarify why informal browsers are changing as soon as it reappears within the carousel.

The title making the bounce is Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, a 10-episode monster thriller that follows Cate (Anna Sawai) after she survives Godzilla’s San Francisco assault as she uncovers a household hyperlink to the mysterious Monarch group. Within the newest replace, in keeping with FlixPatrol, the movie is sitting at a mean place of #3 globally on AppleTV, a transparent signal that it’s being watched moderately than simply sampled, and the timing of this success isn’t any shock.

‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ Season 2 Is Simply Across the Nook

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters popping again up on Apple TV+ charts isn’t merely unintended — it traces up with Apple ramping Season 2 advertising and marketing and locking the rollout and followers making ready beforehand. Apple has confirmed the 10-episode second season premieres February 27, 2026, then drops weekly each Friday via the Could 1 finale, which is precisely the type of schedule that triggers last-minute catch-up binges.

Story-wise, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 is framed across the workforce being pulled again collectively by “buried secrets and techniques,” with a lot of the motion shifting to Cranium Island and a brand new risk (Titan X) positioned on the heart of the thriller. Timeline-wise, it’s set round 2017, earlier than the 2021 Godzilla vs. Kong collision, which retains it cleanly contained in the MonsterVerse chronology whereas elevating the stakes for what’s coming subsequent. As for the movie franchise, it is also nonetheless going sturdy, with a brand new film titled Godzilla x Kong: Supernova set to launch in 2027.

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is accessible to stream on Apple TV, and the second installment begins airing on February 27. Keep tuned to Collider for extra updates.