East of Eden, Zoe Kazan’s period miniseries adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel, managed to score top spot on Netflix’s weekly ratings charts, but it did it with only 6.5 million views.

The series, which stars Florence Pugh as Cathy Ames, launched October 1, and managed to hold off Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story and Wonka’s Golden Ticket to lead the charts.

But its 6.5M opening was the lowest since the end of March, when the second season of One Piece topped the charts in its third week on the streamer with 5.9M views.

The series, which also stars Christopher Abbott and Mike Faist and chronicles the dark side of the California dream, couldn’t compete with other, similar period fare.

American Primeval, Mark L. Smith’s Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin series set in 1857, opened with 10.4M at the start of 2025, while World War II miniseries All The Light We Cannot See, from Shawn Levy and Steven Knight, drew 9.8M in its first week.

Netflix was keen to point out that the series also hit the top 10 in 80 countries and was No. 1 in 22 countries, and the adaptation helped Penguin Classics sell 200% more books since it was announced.

Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, meanwhile, drew 5.7M in its third week, taking its total to 32.3M.

The reboot of A Different World was third with 5.1M views, while Wonka’s The Golden Ticket was fourth with 4.3M views in its second week on the charts. The reality competition series opened with 4.6M and its ratings were helped by the season’s two-part finale, which dropped September 30.

The rest of the list was made up on Lego One Piece, the second season of The Gentlemen, Crew Girl, WWE’s Raw, the first season of The Gentlemen and Season 14 of Gabby’s Dollhouse.