Charlize Theron’s Reboot Of 88-Year-Old Supernatural Franchise Roars Back To Life On Streaming At The Perfect Time

Published Oct 26, 2026, 1:53 PM EDT Felipe Rangel is a Movie and TV Journalist ScreenRant. He has been writing about movies and TV since 2021. Felipe joined ScreenRant in 2022, working across different teams, covering everything from breaking news to features to reviews and more. Felipe is a writer who is an avid film and TV fan, with superhero movies and series being his biggest passion. He graduated from college in 2019, having studied Journalism. Before college, he spent a month studying at the Oxford English Centre. His superhero knowledge expands to the comics, with his undergraduate thesis being "Politics Reflected In American Comics." Charlize Theron's supernatural franchise reboot is now a Netflix streaming sensation internationally, and it comes at the perfect time for multiple reasons. Theron has starred in many major movies throughout her career, including projects like Mad Max: Fury Road, many Fast & Furious movies, Atomic Blonde, and more. The actress played a key role in one of 2026's biggest movies, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, which has become the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time. Theron played Calypso in the fantasy epic. When it comes to streaming, the actress has built a successful relationship with Netflix over the years, starring in different movies. Theron's contribution to the growing list of Netflix Original movies includes the 2020 superhero movie The Old Guard and its sequel, The Old Guard 2, as well as the 2026 survival thriller Apex, in which Theron stars alongside Taron Egerton. Now, the star is seeing an animated movie that served as the reboot of an 88-year-old supernatural franchise become a Netflix streaming sensation internationally, years after it was originally released in theaters to overwhelming success. That would be 2019's animated The Addams Family, which has started to trend on Netflix's global charts at the right time for the genre and franchise. Theron's Addams Family Is Dancing Its Way Up Netflix's Global Charts At the time of writing, Theron's The Addams Family is the 8th most popular movie on Netflix's Top 10 Movies list worldwide, according to data from FlixPatrol. The Addams Family ranks higher than the Josh Duhamel action thriller Blackout and shockingly gruesome horror movie Primate on Netflix's global charts. Above The Addams Family on the Netflix list are movies like Hot Wheels Let's Race: Attack of the T-Rex, Zach Cregger's horror phenomenon Weapons, Ben Affleck's R-rated crime thriller Animals, and more. The current most-watched movie on Netflix globally is Surviving Hurricane Otis, an intense Mexican survival drama released on October 23. Choose the movie with the higher Rotten Tomatoes score. Theron's The Addams Family reboot movie is not available to stream on Netflix in the United States, where it is streaming on Paramount+ and a couple of other streamers, as per JustWatch. The Addams Family was a box office hit. Based on a reported budget of $24 million, the animated movie needed to finish between $48 million and $60 million to break even. With a theatrical total of $204.4 million (counting its 2020 re-release), The Addams Family was a major hit. That led to a sequel, The Addams Family 2, being released in theaters on October 1, 2021, and grossing $119.8 million. The Star-Studded Reboot Divided Critics & Audiences The Addams Family became a box office hit with a star-studded cast, featuring Theron as Morticia Addams and actors like Oscar Isaac, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Mikey Madison, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, and many more. However, it divided critics and viewers all the same. On Rotten Tomatoes, The Addams Family sits at a low 49% critics' score, while holding a decent 70% audience score. Now, The Addams Family is trending on Netflix internationally at the perfect time, as it is just before Halloween, and fans of Netflix's Wednesday series with Jenna Ortega can watch it before the show returns with new episodes. Release Date October 11, 2019 Runtime 87 minutes Director Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan Writers Matt Lieberman, Pamela Pettler, Conrad Vernon, Erica Rivinoja, Charles Addams Producers Alexandra Schwartz, Gail Berman, Joel MacDonald, Alison O'Brien Franchise(s) The Addams Family