Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/December 10 to 16, 2023

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (December 10 to 16, 2023)

Prepared with commentary by Igordebraga, CAWylie, and Shuipzv3.

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In spite of some renewal, many repeats, including the same Bollywood blockbuster at the top spot.

Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	Notes/about
1	Animal (2023 film)		3,332,995		It's animal, livin' in the human zoo...
2	Leave the World Behind (film)		2,807,615		The film (co-star Mahershala Ali pictured) with a simple message, and a lackluster ending, was the top film on Netflix with 41.7 million views.
3	Andre Braugher		2,557,735		This double-Emmy Award-winning actor of television, film, and stage died at age 61 from lung cancer on December 11.
4	Deaths in 2023		1,001,973		I really tried I Did My Time...
5	Tommy DeVito (American football)		820,601		This "zero-to-hero" quarterback is keeping the New York Giants in NFL playoff contention.
6	UEFA Champions League		718,583		The group phase of Europe's top club tournament ended. Most of the qualified teams aren't surprising (including last year's finalists Manchester City and Inter Milan and perennial favorites Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona), but there was still room for F.C. Copenhagen over the once mighty Manchester United.
7	Shohei Ohtani		744,102		"Shotime", now a Los Angeles Dodgers player, just signed the largest contract in professional sports history: ten years, US$700 million.
8	Wonka (film)		701,240		Charlie and the Chocolate Factory already inspired two hit movies, so now there's an attempt at a prequel telling Willy Wonka's beginnings as a chocolatier, starring Timothée Chalamet. Praised by reviewers as great family picture with impressive production values and another catchy soundtrack, Wonka arrives in North America one week after being released in 37 countries, and is expected to debut atop the box office.
9	Premier League		643,562		The latest season of English football keeps on rolling. Arsenal F.C. are currently leading, and hoping they won't choke in the final rounds like last season, specially to give the resonance of another title in the 20th anniversary of their unbeaten championship.
10	List of highest-grossing Indian films		626,796		#1 is currently ninth on this list with ₹859.53 crore, while also being the third 2023 release to enter the top 10.
11	Shane MacGowan		558,882		One more week for the recently deceased Irish punk who was the frontman for The Pogues.
12	Killers of the Flower Moon (film)		546,461		This October release made the AFI's 2023 Top Ten list this week, making more people seek this page or rent the movie on video on demand.
13	Taylor Swift		537,891		Her birthday was on December 13, and by coincidence she is #13 on this list.
14	Tripti Dimri		533,022		This Indian actress's small role (slightly larger than a cameo appearance) in #1 was apparently a "treat to look out for", leading to loads of Wikipedia views and Instagram followers.
15	Ketamine		518,080		Matthew Perry's toxicological report was released, and the actor's death was attributed to this anesthetic, which he was taking as part of a treatment, and that combined with coronary artery disease led to unconsciousness and subsequent drowning in a bathtub. In his autobiography, Perry wrote about how he received ketamine injections during rehab, noting it caused intense relaxation but a terrible 'aftertaste' ("Taking K is like being hit in the head with a giant happy shovel. But the hangover was rough and outweighed the shovel.").
16	2023 Israel–Hamas war		502,536		Still no end in sight for this, with over 20,000 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis dead, and the Gaza Strip a mess of war crimes and overall unrest.
17	The Archies (film)		496,204		Not all Indian films released that enter this list have been theatrical blockbusters. This one is a Netflix teen musical comedy film based on Archie Comics.
18	Godzilla Minus One		490,775		As Japan's iconic kaiju approaches his 70th anniversary, his 37th film sees a would-be kamikaze in postwar Japan deciding to confront the giant radioactive dinosaur, in a gripping film featuring some impressive imagery considering a budget much smaller than the American Godzilla (who will return next year, still alongside King Kong). Tellingly, Godzilla Minus One received great reviews, with a few critics downright considering it one of the year's best movies, and has earned over four times its costs with $60 million worldwide.
19	Ryan O'Neal		480,889		The American actor's death at age 82, just days before this week started, still shocks a half-million people.
20	Agnès Varda		474,340		A Google doodle this week and the Viva Varda! exhibit at Cinémathèque Française through January honors the Belgian-born French artist, photographer, and filmmaker.
21	Julia Roberts		451,499		#2 brings attention to its leading lady, who is still a big Hollywood star 35 years after her breakthrough in Mystic Pizza.
22	Mohan Yadav		441,109		Two of India's new Chief Ministers following elections, Mr. Yadav for Madhya Pradesh and Mr. Lal Sharma for Rajasthan.
23	Bhajan Lal Sharma		426,554
24	My Life with the Walter Boys		400,401		New to Netflix this week is a television series about a teenage orphaned girl from Manhattan who moves to Colorado to live with the Walters and their seven sons.
25	May December		393,423		Even if The Crown released its final batch of episodes, it failed to put anything here, with Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon being the first off the list at #26 behind another Netflix production, where Natalie Portman plays an actress investigating Julianne Moore as a woman she'll play in a biopic, infamous for having sex with a minor (inspired by Mary Kay Letourneau, who had an affair with her teenage student).