Netflix CEO
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings speaks during the unveiling of the iPhone 4 by Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California June 7, 2010. Reuters

Netflix missed on earnings expectations with its second quarter report released Monday after the market closex , and the company's high-flying stock can crashing down, dropping more than eight percent in after-hours trading.

Netflix was down $25 in after-hours trading on the news to $262.01. The stock had closed in trading Monday at $281.53, up $4.95 or 1.79 percent.

Revenue in the three months that ended in June for Netflix rose to $788.6 million, falling below Wall Street's estimates. Analysts on average had been expecting $791.5 million. The company did beat expectations in earnings per share, hitting $1.26 against expectations of $1.11 per share.

In the current quarter, Netflix said it anticipates revenue of $780 million to $805 million, and earnings per share of 72 cents to $1.07 per share. Analysts are expecting $846.5 million and $1.09 in consensus, sending the stock down immediately on the news.