The Disney + “Star Wars” MUSTERY “The Acolyte” series has received decent criticism from criticism, but as its somewhat terrible popcornmeter score proves on Rotten Tomatoes, the Fandom did not kiss the show exactly. Although the framework of the High Republic of the series could have been a gold mine for “Star Wars”, the reception of fans and the cancellation of the program after a single season mean that we may not review the era on the screen so early. Admittedly, all this means that “acolyte” will become a disastrous failure that no one has looked at, right?
Not quite. On the contrary, the end -of -year film and television report in 2024 of the entertainment industry analysis company Bright revealed interesting figures on “acolyte”. It turns out that the show was not only the most visible “Star Wars” project of 2024, but it was also the second most seen Disney + series of the year at 2.7 billion minutes. Only “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” (3 billion minutes of observation) were able to perform better for the platform.
Acolyte did well for a difficult year for major franchises
In certain circumstances, the news that a “Star Wars” show canceled has made a good reason enough for the Fandom to make a nice little outrage. However, apart from the aforementioned fact that the most vocal fans have never really taken “the acolyte”, the vision numbers of the show are delivered with an asterisk. The Luminate report revealed that 2024 was a very difficult year for franchises, which is clear when you compare the 2.7 billion minutes accumulated by “acolyte” with the previous year. In January 2024, Nielsen data (via variety) He identified the “suits” legal drama as the most watched streaming series of 2023, Netflix does not re -infigure no less than 57.7 billion minutes. Meanwhile, the most broadcast Disney + show was another series “Star Wars” in the form of “The Mandalorian”, with 12.3 billion minutes visualized.
Although this comparison can deflate the tires of “The acolyte” a little, it is always worth remembering that her minutes of vision have made it the number two series of the 2024 streamer (this and with “costumes” in particular With 134 episodes against eight for “acolyte,” an individual comparison is not exactly right). In fact, Disney has already explained that the cancellation of “The Acolyte” did not have much to do with its performance. Like the co -president of Disney Entertainment, Alan Bergman, previously said it VultureThe decision to stop the expensive show was purely financial:
“So, as regards”Acolyte“We were satisfied with our performance, but it was not where we needed to give it the structure of the costs of this title, very frankly, to go to do a season 2. This is the reason why we did not do that. “”
“The Acolyte” is currently streaming in its entirety on Disney +.
