The acolyte was the most watched Star Wars Wars Show in Disney (despite its cancellation)

The Disney+ “Star Wars” “The Acolito” murder series received decent critics criticism, but as demonstrated by its scoring of popcorn popcorn somewhat abysmal corn in Rotten Tomatoes, the fandom did not hug the program exactly. While the High Republic scenario 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 means that we cannot visit the effectiveness on the screen In the short term. Surely, all this means that “the acolyte” will become a disastrous failure that no one observed, right?

Not so. On the contrary, the 2024 end -of -year film report of the Entertainment Industry Data Analysis Company Bright He has revealed some interesting numbers about “the acolyte.” It turns out that the program was not only the “Star Wars” project more seen than 2024, but it was also the second Disney+ most viewed of the year in an impressive 2.7 billion minutes. Only “Percy Jackson and the Olympics” (3 billion minutes of visualization) could work better for the platform.

In some circumstances, the news that a “Star Wars” canceled program actually did quite well could be a good reason for the Fandom to generate a small outrage. However, apart from the aforementioned fact that the most vowel fans never put “The Acolyte”, the program display numbers come with an asterisk. The Luminete report found that 2024 was a very difficult year for franchises, which is clear when compared to the 2.7 billion minutes accumulated by “El Aolito” with the previous year. In January 2024, Nielsen data (through variety) He identified the legal drama “Suits” as the most viewed transmission series of 2023, obtaining Netflix not less than 57.7 billion minutes seen. Meanwhile, the most transmitted Disney+ program was another “Star Wars” series in the form of “The Mandalorian”, with 12.300 million minutes seen.

While this comparison can deflate the “El Acoolito” tires a little, it is still worth remembering that his visualization minutes made him the number two program of the streamer of 2024 (that and with “costumes”, especially with 134 episodes versus eight for “the acolyte.,” One comparison one by one is not exactly fair). In fact, Disney has already explained that the cancellation of “the acolyte” had little to do with his performance. As previously said Disney Entertainment, Alan Bergman VultureThe decision to suspend the expensive show was purely financial:

“So, as relates to ‘Acolyte‘We were happy with our performance, but it was not where we needed to be given the cost structure of that title, frankly, to go and make a season 2. So that is the reason we did not do that. “

“The acolyte” is currently being transmitted entirely in Disney+.