‘The Acolyte’ Blasts Onto Disney+ With 4.8M Views In First Day Of Streaming - a Deadline article
'The Acolyte is off to a promising start on Disney+.
The new Star Wars series launched on June 4 with two episodes, generating 4.8M views in its first day on the streamer. That makes it the biggest series premiere on Disney+ this year.
Disney+ doesn’t generally release viewership data for series after just one day of streaming. In August, the streamer said that Ahsoka drew 14M views in its first 5 days. As of now, The Acolyte is on track to zoom right past that benchmark, but it’ll need to sustain similar viewership over the weekend in order to do so.
The streamer can be a bit inconsistent with its viewership data, generally. When Percy Jackson and the Olympians debuted in December, Disney+ announced that series’ six-day viewership tally. However, releasing the viewership for one single day of viewing does indicate that Disney+ feels quite confident in The Acolyte‘s ability to keep performing well.’
That is pleasing to read. The review bombing is really sad to see, especially the review bombing before the series was even aired. Toxic grifters got to make some $$$ and keep the algorithm and their subscribers engaged and happy, I guess? Sure, reasoned criticisms, or the show not appealing to you is cool, but it is probably worth noting that many people who are knocking the show for not holding with their own politics, beliefs or views aren’t actually talking much about the show itself, if at all. It is “Disney this”, “Disney that”, or the usual key buzzwords often used by that relatively small, yet vocal, band of fandom. Pretty much the same stuff we’ve all often heard and seen before. And not much about what is happening on the screen in the show.
On here, so far most of the reviews are generally positive. Nearly everyone who has seen it and commented thinks it is around the “decent” or “good” categories overall? That the show has potential, and are looking forward to the next episodes, albeit with some issues raised.