The Disney+ “Star Wars” murder mystery series “The Acolyte” obtained respectable opinions from the critics, however as its considerably abysmal 19% Popcornmeter rating on Rotten Tomatoes proves, the fandom did not precisely embrace the present. Whereas the sequence’ High Republic setting could have been a gold mine for “Star Wars,” the fan reception and the present’s cancellation after a single season imply that we would not get to revisit the period on display any time quickly. Certainly, all of because of this “The Acolyte” will go down as a disastrous failure that nobody watched, proper?
Not fairly so. Quite the opposite, the 2024 year-end movie & TV report by leisure business knowledge evaluation firm Luminate has revealed some fascinating numbers about “The Acolyte.” Because it seems, the present was not solely the most-viewed “Star Wars” mission of 2024, nevertheless it was additionally the yr’s second most considered Disney+ sequence at a formidable 2.7 billion minutes. Solely “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” (3 billion viewing minutes) was capable of carry out higher for the platform.
The Acolyte did properly throughout a troublesome yr for main franchises
In some circumstances, the information {that a} cancelled “Star Wars” present really did fairly properly could be a very good motive for the fandom to whip up a pleasant little outrage. Nevertheless, other than the aforementioned undeniable fact that essentially the most vocal followers by no means actually bought behind “The Acolyte,” the present’s viewing numbers include an asterisk. The Luminate report discovered that 2024 was a really troublesome yr for franchises, which is obvious whenever you examine the two.7 billion minutes accrued by “The Acolyte” with the earlier yr. In January 2024, Nielsen’s data (via Variety) pinpointed the authorized drama “Fits” because the most-watched streaming sequence of 2023, netting Netflix at least 57.7 billion minutes considered. In the meantime, the most-streamed Disney+ present was one other “Star Wars” sequence within the type of “The Mandalorian,” with 12.3 billion minutes considered.
Whereas that comparability could deflate the tires of “The Acolyte” a bit, it is nonetheless value remembering that its viewing minutes did make it the streamer’s quantity two present of 2024 (that and with “Fits” particularly having 134 episodes versus eight for “The Acolyte,” a one-to-one comparability is not precisely truthful). In truth, Disney has already explained that the cancellation of “The Acolyte” had little to do with its efficiency. As Disney Leisure co-chairman Alan Bergman beforehand informed Vulture, the choice to discontinue the costly present was purely monetary:
“In order it pertains to ‘Acolyte,’ we have been proud of our efficiency, nevertheless it wasn’t the place we would have liked it to be given the price construction of that title, fairly frankly, to go and make a season 2. In order that’s the rationale why we did not do this.”
“The Acolyte” is presently streaming in its entirety on Disney+.
The Disney+ “Star Wars” murder mystery series “The Acolyte” obtained respectable opinions from the critics, however as its considerably abysmal 19% Popcornmeter rating on Rotten Tomatoes proves, the fandom did not precisely embrace the present. Whereas the sequence’ High Republic setting could have been a gold mine for “Star Wars,” the fan reception and the present’s cancellation after a single season imply that we would not get to revisit the period on display any time quickly. Certainly, all of because of this “The Acolyte” will go down as a disastrous failure that nobody watched, proper?
Not fairly so. Quite the opposite, the 2024 year-end movie & TV report by leisure business knowledge evaluation firm Luminate has revealed some fascinating numbers about “The Acolyte.” Because it seems, the present was not solely the most-viewed “Star Wars” mission of 2024, nevertheless it was additionally the yr’s second most considered Disney+ sequence at a formidable 2.7 billion minutes. Solely “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” (3 billion viewing minutes) was capable of carry out higher for the platform.
The Acolyte did properly throughout a troublesome yr for main franchises
In some circumstances, the information {that a} cancelled “Star Wars” present really did fairly properly could be a very good motive for the fandom to whip up a pleasant little outrage. Nevertheless, other than the aforementioned undeniable fact that essentially the most vocal followers by no means actually bought behind “The Acolyte,” the present’s viewing numbers include an asterisk. The Luminate report discovered that 2024 was a really troublesome yr for franchises, which is obvious whenever you examine the two.7 billion minutes accrued by “The Acolyte” with the earlier yr. In January 2024, Nielsen’s data (via Variety) pinpointed the authorized drama “Fits” because the most-watched streaming sequence of 2023, netting Netflix at least 57.7 billion minutes considered. In the meantime, the most-streamed Disney+ present was one other “Star Wars” sequence within the type of “The Mandalorian,” with 12.3 billion minutes considered.
Whereas that comparability could deflate the tires of “The Acolyte” a bit, it is nonetheless value remembering that its viewing minutes did make it the streamer’s quantity two present of 2024 (that and with “Fits” particularly having 134 episodes versus eight for “The Acolyte,” a one-to-one comparability is not precisely truthful). In truth, Disney has already explained that the cancellation of “The Acolyte” had little to do with its efficiency. As Disney Leisure co-chairman Alan Bergman beforehand informed Vulture, the choice to discontinue the costly present was purely monetary:
“In order it pertains to ‘Acolyte,’ we have been proud of our efficiency, nevertheless it wasn’t the place we would have liked it to be given the price construction of that title, fairly frankly, to go and make a season 2. In order that’s the rationale why we did not do this.”
“The Acolyte” is presently streaming in its entirety on Disney+.
