After receiving critical acclaim, Star Wars: The Acolyte has also started strong commercially on its first day of streaming on Disney Plus. Premiering with two episodes, the latest prequel series gained significant viewership, despite being review-bombed by many people.
Star Wars: The Acolyte becomes the greatest Disney Plus launch of 2024
Star Wars: The Acolyte’s debut viewership numbers are extremely high as it became Disney Plus’ most-viewed show of 2024 on the first day. It easily managed to go past all major Disney Plus launches of the year. These include X-Men ’97, Echo, and Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 3.
As per Disney (via Variety), the series garnered 4.8 million views on day one, with one view being calculated “by dividing the number of hours each title is watched by its runtime.” These views have also been compared with Ahsoka.
Even though Ahsoka’s first-day viewership numbers aren’t available, Disney revealed it got over 14 million views in its first five days. Assuming it got 2.8 million views per day, The Acolyte easily wins, leading by roughly 2 million views.
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Its total views after the first weekend will offer an interesting insight into the series as many users recently review-bombed it on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. Whether that impacts the performance of the show in the coming days remains to be seen.
The official synopsis of Star Wars: The Acolyte reads:
“An investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master against a dangerous warrior from his past. As more clues emerge, they travel down a dark path where sinister forces reveal all is not what it seems.”
The Acolyte stars Amandla Stenberg as Osha and Mae, Carrie-Anne Moss as Master Indara, and Lee Jung-jae as Master Sol. The cast also includes Dafne Keen, Charlie Barnett, and Rebecca Henderson, among others.
