The Acolyte Delivers Most First-Day Views of Any 2024 Disney+ Launch

Might the Force be strong with Disney+’s latest live-action Star Wars series…?

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The streamer announced on Thursday that The Acolyte , which stars Amandla Stenberg ( The Eddy ), Lee Jung-jae ( Squid Game ) and Carrie-Anne Moss ( Marvel’s Jessica Jones ), delivered 4.8 million views in its first day of streaming. (Disney+ properly defines a “view” as total stream time divided by runtime.)

Disney+ says that The Acolyte stands as its most-viewed series premiere of the year so far, based on first-day totals. It thus apparently drew more first-day views than Marvel’s Echo (which was a binge drop) and X-Men ’97 (a double-episode premiere), as well as, presumably, Doctor Who ‘s “Season 1” launch last month.

Disney+ noted that its previous live-action Star Wars series, Ahsoka , garnered 14 million views in its first five days, back in August. (Disney+ never reported Ahsoka’ s one -day views; similarly, the streamer touted Percy Jackson and the Olympians ‘ views in the first six days. It’s all very… math-y.)

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The Acolyte debuted on Tuesday with two episodes that averaged 41 minutes. TVLine readers gave the series’ premiere an average grade of “B-“; read TVLine’s recap .

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