Whereas we nonetheless have to attend one other 1 1/2 weeks for Nielsen to lastly launch their streaming numbers for early June and thus lastly together with The Acolyte, new participant on the town Luminate releases their numbers in a way more well timed vogue. So we already know the numbers for final week (Friday – Thursday) for The Acolyte. And to not mince any phrases right here… the numbers are BAD. Click through for more!
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The Acolyte has dropped to #9 on the Luminate streaming charts for unique exhibits with a paltry 232.4 million viewing minutes – different exhibits like Home of Dragon that are an “acquired” sequence, because it additionally runs on HBO cable, aren’t even included right here.
The Acolyte may actually drop out of the charts as a result of it’s presently solely 4.3 million minutes “higher” than Bridgerton season 1, however already behind Bridgerton season 2… an previous present, however the brand new season made individuals rewatch all of the previous episodes and since Luminate lists seasons individually (Nielsen doesn’t) Bridgerton has three entries right here.
It is a drop of 11% in comparison with final week and since each episode 4 and 5 are nearly the identical size this immediately displays an additional lack of viewership.
And earlier than I evaluate The Acolyte to the opposite exhibits please bear in mind all of the caveats, it’s nonetheless unknown how Nielsen and Luminate evaluate, each use completely different intervals, definitely have a considerably completely different methodology and many others and many others and many others so that is for informative functions solely however not a 1:1 comparability!
I’ll as soon as once more evaluate whole viewing minutes for the season and whole runtime. If I simply take a look at episode 5 then 7.3 million individuals would have watched it, if they’d watched nothing however episode 5, which they didn’t, as a result of from Friday – Tuesday night time individuals may solely watch episodes 1-4, so attempting to gauge precise episode viewership is kind of pointless. It stands to cause {that a} majority can have watched episode 5 on Tuesday night time and the next two days however we have no idea the odds right here. So whole runtime and whole viewing minutes to calculate the season common is the higher method right here, in my view. All numbers however for The Acolyte are Nielsen numbers, preserve that in thoughts!
The Acolyte: 1,084.7 million viewing minutes – 183 minutes whole runtime – 5.93 million common views
Ahsoka: 2,352 million viewing minutes – 220 minutes whole runtime – 10.69 million common views
Andor: 1,883 million viewing minutes – 254 minutes whole runtime – 7.41 million common views
Obi-Wan-Kenobi: 3,399 million viewing minutes – 211 minutes whole runtime – 16.11 million common views
The Ebook of Boba Fett: 1,999 million viewing minutes – 173 minutes whole runtime – 11.55 million common views
The Mandalorian S3: 3,655 million viewing minutes – 163 minutes whole runtime – 22.42 million common views
Even when the Nielsen numbers have been 50% greater than Luminate’s for The Acolyte it might at greatest compete with Andor for the title of least watched stay motion Star Wars sequence on Disney+ ever. Chances are high that Nielsen too will see it even behind Andor although. And that could be a full catastrophe for a present that prices $180 million, and make no mistake, even for Andor it’s a catastrophe as a result of that present value $250 million to make. Why would anybody spend a lot cash on issues that don’t attain a majority of Star Wars followers? Additionally, given the very, very quick runtime the cash per minute of screentime spent right here is just loopy. The Acolyte has by far the shortest whole runtime of all exhibits to date, keep in mind that each Ebook of Boba Fett and Mandalorian solely had 4 launched episodes at this level vs. The Acolyte’s 5. The Acolyte is at greatest a 4 half mini sequence. Stretched out to eight episodes. In actuality Disney ought to have pulled an Echo right here and dump all of it on the identical day to get it over with (any sane individual would by no means have greenlit this within the first place in fact). Now we have now what Marvel wished to keep away from with Echo, to have followers complain about and mock the present for weeks and weeks. And we nonetheless have one other two weeks of this, plus the aftermath.
The Acolyte possibly has only one quarter of The Mandalorian’s numbers, and I don’t assume it will considerably change with Nielsen’s numbers. So 75% determined to not even take a look at if The Acolyte is any good. The advertising, the interviews, the trailers made them assume “nah!” with out having watched a single minute of the particular present.
Why is Lucasfilm allowed to sink a lot cash into initiatives that any individual with some information of Star Wars (or the viewers basically) would instantly determine as “area of interest”?
Andor, the very best factor to occur to Star Wars on Disney+ in keeping with some (me included), would all the time have been recognized as tremendous area of interest by anybody with even distant understanding of Star Wars. There are not any Jedi in it, no Pressure, no duels, no epic house battles, in brief, it doesn’t embrace ANY of the weather that made Star Wars standard. Making a personality drama set within the Star Wars universe is definitely fascinating, however the restricted attraction of this implies nobody of their proper thoughts ought to ever give this venture a 250 million finances.
And outdoors of Star Wars: who would greenlight a sequel present to a semi profitable Eighties fantasy film that solely individuals ages 40 and up bear in mind after which make it a gen z centric sequence with two younger lesbians because the protagonists? And who would spend insane quantities of cash on an motion journey film that includes an 80-year-old who ought to in all probability retire for good or solely play grandpa roles?
The Acolyte is a sufferer of its disastrous and outright silly advertising. All of the “feminine centric”, “queer id”, “protected house for black nerds”, “Star Wars is patriarchal… Yaaassssss” and particularly “the present received’t be form to the Jedi” nonsense the showrunner and actors spouted apparently turned off a majority of followers proper out of the gate. Additionally, who of their proper thoughts would assume somebody like Leslye Headland ought to make a Star Wars sequence? Of all of the individuals in Hollywood you’d wish to work on Star Wars, what individual would decide somebody like Headland?
I stated it final week, I say it once more, the Disney overlords should clear home at Lucasfilm. All the management has to go, Filoni may at greatest keep as an concepts man however NOT as the one that oversees the artistic course of. He greenlit each The Acolyte script and apparently all the time nodded his head and didn’t need them to alter the nonsensical character motivations, arcs, foolish plot and awful – even for Star Wars – dialogue.
And Kennedy has now absolutely ventured into “I rent individuals based mostly on agendas” territory, there is no such thing as a different cause why anybody would ever rent individuals like Headland or Obaid-Chinoy to make a sequence and a film.
Final phrase on the Rey film is it received’t begin filming this yr. And we’re already on the midway level anyway. As a result of they STILL should not have a script. And Knight is now busy making his Peaker Blinders film. We all know how that normally ends. This additionally explains why Obaid-Chinoy retains making all this noise with random and nonsensical appearances on television or journal interviews. Final idiocy she uttered was that Rey is on the coronary heart of Star Wars, yeah certain… I think she’s doing all this to make it increasingly more tough for Disney to quietly cancel this film. Anybody with even one mind cell left should notice that the Rey film has a excessive likelihood of turning into a field workplace catastrophe. To cancel it, particularly after the “feminine centric” viewers flop that’s The Acolyte, appears to be essentially the most prudent factor Disney may do.
And regardless that Leslye Headland won’t ever learn this… pricey Leslye, whenever you say “my present received’t be form to the Jedi” don’t be shocked if individuals are not form to your present.
Star Wars doesn’t want a revisionist, deconstructive method, ethical relativism or any references to present day earth, in reality all these items destroy Star Wars. It’s alleged to be a fairytale set in a galaxy far, distant. Pronoun “jokes” and attempting to make the Jedi into overbearing, bumbling fools, idiots and crooks who preserve secrets and techniques from one another and are typically shady is nothing most individuals need to see. That Kathleen Kennedy greenlit this inane venture is one more massive mistake on her already spectacular listing of huge errors. But right here she is… and I wager she’ll nonetheless be right here subsequent yr and the yr after that and after that. Till she, possibly, dies. Except they develop a de-aging drug, then she’ll be Lucasfilm president in 100 years from now in all probability. At this level I’m wondering if she truly has leverage on all of the individuals who would possibly possibly hearth her or not prolong her contract. Different individuals would have been fired after Indy 5 on the newest.
Additionally, Bridgerton, which is already waning, as a result of Netflix drops all episodes without delay, nonetheless has 4 instances the viewing minutes of The Acolyte at #1 – and that’s just for the present season, season 2 has extra viewing minutes as properly. All Bridgerton seasons mixed give The Acolyte 15% of the viewers this present has. Pathetic. And as I stated final week, attempt to guess which “feminine centric” present truly has a feminine viewers. As a result of it has parts that girls truly get pleasure from.
Except the Lucasfilm management is fired or made to go away whereas saving face nothing will change for the higher. If that Rey film truly will occur we must always brace for the worst.
At this level I concern Skeleton Crew might really feel the complete brunt of The Acolyte’s aftermath, with individuals making it the least watched present when it releases in November. The premise is but once more very area of interest. A bunch of pre-teen youngsters are quasi misplaced in house. Actually, who needs to see that? When your viewers is age 30+ and 70+% male? And your Star Wars Children YouTube channel is a wasteland? However likelihood is a couple of Mandoverse characters might seem on the present. It stays to be seen if that’s sufficient.
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