‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Recently Debuted on Streaming—How Did It Do?
One of the biggest talking points surrounding the release of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu was that maybe it would’ve been a better fit on Disney+ than it was in theaters. And yet, now that the film has debuted on streaming, the reaction is less cut and dried than that. After a more than generous three-plus-month window since its May 22 theatrical debut, The Mandalorian and Grogu hit Disney+ on September 2.
- ▪One of the biggest talking points surrounding the release of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu was that maybe it would’ve been a better fit on Disney+ than it was in theaters.
- ▪And yet, now that the film has debuted on streaming, the reaction is less cut and dried than that.
- ▪After a more than generous three-plus-month window since its May 22 theatrical debut, The Mandalorian and Grogu hit Disney+ on September 2.
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One of the biggest talking points surrounding the release of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu was that maybe it would’ve been a better fit on Disney+ than it was in theaters. And yet, now that the film has debuted on streaming, the reaction is less cut and dried than that. After a more than generous three-plus-month window since its May 22 theatrical debut, The Mandalorian and Grogu hit Disney+ on September 2. According to Nielsen, it was viewed for about 727 million minutes during its first week, August 31-September 6, which was good enough for second place among all movies on streaming. The film it lost to was Netflix’s The Whisper Man, an original film starring Adam Scott and Robert De Niro. That was streamed for 863 million minutes during the same week.
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