Properly, that escalated quite shortly… whereas The Acolyte remained within the prime 10 Luminate Unique Collection charts till week 4 and episode 5 and solely dropped out when episode 6 was launched in week 5, The Acolyte has already dropped out of the highest 10 Nielsen unique sequence charts in week 3 with episode 4! The #10 present has 298 million minutes on the Nielsen charts. The Acolyte should have lower than that. In accordance with Luminate The Acolyte had 262 million minutes in week 3 (episode 4). Click on by way of for a brief commentary.
The Acolyte is as lifeless as this wookiee
The #1 present on Nielsen is in fact Bridgerton with 2,465 million minutes, about 10x as a lot as The Acolyte most likely has. Simply let that sink in. Netflix has about 82.7 million subscribers within the US/Canada. Disney+ about 45 million. If we account for the bigger subscriber base Bridgerton nonetheless has 5.5 occasions as many viewing minutes, comparatively talking, compared in opposition to the subscriber base.
Even delusional individuals on X clamoring for a second season at the moment are transported again into the actual world. The Acolyte is an enormous flop for Disney. It’s the least watched Star Wars sequence ever… with even decrease viewership than Andor.
Andor had 356 million minutes in week 3 (episode 5) and that was the season low even, so the worst Andor ever carried out, that week the center a part of the Aldani heist arc was aired. If we use Luminate’s numbers we get the next if we assume all individuals solely watched the brand new episode that week:
Andor: 356 million minutes – 8.28 million views
The Acolyte: 262 million minutes – 8.18 million views
It’s shut, however worse than Andor which already had a really low viewership to start with. Within the week earlier than Andor additionally had extra viewers than The Acolyte. Within the following week Luminate would report solely 232.4 million minutes for The Acolyte, even much less. The present saved shedding viewers.
If we use week 4 numbers from Luminate and Nielsen it could be like this:
Andor (Nielsen): 405 million minutes – 8.1 million views
The Acolyte (Luminate): 232.4 million minutes – 7.26 million views
In brief: in week 4 The Acolyte misplaced nearly 1 million views and is lagging Andor by nearly 1 million views. And the hole will solely widen, as a result of Andor mantained this 8-9 million common and by no means actually misplaced viewers, in truth, the season finale would see a rise even (it carried out higher than Ahsoka!), episode 7 had 418 million minutes seen and The Acolyte dropped out of the Luminate charts in week 5 and should have had lower than 220 million minutes (Luminate’s #10 unique present). So possibly even lower than 200 million minutes seen.
That Star Wars is no longer even widespread sufficient anymore to crack the Nielsen unique sequence prime 10, or the final prime 10, is simply embarrassing. Andor dropped out of the charts precisely as soon as however recovered (it had about 400 million minutes that week). The Acolyte could by no means enter the charts once more. And simply to remind everybody: Lucasfilm spent 180 million plus advertising and marketing on this. So most likely in extra of 200 million.
And so as to add insult to harm Home of the Dragon, which can be launched on cable, so not even unique to streaming, has 1,226 million minutes on the Nielsen streaming charts for aquired reveals. Let that sink in too. Home of the Dragon, which price about the identical as The Acolyte, has 5.3 occasions the viewing minutes. Even when we account for the for much longer episodes, 58 minutes, Home of the Dragon has 21.14 million views within the US. Evaluate that to The Acolyte’s 7.26. Home of the Dragon, which additionally has a number of feminine lead characters, one of many actresses can be LGBT like Amandla Stenberg… and never solely does Home of the Dragon not get assessment bombed, it’s an enormous hit. Regardless of there being an enormous overlap between fanbases.
Star Wars will not be even in the identical league anymore as different style reveals now, Star Wars is minor league, or possibly not even that, little league.
However that is what occurs whenever you rent somebody to write down a Star Wars present who hates Jedi and desires to painting them in as dangerous a lightweight as attainable and as an alternative desires individuals to sympathize with psychopathic murderers.
Why does Kathleen Kennedy nonetheless have a job? She’s about to bury Star Wars now too. Below her Star Wars went from main league to minor league. After the brief excessive The Mandalorian gave us it’s been downhill ever since. However the downhill development might not be over but, possibly Star Wars will solely hit all-time low with the Rey film. If Iger has any sense left in him he’ll veto the mission earlier than it could actually enter manufacturing. Phrase now’s it’s going to now not movie in 2024. However 2025, if they’ve a script by then. How about “by no means” as an alternative?
Additionally, as unhappy as it’s, Skeleton Crew could pay the worth for all this similar to Solo was additionally affected by The Final Jedi backlash. Skeleton Crew may transform an entire flop with even decrease numbers than The Acolyte. When you lose the belief of your viewers it is vitally troublesome to regain it. However Lucasfilm was heading in the right direction with The Mandalorian… after which Kennedy derailed the prepare however. And right here we at the moment are. Star Wars will not be even adequate anymore for a prime 10 unique sequence streaming charts. A service with 45+ million subscribers within the US has not a SINGLE unique present on the charts. Netflix has seven. And a spin off of an unfinished guide sequence and of a present that had a brilliant controversial final season is wiping the ground with Star Wars.
Severely, why does have Kathleen Kennedy nonetheless have a job?
