The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Most Watched Disney+ Premiere EVER
In a Tweet sent on Monday, March 22nd, 2021, Disney Plus announced that The Falcon and the Winter Solider episode one was the most-watched TV series premiere yet for the streaming service!
Marvel Studios' The Falcon and The Winter Soldier opens as most watched series premiere ever on #DisneyPlus. Read more: https://t.co/IOh6N366TC pic.twitter.com/cFrqr97rm0
— Disney+ (@DisneyPlus) March 22, 2021
Eyes to the Skies, True Believers!
According to the article on Marvel.com, the first episode of The Falcon and the Winter Solider, released for streaming on Disney+ on Friday, March 19th, 2021, was the most-watched ever series premiere for the streaming service, which launched on November 12th, 2019.
John Walker (Wyatt Russell) in Marvel Studios’ THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Chuck Zlotnick. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved
While that means that The Falcon and the Winter Solider has only a little over a year’s worth of competition so far, it also means that the series premiere was more watched than the first episodes of the highly anticipated WandaVision, as well as the first episode of Star Wars: The Mandalorian, which was available for streaming the day the service launched. No small feat!
Stiff Competition Ahead
However, while The Falcon and the Winter Solider may have currently claimed the crown for most-watched Disney+ series premiere, there is some seriously stiff competition on the horizon.
Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) in Marvel Studios’ THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Chuck Zlotnick. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.
Next up is Loki, the next Marvel Cinematic Universe series, the first episode of which arrives for streaming on Disney+ on Friday, June 11th. This series has a lot going for it, excitement-wise, including the fact that the God of Mischief (Tom Hiddleston) arrives on the streaming service with a pre-existing (and already extremely devoted) fanbase.
Loki fans with Tom Hiddleston arriving for the World Premiere of Thor : Dark World, at the Odeon Leicester Square, London. Photo: Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images
And as some of the more successful Disney+ MCU shows get sequel seasons, we suspect that the audience numbers will continue to go higher, further, faster – and you can bet that Marvel Blog will be there, True Believers!
The Falcon Does Numbers for Disney+
Have you had a chance to see the first episode of The Falcon and the Winter Solider? Are you counting down the minutes to the premiere episode of Loki (or one of the other upcoming Disney+ shows)? Marvel Blog wants to hear from you!
Batroc (Georges St-Pierre) in Marvel Studios’ THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Chuck Zlotnick. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.
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