‘Wish’ Hits 13.2 Million Views on Disney+ in Five Days
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“Wish” reached 13.2 million views in its first five days on Disney+, where it debuted on April 3 after a November 2023 theatrical release.
That makes the film the No. 3 most-viewed streaming premiere for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film, trailing “Encanto,” which debuted in theaters in November 2021 before streaming on Disney+ that December, and “Frozen 2,” which released theatrically November 2019 an arrived on streaming the following March. Exact viewership data for those titles is unavailable.
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This ranking does not include animated films from other Disney studios, however. For example, Pixar’s “Elemental” debuted with 26.4 million views in five days, which was touted as Disney+’s biggest movie premiere of 2023 — live action or animated — and made the service’s top 10 of all time.
At the box office, “Wish” debuted with a weak $31.7 million over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend after originally being projected to earn $45-50 million. For comparison, “Encanto” opened with $40.3 million in five days, and that was when the box office numbers were still being dampened by COVID.
The film is based on the star wished upon by many Disney characters past and follows Asha (Ariana DeBose), a girl from the magical kingdom of Rosas, who wish gets answered. Together, she and Star confront the formidable King Magnifico (Chris Pine) to save her community. The cast also includes Alan Tudyk, Angelique Cabral, Victor Garber, Natasha Rothwell and more.
Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn directed “Wish,” while Peter Del Vecho Juan Pablo Reyes served as producers.
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