Disney's "Wish" Rakes In Over 13 Million Views In First Five Days On Disney+

After only 5 days on Disney+, the latest feature from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Wish, has over 13 million views, according to Variety.

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After a release in theaters in November of 2023, the latest feature from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Wish, arrived on Disney+ on April 3rd, and has already garnered 13.2 million views in only 5 days since its release.
This makes Wish the third most viewed streaming premiere for a film from Walt Disney Animation Studios on the platform, following Encanto and Frozen 2.
It should be noted that this ranking does not include films from other Disney studios, like Pixar Animation Studios. Elemental, from Pixar, arrived and racked up 26.4 million views in its first five days, marking the biggest premiere on the platform in 2023, and made the top 10 of all time for Disney+.
While the film underperformed based on expectations for its opening weekend, Wish went on to make $256 million in the worldwide box office, breaking that 200 million mark in its seventh weekend of release.
Many fans and critics cite the slower performance at the box office due to the audience's tendency (having been trained thanks in part to the global pandemic) to wait for an eventual release on Disney+. Pixar’s Soul, Turning Red, and Luca all debuted directly to the platform free to subscribers, while Disney Animation’s Raya and the Last Dragon and Encanto had limited theatrical runs alongside a Disney+ Premier Access option for an additional fee. Pixar’s Lightyear, as well Disney Animation’s Strange World and the aforementioned Raya and the Last Dragon and Encanto arrived for all subscribers to enjoy a mere six weeks after their theatrical debut. After performing well over time, Pixar’s Elemental was the first to stretch past the six weeks, arriving nearly 3 months after opening theatrically.
Wish helped break the trend, waiting over four months and after a digital and physical media release to appear on the platform, though the numbers still indicate that interested audiences opted to do “the wait” until the film was on Disney+.

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wish is an all-new musical-comedy welcoming audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas, where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force—a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe—the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico—to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.
Featuring the voices of Academy Award-winning actor Ariana DeBose as Asha, Chris Pine as Magnifico, and Alan Tudyk as Asha’s favorite goat, Valentino, the film is helmed by Oscar-winning director Chris Buck (Frozen, Frozen 2) and Fawn Veerasunthorn (Raya and the Last Dragon), and produced by Peter Del Vecho (Frozen, Frozen 2) and Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster Jones (Encanto). Jennifer Lee (Frozen, Frozen 2) executive produces—Lee and Allison Moore (Night Sky, Manhunt) are writers on the project. With original songs by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Julia Michaels and Grammy-winning producer/songwriter/musician Benjamin Rice, plus score by composer Dave Metzger, Wish is currently available on Disney+, and for purchase on Digital platforms and physical media.

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