How Many Subscribers Do Netflix, Disney+ and the Rest of the Streaming Services Have?
On 5/11/21 at 10:39 AM EDT
Netflix for a long time was the reigning champion of streaming services, but a number of new services have emerged in recent years to challenge its dominance among subscribers. While some streaming services have already fallen by the wayside (RIP FilmStruck and Quibi), other services have quickly racked up millions of subscribers thanks to them offering exclusive blockbuster movies, some of the most beloved TV series of all time and a barrage of sequels and reboots.
How many subscribers does each streaming service have?
How much did Marvel heroes help lift Disney+? Answer due Thursday
By Lisa Richwine
Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With Walt Disney Co theme park operations limited due to the coronavirus pandemic, investors watching the company report earnings on Thursday are expected to zero in on its fast growth into streaming TV.
During the January to March quarter, the Disney+ streaming service was aided by box office heavyweight Marvel Studios. The producer of blockbuster superhero films released its first TV series, WandaVision, in January followed by The Falcon and the Winter Soldier in late March.
The animated Disney movie Raya and the Last Dragon was offered to Disney+ customers in March for $30, at the same time it was shown in theaters, which are struggling to rebound from the global health crisis.
Mandalorian actress Gina Carano?
Sometimes firing a person just isn’t the right move. Disney/Lucasfilm parted ways with
The Mandalorian’s Gina Carano, who played the part of former rebel commando Cara Dune, over some social media posts that the entertainment behemoth described as “reprehensible” at the time.
The firing, if anything, proved the point Carano was making in those posts, which was that intolerance directed at groups and fostered can worsen to the point that you get otherwise civilized people allowing and engaging in horrors such as the holocaust. Carano wasn’t promoting that. She was very obviously