MULAN Is The Sixth Most Streamed Movie Of 2020 Despite Its Hefty $29.99 Price Tag

Shame its shite

Bad news: The movie isn't good.

Good news: Maybe this will be enough for other films to at least be considered for on demand releases

Price for movie is same as buying physical copy of dvd what difference does it make

I have no idea what to make of Mulan’s streaming run.

First we had the report that it was watched by so many subscribers in North America that it would have made hundreds of millions for the studio (money that would not have been subject to the usual split that a theatrical gross is subject to...). I said that if that were true they’d have little reason to focus on theatrical releases going forward. Others said there was no way Disney would not shout that from the rooftops, but I reasoned that they’d probably need some time to actually figure out a plan for the future before giving investors reason to pressure them into streaming any and everything.

Then we got a different report that said that Mulan had made less than Trolls 2 (a film that is not on the list above at all. So that contradicted the first report.

Then we had Black Widow and other films shift their release dates back, and the word that Soul would go straight to being free on Disney+, which seemed to confirm that the $30 Mulan model wasn’t a hit.

Then we got word that Disney *is* in fact reconfiguring their entire Entertainment business to focus an emphasis on “straight to consumer” product going forward, and that they’d lay out details to investors in a December investor presentation, which is right in line with what I said after hearing that first report of Mulan profits.

And now now we see this list, where Mulan is the only film that had a separate pay-for-streaming price in the entire top ten.

So yeah... How successful was Mulan’s release? I guess we need to wait for the investor calls to see if we get some hard data.