00:00Jedi are being hunted.
00:06The debut of The Acolyte brought in big numbers for Disney+.
00:09The streamer says that the Star Wars series recorded the best opening for a show on Disney+, so far this year,
00:16with the premiere episode recording 11.1 million views worldwide over five days.
00:21She was my student. I trained her. Let me be the one to bring her in.
00:28The Acolyte fell somewhat shy of the premiere of fellow Star Wars series Ahsoka,
00:33which drew 14 million views over its first five days in August 2023.
00:37But it's on par with the debut of Percy Jackson and the Olympians in December.
00:41That series had 13.3 million views over its first six days,
00:45which works out to about the same daily average as that of The Acolyte over five days.
00:49Disney+, had earlier noted that The Acolyte's opening day gathered 4.8 million views.
00:54Following the premiere of the series, star Amandla Stenberg wrote on Instagram,
00:59Thank you to everyone who tuned into The Acolyte.
01:02I can't believe we finally get to share this thing.
01:04The Acolyte is set in the High Republic era and follows the investigation into a crime spree
01:09that will pit a Jedi Master against a figure from his past.
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