Recently released streaming numbers for Pixar Light year reveal that the movie had a big premiere on Disney Plus.
Earlier this summer, Light year was released theatrically to mostly positive reviews, but proved to be a box office disappointment. The film would gross just $226 million worldwide on a budget of $200 million, making it the first box office bomb of the year. toy story franchise. Ultimately, however, the film was a big hit on Disney Plus.
A Disney Plus hit
Nelson recently released streaming data for the most-watched movies and TV shows for the first week of August. Light year debuted on Disney Plus on August 3 and became a huge hit on the platform. According to Nelson, for the first week of the month, the film had over 1.3 billion minutes viewed throughout the week. This made it the most-watched movie of the month and was only behind stranger things and Virgin River as the most listened to media that week.
Here is the synopsis of the Pixar Toy Story spin-off, Light year:
The definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear, the hero who inspired the toy, “Lightyear” follows the legendary Space Ranger after he is stranded on a hostile planet 4.2 million light years from Earth. Land alongside her commander and crew. As Buzz tries to find a way home through space and time, he’s joined by a group of ambitious rookies and his charming robot cat companion, Sox. The arrival of Zurg, a towering presence with an army of ruthless robots and a mysterious agenda, complicates matters and threatens the mission.
Directed by Angus MacLane, the film features the voice talents of Chris Evans, Uzo Aduba, Peter Sohn, Keke Palmer, Taika Waititi, Dale Soules, James Brolin, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Efren Ramirez and Keira Hairston.
Light year is now available to stream on Disney Plus and available on all physical media formats. Stay tuned for all the latest news on the future of the franchise and be sure to subscribe to the Heroic Hollywood YouTube channel for more original video content.
Source: Comicbook.com
