Source: Marvel / Disney+
It's only been a few days since Disney+ premiered its highly anticipated animated series, X-Men '97, and already the numbers show it's a huge hit among 80s babies.
According Deadline, its top two episodes X-Men '97 set a record for Disney+ by becoming the most-watched animated series on the platform since then Marvel's What If…? debuts in 2021. In the first five days of X-Men's March 20 premiere, the show garnered more than 4 million views worldwide as fans tuned in to see their favorite mutants back in action after decades out of the air. Not a bad showing for a series that was primarily aimed at people in their 30s and 40s who grew up watching the show when it was a hot commodity on Fox's Saturday morning cartoon lineup.
Per Deadline:
Disney defines a viewing as hours of viewing divided by running time. Each episode of X-Men '97 is approximately 30 minutes long.
Also, ratings for all 5 seasons of the original 1992 X-Men animated series increased by 522% since the X-Men '97 trailer was released on February 15th.
X-Men '97 is a revival of the classic 90s animated series. Written by Beau DeMayo, X-Men '97 revisits the iconic era of the 1990s as the X-Men, a band of mutants who use their strange gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, challenge like never before, they are forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.
Now that the series has been certified, it will be interesting to see how Marvel and Disney move forward as they fired show creator Beau DeMayo just a few weeks ago for unknown reasons. Will they bring in a new team to steer that ship or move on to new X-Men projects altogether?
I guess we'll have to wait and find out.
