Goosebumps Reboot Opens to 4.2 Million Views With Multiplatform Streaming, Disney Says

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  789 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Disney’s “Goosebumps” series scared up solid opening figures after premiering its debut episode at NYCC on Friday, delivering 4.2 million total views for its first episode in its first three days of availability streaming on Hulu and Disney+.

Disney’s touting the launch as Disney Branded Television’s most-watched season premiere of the year on both Disney+ and Hulu and its biggest streaming season premiere since “Monsters at Work” debuted in 2021. The first five episodes of the series are now available.

Based on the popular books by R.L. Stine, the new series follows a group of five high schoolers who, after unleashing a host of supernatural forces on their town, must combine efforts to save it.

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While it’s not an exact comparison, “Loki” Season 2 garnered 10.9 million views in its first three days of availability after premiering earlier this month. The measurement, which has been recently adopted by Disney and Netflix, is the latest way the streamers have been calculating viewership. A view is calculated by dividing the title’s total runtime by total stream time.

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“Goosebumps” is only the latest remake of a beloved book series to come from Disney Branded Television. The highly-anticipated “Percy Jackson & The Olympians” series is due to launch on Disney+ on Dec. 20.

Nick Stoller and Rob Letterman serve as co-creators and executive producers on the “Goosebumps” show, with Stoller executive producing via Stoller Global Solutions. Hilary Winston serves as executive producer and showrunner. Neal H. Moritz and Pavun Shetty of Original Film, Conor Welch of Stoller Global Solutions, Erin O’Malley, Kevin Murphy, and Iole Lucchese and Caitlin Friedman of Scholastic Entertainment are also executive producing. Julia Ruchman, James Eagan, and Nick Adams serve as co-executive producers and writers. Sony Pictures Television Studios produces the Disney Branded Television series. Original Film and Stoller Global Solutions are currently under TV overall deals with Sony.

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