“The Rise of Red” sets an important streaming record since “Hocus Pocus 2”.

Descendants: The Rise of the Reds sets a Disney+ streaming record in its impressive debut on the platform. The live-action musical fantasy film is the fourth installment from Disney progeny film franchiseand a sequel to the franchise's 2021 TV special Descendants: The Royal Wedding. Starring Kylie Cantrall and Malia Baker, the Disney+ film was directed by Jennifer Phang from a screenplay by Dan Frey and Ru Sommer and follows the Queen of Hearts' daughter and Cinderella's daughter as they team up to save Auradon.

Per TheWrapthe film made its streaming debut on Disney+ on July 12, 2024 and did incredibly well, More than 33 million viewing hours were recorded in the first 12 weeks of release. This is very easy to do Disney+'s most-watched live-action original film since then Hocus Pocus 2. In its first week of streaming, the film ranked fifth Nielsen charts for most-watched films for the week of July 8-14 with 386 million minutes watched. In the second week, it remained in fifth place with 424 million broadcast minutes before falling to sixth place in the third week with 260 million broadcast minutes.

What Descendants: The Rise of Red's performance means for the future of the franchise

Nearly a decade after the franchise's debut, viewer engagement is higher than ever

After three months on Disney+, Descendants: The Rise of the Reds has overtaken viewership with Pixar's billion-dollar hit sequel Inside Out 2which received 30.5 million views in its first five days and appears to continue to grow in popularity. The film has since become Disney+'s most-watched live-action original film Hocus Pocus 2The impressive opening weekend streaming record in 2022 and In the first three days alone, the film received an incredible 6.7 million viewers on the platformthat puts Taylor Swift's to shame Epoch tour Concert film that reached 4.6 million viewers in its first weekend.

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It seems that the viewer's interest in the progeny The franchise shows no signs of slowing down and the film's successful performance will surely lead to another sequel in the franchise. In addition to the film's streaming success, the Descendants: Rise of Red The soundtrack also performed well, garnering more than 25 million streamsand the title hashtag on TikTok received more than 90 million views in seven days. Assuming the creative team behind the film is open to a return, it's likely that Disney would consider a sequel in a timely manner to capitalize on viewer engagement.

Our thought about the possibility of Offspring 5

It seems likely that it will only be a matter of time before another sequel is developed

Offspring 5 still needs to be confirmed, but the success of The Rise of Red and the franchise's performance on multiple platforms makes it likely that the film will be made. I assume that if the film is produced there will be a sequel and the story will explore the consequences of the time travel plot Descendants: The Rise of the Reds. I also believe that the film will see the return of iconic Disney villains who didn't get enough screen time in the previous installment, but a lot will depend on the creative direction and availability of the cast.

Source: TheWrap

Descendants: The Rise of Red is a Disney+ original film directed by Jennifer Phang. The film is a spin-off of the core Descendants series and follows the Queen of Hearts and Cinderella's daughters – Red and Chloe. When Red's mother attempts to take over the empire, Red and Chloe must put aside their differences and travel back in time to prevent their mother from becoming a villain.

director

Jennifer Phang

Studio(s)

Disney Channel

Sales partner

Disney+

writer

Dan Frey, Russell Sommer

Pour

Kylie Cantrall, Malia Baker, Dara Renee, China Anne McClain, Rita Ora, Brandy Norwood, Paolo Montalban, Melanie Paxson, Joshua Colley

Main genre

adventure

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