'Elemental' Becomes Most Watched Disney+ Movie Premiere of 2023, Out Performs 'The Little Mermaid'

Elemental‘s viewing numbers for it’s first few days on Disney+ have been revealed!

The Disney and Pixar movie was released in theaters on June 16th and was a bit of a slow burn at the box office, but ended up earning well over $450 million at the global box office.

Now, the movie became available to stream on Disney+ last Wednesday (September 13), and they have revealed that it is the most watched movie premiere of 2023 on the platform.

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Elemental debuted on Disney+ and drew in 26.4 million views in the first five days, marking it among the Top 10 movie premieres of all time on the streamer, joining the likes of Hocus Pocus 2 and The Little Mermaid.

The Pixar movie actually out performed the latest Disney live action movie mentioned above by over 10 million views. If you recall, The Little Mermaid dropped on Disney+ just one week prior to Elemental!

In addition to Elemental being released on Disney+, they also released a new making of documentary, Good Chemistry: The Story of Elemental.

Elemental will also be released on 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray™ and DVD later this month, on September 26th!