Warner Media updated its reporting for viewing minutes on HBO Max, which prompted ratings company Neilson to update its industry-wide numbers for online viewing during the crucial Christmas week when several important studio films debuted on streaming. According to Nielson’s updated report, Wonder Woman 1984 beat out Disney’s Soul as the most-viewed feature during the Dec 21-27 week, having drawn 2.25 Billion minutes of viewing compared to Soul’s 1.66 Billion minutes. However, after factoring in the difference in running time between WW1984 (2hr 35min) and Soul (1h 47min), the number of actual viewers for each film appears to be roughly equivalent. WarnerMedia also announced that HBO Max had nearly 5M new activations in December, bringing its total at the end of the year to 17M. Disney reported that Disney+ had 86M subscribers as of early December, whereas Netflix reported that it had surpassed 200M subscribers at the close of 2020.
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