Moon Knight Premiere Viewership 2nd Highest For MCU Show
The premiere viewership for Moon Knight is the second-highest for a Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ show. Announced in 2019 at D23, Moon Knight is Marvel Studios' fifth live-action series for Disney's streaming service, but it is the first to follow a new MCU character. Previous shows had recognizable characters like Scarlet Witch, Falcon, Loki, and Hawkeye. Still, now Oscar Isaac stars as Marc Spector/Steven Grant, a man with dissociative identity disorder who believes he has powers from the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Since Moon Knight marks Isaac's MCU debut as the title hero, it became a new test for Marvel Studios to see how well audiences would respond to an origin story on Disney+.
Only one out of six episodes have been released so far, but Moon Knight is another hit for Marvel Studios early on. The series is certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes from critics with an 87% Fresh score, while audiences love the series even more — as reflected by the 94% Fresh audience score. This comes after Moon Knight episode 1 focused primarily on the Steven Grant identity to add to the mystery of who Marc Spector is, how he's connected to Khonshu and the powers of Moon Knight. Although Moon Knight is a fan-favorite character in the comics, he's not very well known in general pop culture — but that didn't stop his show from performing well.
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According to data shared by Samba TV, 1.8 million households watched the premiere episode of Moon Knight in the United States during its first five days of streaming. Samba collects data from 3M eligible households to sample how popular shows and movies are on streaming services. Moon Knight episode 1's 1.8M viewers
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