"Variety Show" reported that the upcoming live-action Disney movie "Mulan" can be purchased through Apple's TV app.
Starting on September 4, the remake of the 1998 animated film "Mulan" will cost US$29.99 on third-party platforms (including Apple). If this is the only Disney content you want to watch right now, it’s actually better than Watch it cheap through Disney+.
is cheaper because on Disney+, customers must have paid a monthly subscription fee of $6.99. This means that if you are only interested in Mulan, then you seem to have to pay a fee of $30 and a monthly fee of $7. On the Apple TV app, you only need to pay $30.
(It’s not clear if 100% can repeat viewing. On Disney+, as long as they still subscribe on a monthly basis, buyers can revisit Mulan as many times as needed. However, after stopping the payment, Mulan will receive The disappearance of the account online reports show that the $30 fee on the Apple TV app is a purchase transaction, not a rent with a valid period. If this is the case, then it would be better to buy through Apple, because there are no duplicate fees involved.)
Hua Mulan : Disney's latest live-action remake
has exclusive access to "Mulan", which is a good selling point for Disney+. However, Disney seems to have other ideas. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Hua Mulan has withdrawn from the cinema, and it has adopted Trolls 2 to use it for video-on-demand services.
As Variety pointed out, in order to achieve the desired profit of $375 million, Mulan will need to "draw at least 12.5 million rents, which is approximately 20% of Disney Plus's global 60.5 million user base as of August 3." This seems ambitious, which may be why Disney is opening up to other video-on-demand services. The problem with
is that, just like the cost of a theater's exhibitors, not every penny of Disney's purchases from other platforms goes to Disney. Apple will charge a 30% transaction fee as usual.