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Streaming wars hot up in Malaysia

STREAMING WARS HOT UP IN MALAYSIA

streaming wars are about to heat up further In Malaysia, with the estimates there were 336,100 active subscribers in Malaysia In impending entry of Disney+ from June 1 The 2020. That works out to about 1.25% of its 26.85 million customers in Company - which launched Disney+ just 18 months ago on Nov 12, Asia-Pacific and 0.16% of its global base. 2019 — already had over 100 million subscribers in March this year, It remains to be seen how the entry of Disney+ Hotstar will change helped by its expansive content library that includes movies and TV the local video subscription scene, which already has a host of shows from Marvel, Wars, , and National over-the-top (OTT) streaming services apart from pay-TV provider Geographic. (Hotstar was an Indian streaming service that 21st Century Astro. (See also “How Disney* Hotstar's entry changes Astro's value proposition”。。Page 22.) Dlsney+ Hotstar when Disney bought Fox.) K Global video streaming leader Netflix — which started as an online □VD sales and rent-by-mail service in 1997 and only launched its AJiand Upin & Ipinas well as host exclusive premiers of Malaysian streaming service in 2007 as internet speeds picked up in cinematic releases like J2; J Retribusi. Zombitopia and Ada Hantu that the US — had 207.64 million subscribers as at end-March, are skipping the theatre due to Covid-19. with close to two-t h irds of its subscriber base outside the We take a quick look at how Disney's content as well as those from US and Canada. other big studios fared at the box office in Malaysia prior to Netflix does not provide a breakdown of how many Covid-19 as well as the popularity of Netflix's original content, according streamlng,$ubsarlbers it has in Malaysia but Statlsta to Google searches globally in 2020.

RANK MALAYSIA BOX YEAR STUDIO I OFFICE GROSS (RM MIL) Avengers： Endgame 87.54 2019 () 2 Avengers: Infinity War 71.50 2018 Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Pictures) 3 Furious7 60.66 2015 TWO-THIRDS 4 Juman|i: Welcome to the Jungle 54.09 2017 Pictures/ OF NETFLIX'S 5 ; Fallen Kingdom 53.80 2018 Universal Pictures SUBSCRIBERS ARE DISNEY+IS RISING FAST 6 52.05 2017 Universal Pictures OUTSIDE THE US ： Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Pictures) 7 Avengers Age of Ultron 51.19 2015 AND CANADA (%) SUBSCRIBE 8 Jurassic World 48.51 2015 Universal Pictures (EW-2020) (V 9 Captain Marvel 45.54 2019 Marvel Stu s (Walt Disney Pictures) 加 Asia-Padfle accounted for 13% of Netflix 203.7 Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Pictures) 10 Iron Man 3 45.27 2013 Netflix's 207.64 mil subscribers Prime video 150.0 11 : Age of Extinction 44.08 2014 (Disney) ( is as at end-March 2021 Tencent Video (WeTV) 120.0 film distributor) iQIYI (Baidu) 119.0 12 Captain America: Civil War 43.38 2016 Marvel Studlos(Walt Disney Pictures) Disney* 94.9 13 Black Panther 43.31 2018 Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Pictures) Ybuku (Alibaba) 90.0 14 Aquaman 39.62 2018 Warner Bros Pictures/DC 12.9 Viu 41.4 15 Spider-Man: Far From Home 34.66 2019 Marvel Studios (Disney) and Columbia Asia- Alt Balaji 40.0 Pictures ( is film distributor) Padflc (Disney-owned) 38.8 16 Transformers: Dark of the Moon 34.66 2011 Hasbro (Dlsn^) (Paramount Pictures 35.8 Eros Now 36.2 is film distributor) 18.2 US and Canada YouTube Premium (Google) 30.0 17 Transformers: The Last Knight 34.36 2017 Hasbro (Disney) {Paramount Pictures Latin Disneyt Hotstar 18.5 is film distributor) Am«-lca Paramount+ 17.9 18 The Avengers 33.98 2012 Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Pictures) HBO Max (WarnerMedia) 19 Thor: Ragnarok 32.47 2017 Marvel Studios (Walt Disney Pictures) /StarzPIay/Pantays 20 Fast & Furious 6 31.47 2013 Universal Pictures Europe, Middle East and Africa

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