“Daredevil: Born Again” enjoyed a strong launch on Disney+.
According to the Mouse House, the Marvel television series drew 7.5 million views in the first five days of availability on Disney+, with a display defined as a total stream time divided by Runtime. This makes it the biggest streaming debut on the platform this year. The show was officially launched on March 4.
Disney does not regularly provide viewers information about the streaming shows, so exact comparisons are difficult. But for some context it was previously reported that the Sterling K. Brown drama “Paradise” attracted 7 million views over the first nine days streaming on Hulu and Disney+ earlier this year. The first episode of colleague Marvel -Show “Agatha All Wand” hit 9.3 million views in the first week of availability in September 2024.
“Daredevil: Born Again” saw the return of Charlie Cox, Vincent d’Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Wilson Bethel and Jon Bernthal after they all played in the Marvel-Netflix series “Daredevil.” Extra cast members include Margarita Levieva, Zabryna Guevara, Nikki M. James, Gennneya Walton, Arty Froushan, Clark Johnson, Michael Gandolfini and Ayelet Zurer.
Cox again plays as the titular Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer who spends his nights fighting against criminal in the Hell’s Kitchen of New York City as the Vigilante Daredevil. D’Onofrio plays the legendary Marvel Superillain Wilson Fisk, aka Kingpin.
The show also enjoyed positive reviews, with Aramide Tinubu in her review for Variety“This revival ‘Daredevil’ is beautifully complex. The show takes a leader to its former Netflix world, so that the titular character and those who can transform it into a job to transform under the weight and pain of time.”
Dario Scardapane serves as the Showrunner and Executive Producer series. Kevin Feige Executive produces together with Louis d’Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, Sana Amanat, Chris Gary, Matt Corman & Chris Ord and Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead. Benson and Moorhead also directed for the series together with Michael Cuesta, Jeffrey Nachmanoff and David Boyd.