The platform arrived in Latin America and the Caribbean at the end of 2020. (GlobeLiveMedia)

The first film screening in history took place on December 28, 1895 in Paris, a historic event attended by 35 people and produced by the Lumière brothers. In the new millennium, far from that time, The way of making and watching movies has been totally transformed, the proof is Disney+.

In comparison, now it is no longer necessary to go to a square or to the cinema to enjoy moviesbecause with the advancement of technology and the arrival of streaming platforms, moviegoers have obtained many advantages, like enjoying different plots and genres just a click away and no need to wonder how to download video from facebook.

Currently, not only 500 one-minute films are available, as they were then, but Disney+ and its competitors have a extensive catalog of productions, so the dilemma now is which titles to watch.

However, in this wave of novelties, there are films that have managed to stand out and position themselves in the public’s taste. Then we leave you most popular list of Disney+ Spain.

1. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye, and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from interference by world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans struggle to adapt to their new era, the heroes must act together, with the help of War Dog Nakia and Everett Ross, and force a new destiny for the kingdom of Wakanda.

2. Charm

“Encanto” tells the story of the Madrigals, an extraordinary family living in a magical house in a bustling town in the Colombian mountains hidden in an “Encanto”. The magic of the Charm has blessed each child in the family with a unique gift, from super strength to the power to heal. Everyone except Mirabel, who wants to be as special as the rest of her family. But when the magic that surrounds the Charm is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only Madrigal without a unique gift, may be the only hope for her exceptional family.

3. The map

A young couple travels to one of the world’s most exclusive destinations to dine at a restaurant that offers a unique dining experience. However, the chef has prepared a secret ingredient that will have surprising results for the two lovers.

4.Avatar

Year 2154. Jake Sully, an ex-marine condemned to live in a wheelchair, continues to be, despite this, a true warrior. Precisely for this reason he was assigned to go to Pandora, where some companies extract a strange mineral that could solve the energy crisis of the Earth. To counter the toxicity of Pandora’s atmosphere, the Avatar program was created, in which humans keep their consciousness tied to an avatar: a remotely controlled biological body that can survive in deadly air.

5. Ant-Man and the Wasp

As Scott Lang becomes a superhero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission in which Ant-Man fights alongside The Wasp to uncover the secrets of his past.

6. Strange World

A journey to a treacherous and uncharted land where fantastical beings await the arrival of the mythical Clade, a family of explorers whose differences threaten to thwart their last, by far, most crucial mission.

7. Moana

A grand adventure about a feisty teenage girl who embarks on a daring mission to save her town from a mysterious ancient threat, on a journey of self-discovery. She will be accompanied by the arrogant demigod Maui, who will guide her across the ocean on an action-packed journey, plagued by fearsome creatures and impossible challenges to restore the lost order.

8. Frozen: Kingdom of Ice

When a prophecy dooms a kingdom to eternal winter, Anna, an optimistic young woman, teams up with a daredevil mountaineer named Kristoff and his reindeer sidekick Sven. Together they embark on an epic journey to find Elsa, Anna’s sister and the Snow Queen to end the freezing spell.

With its platform that offers original films and series, Disney+ seeks to compete with Netflix.  (Shutterstock)
With its platform that offers original films and series, Disney+ seeks to compete with Netflix. (Shutterstock)

Disney+ is a streaming platform which belongs to The Walt Disney Company and which offers its subscribers a wide catalog of films, series, documentaries, among other multimedia products released under the studios Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star, National Geographic, among others.

The service was officially launched on November 12, 2019 in the United States and Canada, later expanding to the Netherlands and Spain. It took until the end of 2020 for the platform to finally reach Latin America and the Caribbean, with the exception of Cuba.

As last cut on August 10, 2022, the streaming service It has around 221.1 million users worldwide, surpassing its biggest rival: Netflix for the first time.which remained at 220.67 million users.

The total number of users represented by Disney+ (152 million) also refers to its service Hulu (46.2 million) and ESPN (22.8 million). On the other hand, Netflix lost 200,000 subscribers in its last report and is expected to lose two million more.

Yet his reign in the world of streaming it might not last long due to the announcement of their new payment planssince the company is considering a new premium package for which it will be necessary to pay more after the arrival of a new modality that includes advertising.

As a backdrop, at the end of 2015, Disney launched its DisneyLife service in the UK, but following the launch of Disney+, the service was suspended.

At the time of its launch, it was said that the platform Seeks to host 500 movies and 7,000 episodes of shows or TV series; Additionally, there were plans to release four original movies and five TV shows, which was seen with the launch of The Mandalorian series, which cost nearly $100 million.

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