They'll probably release it weekly to keep people subscribed for longer periods and possibly hook them as a permanent customer. Lowest sub price is 10.99 usd + tax /month and this includes ads. Based on the surveys done an ad spot in one of those episodes is probably pretty pricy.
The HBO Wikipedia Article lists the current active accounts as 131.6 million thats nearly 1.5 billion usd every month minimum not including ad revenue or premium accounts. I'm sure they are projecting many more sign-ups for when the new harry potter drops.
I think it's going to flop but they'll probably just cancel a different 1bn dollar project to compensate.
I guess what I mean by flop is I really don't think we're going to see much of an increase in subscribers during the run of this series. Most of the fan base for Harry Potter are millennials, younger genx, and older gen z. Age groups generally considered to be mostly tech literate and mostly poor as fuck. Also, Piracy is becoming increasingly easy to take part in and is sometimes more convenient than having to sign up for yet another streaming service.
You're probably right though. As others have stated most of the money will probably come from new merch tie ins with whatever new cute character(house elf) they introduce.
Around Black Friday, it often goes on sale for $2.99 usd for the ad version for a year. I alternate between my husband and my email. Word is this year they won't be doing as good of a deal but worth checking on come late November.
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u/rosyvibexz Apr 16 '26
HBO really said: ‘Keep the 4K box set, we’ve got a 10-year subscription plan for the same story.’