It might be a long time (if ever) until we truly find out how much money Disney’s new live-action adaptation of Mulan has made. While the $200 million film is being released in theaters in some countries—most notably, second largest box office in the world China—it has and will be released solely as a VOD title via Disney+ in many markets, including the United States, which, pre-pandemic, was the largest box office in the world. The theatrical-VOD hybrid release doesn’t mean that Mulan won’t make a lot of money for Disney via Disney+, just that Disney doesn’t actually have to tell us exactly how many people paid $30 (plus the Disney+ subscription fee) to watch Mulan at home.

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