The new movie is not the only He-Man pulling viewers this week. Per FlixPatrol data cited by CBR, Mattel Television’s 2021 CGI series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe has climbed back into the top 10 on the Apple TV Store in the United States. The series reached its highest point on June 5, the same day the live-action film opened, with a five-spot jump in a matter of days, and sat at number 10 as of June 6. It also held the number 5 spot on the same chart in Australia.
Developed by Rob David and produced by Mattel Television, the series premiered on Netflix in 2021 and ran for three seasons and 26 episodes before ending on a cliffhanger. Yuri Lowenthal voiced Prince Adam and He-Man, with Kimberly Brooks, Judy Alice Lee, David Kaye, and Antony Del Rio among the cast, and Benjamin Diskin and Kevin Conroy as Skeletor and Hordak. The show holds a 64 percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes and is currently available to buy on premium video on demand via Apple TV, alongside its Netflix home.
The chart move lands as Nicholas Galitzine’s live-action Masters of the Universe, directed by Travis Knight, plays in theaters following its June 5 release. The catalog bump is a familiar pattern for franchise revivals: a high-profile theatrical release tends to send older entries in the same property back up the rental and streaming charts.
For He-Man fans, it is a reminder of how much MOTU screen history is now a click away, from the Filmation original through the 2021 CGI run that is finding fresh viewers this week.
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