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Disney Plus stood out as a breakaway success among a wave of new streaming services, thanks in part to its large library of shows and movies and a widening pipeline of originals and exclusives. 

Read on for all the details about Disney Plus. 

When will Marvel’s Eternals stream on Disney Plus?

Eternals — the star-packed Marvel movie next up in the superhero franchise — hit theaters exclusively Nov. 5. It isn’t available to stream. 

Eternals also doesn’t have a confirmed streaming release date yet. 

But here’s what we know, and some educated guesses about what to expect:

• Disney is planning for Eternals to be in theaters exclusively for at least 45 days after debuting Friday. 
• Disney Plus will be the only service that will (eventually) stream Eternals when it does become available for streaming.
• Disney’s CEO has said that Eternals will come to Disney Plus after the 45-day theatrical exclusive — but he didn’t specify whether it would be available to stream immediately once that 45-day window elapses. 
• If Eternals does land on Disney Plus immediately after the 45 days in theaters, that would time its streaming release to be on or around Dec. 20. 
• But it may be much later than that. Shang-Chi, for example, was in theaters for about 70 days before its Disney Plus release.
• However, Shang-Chi’s streaming strategy may not be a reliable precedent for how Disney approaches Eternals’ release. Because Shang-Chi’s Disney Plus release was linked to the Disney Plus Day marketing campaign, Disney may approach Eternals’ timing differently. 
• If (a big “if”) Eternals follows the playbook of Shang-Chi, then it would arrive on Disney Plus about 70 days after its theatrical release, which would time the Eternals’ Disney Plus availability around Jan. 11. 

Then again, it could take many months for Eternals to start streaming. Before the pandemic, new Disney movies would make their way to Disney Plus about five to eight months after they premiered in theaters. If Disney returns to that norm, it’s possible Disney Plus subscribers could be waiting until summer 2022 to start streaming Eternals. 

It’s likely that Eternals will become available to stream on Disney Plus much earlier than the pre-pandemic norm. Unfortunately, we won’t know for certain until Disney confirms its streaming plan for Eternals, and Disney isn’t likely to do that for a while. 

Is Shang-Chi streaming on Disney Plus? 

Yes, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings became available to stream last week as part of the standard Disney Plus catalog. It’s available to watch at no added cost for subscribers. 

That’s much faster than Disney’s theatrical releases hit the streaming service before the pandemic, when it typically took five to eight months. But it’s still longer than some fans had hoped. 

Disney committed to keeping Shang-Chi in theaters exclusively for at least 45 days, which elapsed in mid-October. In between the end of that theatrical exclusive window and Nov. 12, Shang-Chi didn’t become available to even rent online through platforms like Amazon, Apple or others. 

The streaming release of Shang-Chi was…

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