First listenings to The Last of Us on HBO Max begin with good (and bad) news

The numbers are singing: HBO Max is very happy with the outcome of the first episode of ‘The last of us‘, a post-apocalyptic series that built on the success of the Playstation. Of course, despite the formidable characters, he doesn’t top the podium: his amazing characters are in second place at the premiere, well below ‘Game of Thrones: The House of the Dragon, which continues to be the best premiere on the platform In the past 13 years, with 10 million viewers, twice as many viewers as Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazem’s series.

According to figures provided by Nielsen and Warner Bros. Discovery itself, the first episode of “The Last of Us” added 4.7 million viewers in the US, both on HBO and on the streaming platform. flow From the production company HBO Max. Although it did not exceed Standard Bearer Fantasy Series From Warner, it is the second-best opening since 2010’s “Boardwalk Empire”, which premiered as the second-best the first show From HBO Story.

As the platform comments,The audience for HBO series on Sunday nights is typically between 20% and 40%. of the total gross audience for each episode”, so it is expected that between now and the premiere of the second season, these initial numbers will increase non-stop. Especially if we take into account Good reviews And the comments you post on social networks.

Between now and the end of the season on March 12th, we’ll have the opportunity to see if the audience is maintained or even growing. The numbers for “The House of the Dragon” are a long way off, but unlike competitors like Netflix, which They cancel non-stop The never-ending series of curds on the grill, the year didn’t start off badly for Warner Discovery.