The first chapter of ‘The Last of Us’, a television adaptation of the popular video game of the same name, just premiered on HBO Max. Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey play Joel and Ellie in a story set in the apocalyptic United States where zombies and different dangers lurk in the dark. What undoubtedly haunted the first episode was a huge expectation due to the great fame and prestige enjoyed by the video game.
That interest was reflected in the numbers generated by “The Last of Us” on its opening day. As reported by audience measurement leader Nielsen and data shared by Warner Bros. Discovery, Series Debut is HBO’s Second-Best in 13 Years, Surpassed Only by ‘The House of the Dragon’spin-off of ‘Game of Thrones’. Between the HBO Max streaming platform and the HBO channel, 4.7 million viewers in the United States they turned on their televisions or devices to see the first episode of “The Last of Us” on the day of its release. It should be noted that this feat is counted after the 2010 premiere of “Boardwalk Empire”, which garnered 4.8 million viewers.
During these 13 years, famous series of the house were released, such as the mythical “Game of Thrones”, which had 4.2 million viewers on its first day, “True Detective”, “The Leftovers”, “Westworld”, “Silicon Valley” ‘, ‘Veep’, ‘Succession’, ‘Euphoria’ and ‘Chernobyl’, but Only the first chapter of ‘House of the Dragon’, which gathered 9.99 million viewers in the United States, has better figures than that of ‘The Last of Us’. Comparing it to ‘Euphoria’, the other big current HBO series besides spin-off ‘Game of Thrones’, the series debut with Pascal and Ramsey practically doubled the numbers generated by ‘Euphoria’ season 2 episode one ( 2.4 million).
“The Best Possible Fit”
As always happens when a video game is transferred to the film industry, fans of the original product fear that the level of adaptation is not worthy. But from the showrunners of the series, Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, the latter creator of the video game, we can rest assured, the goal has always been to properly adapt ‘The Last of Us’: “Our goal was simply to make the best possible adaptation of this beloved story. We are delighted to see how many fans, old and new, have welcomed The Last of Us into their homes and hearts.”
New episodes of the series, every Monday on HBO Max.
Source: E Cartelera
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