HBO has done it again. The house of recent public phenomena such as ‘La Casa del Dragon’, ‘Euphoria’ or ‘The White Lotus’ has another hit on its hands, and this one has been seen coming from afar: ‘The Last of Us’. The adaptation of the popular video game Naughty Dog was released on January 16 and immediately has become one of the biggest hits in the recent history of the Warner Bros. Discovery platform.
The first episode of the series starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey gathered 4.7 million viewers in the United States (adding the television audience of the traditional HBO channel and streaming reproductions via HBO Max), thus rising second best opening in HBO history in 13 years, surpassed only by ‘Game of Thrones’ spin-offwhich captured 9.99 million viewers.
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? Inside HBO Max (@InsideHBOMax) January 18, 2023
Although the premiere of “The Last of Us” falls well short of the impressive number of “The House of the Dragon”, the series created by Craig Mazin has not grown further since its premiere. As announced by the official account of the HBO Max communications team, the first chapter doubled its audience in the United States the day after her first e surpassed 10 million viewers in just two days on Warner platforms. A brilliant start that adds up to an overwhelmingly positive response from critics and audiences.
Weekly preview and episode length
HBO continues to bet on the weekly premiere with its series, guaranteeing its large presence in the conversation on the networks for several months. The first installment of “The Last of Us” consists of 9 episodes, premiering every Monday, until the end of the season on March 12. Next Monday, January 23, the second chapter arrives on HBO Max, which will have a much shorter duration than the first: 44 minutes, compared to the 85 that the pilot lasts, double cover letter at the request of HBO. The third, arriving Jan. 30, will temporarily revert to extended runtime, the longest of the season after the first, with the remainder hovering between 45 and 60 minutes or so.
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