With its debut on August 22, ‘The House of the Dragon’ has become in the best premiere in HBO history, garnering nearly 10 million viewers in the United States alone. In our country, HBO Max has experienced unprecedented demand since dawn which peaked on Monday night. So this “Game of Thrones” prequel, set 200 years after that hit series, started off very strong. with figures he managed to leave behind.
According to data from Nielsen and HBO (via The Hollywood Reporter), the second episode managed to break the premiere record, attracting 10.2 million viewers, a slight increase over the launch audience. To these data is added the update shared by the platform itself which means that, after a week of availability, episode 1 already accumulates about 25 million viewers on all platforms. As the aforementioned North American media reports, this is a spectacular start for “The Dragon House”, which has already happened. began following in the footsteps of “Thrones” whose last three seasons averaged 25.7 million, 32.8 million and 44.2 million viewers.
Preservation of the soundtrack
Fans of the “Game of Thrones” universe are discussing numerous details of the new TV drama with Matt Smith, Paddy Considine or Milly Alcock, but there is a bet that has attracted particular attention.
HBO has decided to ‘reuse’ the theme song from the original series for its prequel, sparking all kinds of reactions among its followers. “The House of the Dragon” is committed to a very similar visual style, showing credits designed by the same company that created the wonderful opening of Thrones. Elastic follows the line of the original proposal, albeit with a more modest approach than that which accompanies the legendary song why “We wanted to keep the DNA of the original series alive”according to its composer Ramin Djawadi.
Source: E Cartelera
