Amazon says ‘Lord of the Rings’ prequel sets Prime Video viewership record

LOS ANGELES, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) mentioned on Saturday that its dear “Lord of the Rings” prequel sequence was watched by greater than 25 million viewers all over the world on its first day, a file debut for a Prime Video sequence.

The corporate launched the primary two episodes of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy” on its streaming service in additional than 240 international locations and territories on Friday. Amazon didn’t say whether or not the viewers it counted had watched all or a part of the primary and second episodes.

Future “Rings of Energy” installments will likely be launched weekly till the Oct. 14 season finale. The sequence takes place in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional Center-earth at a time referred to as the Second Age, a interval 4,000 years earlier than the occasions within the “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” novels and movies.

Amazon plans to let the total story unfold in 50 hours over 5 seasons.

The web retailer spent greater than $465 million producing the present’s first season, which was filmed in New Zealand, making it among the many most costly TV sequence ever produced and probably the most formidable since Amazon jumped into unique programming in 2013.

The corporate has obtained approval for exhibits resembling “Clear” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” however viewership for these sequence has not been disclosed.

Reporting by Lisa Richwine and Daybreak Chmielewski;
Modifying by Chizu Nomiyama, Nick Zieminski and Jonathan Oatis

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