After a stellar premiere, TheLastOfUs earned HBO's biggest increase in viewership from the first episode to the second.
HBO's megahit The Last of Us keeps spreading its tendrils further. After scoring the network's second-biggest premiere of the decade, the adaptation is now one of the fastest-growing in HBO history. Nielsen's ratings from the series' second episode spiked from 4.7 to 5.7 million across linear airings and HBO Max streams, representing a 22% growth in viewership from the premiere. It marks the largest growth of any HBO original drama from the premiere to week 2.
It shouldn't come as a total shock that The Last of Us outperformed its premiere by such a wide margin. Given the reputation of video game adaptations, there was more than a little consternation over how Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann would handle the beloved game's jump to television.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY As expected, the series has also been on fire on HBO Max in the days after each episode premieres. The premiere episode has reached 18 million viewers, nearly 4x that of viewership on the day of its release. With HBO noting that same-day viewership only accounts for around 20 to 40% of an episode's total gross audience, "Infected" has plenty of room to grow still.
Things are looking up for video game adaptations this year with The Last of Us starting things off on a very high note. Later this year, Illumination and Nintendo will enter the game with The Super Mario Bros. Movie while David Harbour will lead Gran Turismo as it races to theaters this summer. It's also possible we could see release dates for other projects like Eli Roth's Borderlands and Peacock's Twisted Metal at some point this year as well.
The Last of Us is currently airing new episodes Sundays on HBO and HBO Max. Check out the trailer below.
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