HBO's The Last of Us Has Been an Unfathomably Big Hit | Push Square
We already knew HBO’s critically acclaimed adaptation of The Last of Us was big, but new numbers from parent company Warner Bros Discovery put things into perspective. According to an earnings report, in the US, the show is averaging around 32 million viewers per episode. That’s not all: in Europe and Latin America it’s the most-watched HBO Max show of all time.
This enormous success, alongside shows like Succession, propelled the service to 97.6 million subscribers by the end of March 2023, and turned a profit for the business overall. Obviously, HBO Max will be eager for the second season of The Last of Us to arrive as soon as possible, although we imagine it’ll be a few more years before we all get to watch that.
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Cutting to the chase
In the meantime, Naughty Dog’s promised to reveal more about the next The Last of Us game this year, which is a standalone multiplayer game set in San Francisco.
A true PlayStation veteran, Sammy's covered the world of PS gaming for years, with an enormous Trophy count to prove it. He also likes tennis games way more than you.
Between TLOU doing well on HBO and the Mario Movie recently roaring past the one billion mark in theaters, video game adaptations are having a pretty good year. Both are pretty faithful to the IPs they're based on as well. Might be a turning point where we start to see more interest in big budget and faithful video game adaptations.
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