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thenotoriousscuttlecliff · 2 months ago

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Is anyone claiming that it is? Rings of Power is currently the number one show on Amazon. No one’s saying it was bigger than Fallout, which was the number one show in Amazon when it was released. Also need to add some context to those numbers. That 65 million was based on 16 days and 8 episodes as Fallout dropped its entire season in one go. Rings of Power's 40 million is based on 11 days and only 4 episodes as it releasing weekly. Fallout's 11 day total would've been something like 44 million, still ahead of Rings of Power, but not massively and again that's because it had more episode available to watch. Of course, the only source we have on this is Amazon itself. As with all streamers we need to take what they say with a pinch of salt. You can never really be sure what is and isn't a success with them. Even cancellation isn't a sure sign of failure because they will axe a hit show just to save money and avoid wage increases for cast and crew.

#rings of power #fallout #trop #lord of the rings #lotr #i do personally think the show has a strong audience #and hope it is enough to overcome whatever it costs to make it #i don't know how ironclad the five season deal with the tolkien estate is #i imagine there's got to be some clause that allows amazon to bail if it wants to #but more than likely they'll see it through to maintain a working relationship with the estate for future projects #because the bulk of that $1 billion budget was just to get the rights #and you don't pay that kind of money for a short term investment #and at least they seem to want to do new things with the property #all warners bros wants to do is make more prequels to jackson's trilogy #even the rohan animated movie is being sold on the back of it #and don't get me started on what a dumb idea the hunt for gollum is

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