Even before it's release, The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power was positioned as Amazon's biggest hit and a competitor to HBO's Game of Thrones. But the creators "didn't succeed, had no luck" unlike their colleagues responsible for a less ambitious project.
The Fallout series has become Amazon Prime Video's biggest hit in 2024 — more than 8 billion minutes have been watched since it's premiere. This data was provided by the analytics company Luminate. Against the backdrop of the failure of the second season of The Rings of Power, which lost 60% of it's audience compared to the first, Fallout looks like a real sensation.
The first week's figures are especially impressive: during this time, the project has gained over 5 million views, becoming the absolute leader in the Amazon ratings. All eight episodes of the series were released simultaneously, which gave users the opportunity to immediately immerse themselves in the history of the post-apocalyptic wasteland and get imbued with the story of the inhabitants of the shelter.
A jump in popularity occurred after the first days of the premiere — on April 10 and 11, the number of views increased by a record 773%. The success of Fallout has already inspired Amazon to renew the series for a second season.
Comparing Fallout with Rings of Power is a striking contrast. The budget and stylish project, filmed in the cult game universe, easily surpassed the high-budget show in popularity and viewer reviews. Rings of Power was positioned as Amazon's flagship development, but it's audience significantly decreased due to an attempt to ride on fictional, but gender-correct heroes, rather than developing the script.
Fallout showed that sometimes you don't need to set high expectations and pour a billions into development to win the hearts of viewers.
