The second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy opened to massive viewing numbers in the US — simply not as massive as its first season.
The Prime Video collection amassed 1.02 billion minutes of viewing in the US for the week of Aug. 26-Sept. 1, good for first place amongst unique collection and second amongst all titles in Nielsen’s streaming rankings. Season two premiered on Aug. 29 with three episodes, and Nielsen says about 70 % of the present’s weekly whole was for these three, with the rest dedicated to season one. (Viewing totals on the scores service’s charts cowl all episodes of a collection.)
The 1.02 billion minutes is down about 19 % from season one’s opening week (1.25 billion) in August 2022. The Rings of Energy ranks third amongst Prime Video collection U.S. opening weeks this 12 months behind Fallout (2.9 billion minutes) and The Boys (1.19 billion); Reacher’s second season logged 1.69 billion minutes for its debut in December 2023.
Amazon has stated 40 million individuals worldwide watched the season’s first three episodes over 11 days; these Nielsen rankings cowl solely 4 days of launch. The corporate additionally says that the US accounts for under about 30 % of The Rings of Energy’s world viewers.
Jail Break spent a fourth consecutive week as the highest general title with 1.19 billion minutes of viewing on Netflix and Hulu. AMC’s streaming cope with Netflix continued to pay dividends, with 4 exhibits — A Discovery of Witches (915 million minutes), Darkish Winds (890 million), The Strolling Useless (688 million, charting for the primary time in 18 months) and Preacher (628 million) among the many prime 10 library collection.
Netflix’s Worst Ex Ever (830 million minutes of watch time) was the highest debut after The Rings of Energy. Greek mythology-based Kaos (511 million minutes) additionally made its first look after premiering Aug. 29, and Hulu’s Solely Murders within the Constructing (460 million) returned with the beginning of its fourth season.
Nielsen’s streaming scores cowl viewing on TV units solely and don’t embody minutes watched on computer systems or cellular gadgets. The scores solely measure U.S. audiences, not these in different international locations. The highest streaming titles for Aug. 26-Sept. 1, 2024, are beneath.
Total
1. Jail Break (Hulu/Netflix), 1.19 billion minutes viewed2. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy (Prime Video), 1.02 billion3. Household Man (Hulu), 1.01 billion4. A Discovery of Witches (Netflix), 915 million5. The Accident (Netflix), 891 million6. Darkish Winds (Netflix), 890 million7. Bluey (Disney+), 880 million8. Worst Ex Ever (Netflix), 830 million9. Gray’s Anatomy (Hulu/Netflix), 74210. Bob’s Burgers (Hulu), 693 million
Unique Collection
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy, 1.02 billion minutes2. The Accident, 891 million3. Worst Ex Ever, 830 million4. Kaos (Netflix), 511 million5. Solely Murders within the Constructing (Hulu), 460 million6. The Umbrella Academy (Netflix), 393 million7. Futurama (Hulu), 360 million8. Emily in Paris (Netflix), 348 million9. Love Is Blind: UK (Netflix), 321 million10. Love Island (Hulu/Netflix/Peacock), 296 million
Acquired Collection
1. Jail Break, 1.19 billion minutes2. Household Man, 1.01 billion3. A Discovery of Witches, 915 million4. Darkish Winds, 890 million5. Bluey, 860 million6. Gray’s Anatomy, 742 million7. Bob’s Burgers, 693 million8. The Strolling Useless (Netflix), 688 million9. Dexter (Netflix/Paramount+), 655 million10. Preacher (Netflix), 628 million
Motion pictures
1. The Deliverance (Netflix), 635 million2. The Union (2024) (Netflix), 548 million3. Migration (Netflix), 455 million4. The Fall Man (Peacock), 384 million5. Incoming (Netflix), 353 million6. Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (Max), 277 million7. A Quiet Place: Day One (Paramount+), 248 million8. Logan Fortunate (Netflix), 228 million9. Trolls Band Collectively (Netflix), 214 million10. Untold: Signal Stealer (Netflix), 212 million
