In Amazon they have decided that it was going to be chest-high due to the success of ‘Citadel’, noting that the series has reached number 1 in almost 200 countries or territories, while jennifer salkedirector of Amazon Studios, has highlighted that “the series has gathered in its premiere one of the largest global audiences in the history of Prime Video“.
no concrete data
The only thing left behind by these statements is the lack of more specific audience data, because in the case of ‘Los Anillos de Poder’ they were quick to say that it had broken the platform’s record by adding 25 million viewers on the day of its release. launch -and some time later he did it again when he surpassed the barrier of 100 million-. Here, on the other hand, they have waited practically a week and with nothing to back it up.
It is true that from Deadline they clarify that a source close to the series that the premiere of ‘Citadel’ is only behind that of ‘The Rings of Power’, so tEverything indicates that it will become the best premiere of an Amazon Prime Video series that does not start from a previous intellectual property. The problem is that it has been very expensive and it remains to be seen whether it has compensated them.
However, all this does not clear up the doubt as to whether it is really a success or not, since with his series of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ the doubt remains, especially if we remember the last great revelation about the number of viewers that was losing throughout its first season -and let’s not forget that before we already knew that it was far from being able to compete face to face with the great successes of Netflix-. With ‘Citadel’ it is still early to know anything about it, but let’s not forget that it is about the second most expensive series of all time.
In addition, the enthusiasm that ‘Citadel’ is causing is quite lukewarm both among critics and the public, so we will have to remain very attentive to how things evolve, because let’s not forget that Amazon has bet so big for her that there are already several spin-offs confirmed…
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