'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' was watched by more than 25 million globally, Amazon says

Amazon said Saturday that the archetypal occurrence of its "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" bid attracted implicit 25 cardinal viewers globally successful its archetypal day, making it the biggest ever debut for a amusement connected its Prime Video streaming service. 

The bid is based connected the appendices of J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" books and is the most costly tv series of each time.

"It is someway fitting that Tolkien's stories - among the astir fashionable of each time, and what galore see to beryllium the existent root of the phantasy genre - person led america to this arrogant moment," Amazon Studios caput Jennifer Salke said successful a statement. 

At the show's U.K. premiere, Amazon laminitis billionaire Jeff Bezos hinted astatine however precious the bid is to fans, saying one of his sons had told him "don't eff this up" erstwhile helium learned of Amazon's acquisition of the communicative rights.

Episodes of the amusement volition proceed to debut play connected Amazon Prime.

Earlier this month, HBO said its "House of the Dragon," a "Game of Thrones" prequel series, was the biggest bid premiere successful its history.

Clarification: This communicative was updated to bespeak that "The Rings of Power" is based connected the appendices to "The Lord of the Rings."