25 million people watched, "Lord of the Rings: the Ring of Power" set a record for Amazon's Prime Video premiere.

CTOnews.com, September 5 (Xinhua)-- the premiere of the first two episodes of Lord of the Rings: the Ring of Power attracted 25 million viewers worldwide in 24 hours, setting the premiere record for Amazon Prime Video, according to foreign media.

Lord of the Rings: the Rings of Power has a reported budget of $465 million (3.213 billion yuan) for the first season, making it the most expensive series in recent years.

CTOnews.com learned that the show was launched almost at the same time as HBO's power prequel, "the Family of Dragons," and that it was a derivative of Magic IP, and the competition was fierce. Not long ago, HBO announced that the first episode of "the Family of Dragons" had become its most watched premiere ever. In the United States alone, 9.986 million people watched the show on cable and HBO Max streaming on Sunday local time.

Lord of the Rings: the Ring of Power (The Lord of Rings:The Rings of Power), produced by Amazon and directed by J A Bayana and Wayne Ye, is adapted from J R R Tolkien's novel of the same name, starring Lanny Henry, Peter Mulan, Cynthia Yardai-Robinson and others. The series will tell the story of thousands of years before the Hobbit, showing the legendary heroes of the second era in Middle-earth history, including the forged ring, the rise of Soren, the demon king, and the final alliance between elves and humans.