‘The Last Of Us’ Season 2 Trailer Sets Viewership Record For HBO & Max Originals

Momentum for the second season of HBO‘s The Last of Us is clearly building.

Per Warner Bros. Discovery, the trailer released Saturday as part of the show’s SXSW panel amassed 158M global views across platforms in just the first three days, which is a record for HBO and Max originals.

The new trailer outperformed previous trailers and teasers for The Last of Us by a margin of at least 160%, the company said.

To date, episodes of Season 1 are averaging around 32M cross-platform viewers in the U.S. That’s about four times the same-day audience of the Season 1 finale, which set a record for same-day viewership with 8.2M across platforms. It’s still among HBO’s biggest shows in recent years, which sets the stage nicely for the debut of Season 2 next month.

Per the logline, in Season 2, five years after the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie’s collective past catches up to them, drawing them into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind.

Pascal and Ramsey are returning alongside Gabriel Luna as Tommy, and Rutina Wesley as Maria.

Previously announced also new cast includes Isabela Merced as Dina, Ariela Barer as Mel, Tati Gabrielle as Nora, Spencer Lord as Owen, Danny Ramirez as Manny, and Jeffrey Wright as Isaac. Catherine O’Hara also guest stars.

The Last of Us is written and executive produced by Mazin and Druckmann. The series is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television and is also executive produced by Carolyn Strauss, Jacqueline Lesko, Cecil O’Connor, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan, and Evan Wells. It hails from PlayStation Productions, Word Games, The Mighty Mint, and Naughty Dog.