IT: Welcome to Derry is seeing early success after its frightening HBO premiere.

The prequel series launched October 26, and the first episode amassed 5.7M U.S. viewers in the first three days of viewing across HBO and HBO Max , according to Warner Bros. Discovery.

Per the company, that puts it among the top three series debuts globally in the history of HBO Max, behind only House of the Dragon and The Last of Us.

This is a fairly strong start for Welcome to Derry . For context, Derry is taking over the Sunday night marquee spot from Task , which premiered to 3.1M viewers in September.

Set in the world of Stephen King’s IT universe, IT: Welcome to Derry is based on King’s novel and expands the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in his feature films.

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