{"id":375572,"date":"2026-08-21T01:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=375572"},"modified":"2026-08-21T01:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:52:26","slug":"the-dc-universe-breathes-a-little-easier-lanterns-has-been-quite-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-dc-universe-breathes-a-little-easier-lanterns-has-been-quite-a-success\/","title":{"rendered":"The DC Universe breathes a little easier: \u2018Lanterns\u2019 has been quite a success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the monumental failure of Supergirl, which lost millions by the bucketload, and with doubts over what will happen to DC when Clayface and Man of Tomorrow arrive, <strong>James Gunn can breathe easy, because he has survived one of his toughest tests<\/strong>: the arrival of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/dc-universe-unveils-exciting-new-phase-with-gods-and-monsters\" rel=\"noopener\">the live-action DC Universe<\/a> on HBO. Or, put another way, the unexpected success of Lanterns.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the darkest night\u2026<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During its first three days after premiering, Lanterns has racked up a total of 9.3 million views on HBO and HBO Max in the United States, making it one of the 5 best premieres in the platform\u2019s history. And that\u2019s despite the fact that <strong>after the first trailer, many swore they would never watch the series<\/strong> for not feeling superheroic enough\u2026 when maybe that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s catching the public\u2019s attention. That it\u2019s True Detective but with capes and powers.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For context, and although the metrics aren\u2019t comparable (sometimes they\u2019re five-day figures, or from a season 2), Lanterns has been watched in its first few days as much as Agatha, of all shows, (one of the MCU\u2019s biggest hits, even though some people insist on claiming nobody watched it), and <strong>it trails only Loki, which pulled in a solid 10.9 million views<\/strong>. In short, a full-blown smash hit.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the middle of DC Studios\u2019 crisis, the success of Lanterns is a breath of fresh air. We\u2019ll have to see whether it\u2019s enough for Warner, after the merger with Paramount, to keep backing DC\u2019s superheroes, or whether it\u2019s just one bright spot. <strong>There are still a good few years to go before we find out!<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the monumental failure of Supergirl, which lost millions by the bucketload, and with doubts over what will happen to DC when Clayface and Man of Tomorrow arrive, James Gunn can breathe easy, because he has survived one of his toughest tests: the arrival of the live-action DC Universe on HBO. Or, put another way, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-dc-universe-breathes-a-little-easier-lanterns-has-been-quite-a-success\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The DC Universe breathes a little easier: \u2018Lanterns\u2019 has been quite a success&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":375571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-375572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":375573,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375572\/revisions\/375573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375572"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=375572"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=375572"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=375572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}