Reacher Season 3 is a massive hit for Amazon — it’s the most-watched returning season ever on Prime Video, and the most-watched season on Prime Video since Fallout across its first 19 days.
Reacher, played by Alan Ritchson, is about a former major in the U.S. Army’s military police who roams the United States getting into all sorts of trouble through no fault of his own. Reacher spends a lot of time beating up bad guys and solving mysteries; he’s not only the most dangerous man around, but the smartest.
In Season 3, however, Reacher meets his match in the form of Dutch giant Olivier Richters, who towers over Alan Ritchson with an incredible height of 7 ft 2 in.
According to Variety, Reacher Season 3 saw a huge 54.6 million viewers globally in its first 19 days. That’s almost a big enough number to fit across Reacher actor Alan Ritchson’s back.
It’s also a 0.5% increase on Season 2’s figure across the same time period, which suggests Reacher, already a massive hit for Prime Video, is growing in popularity. And it’s not just big in the U.S., either. More than half of Reacher’s audience is international, with “outsized performance” in the U.K., Germany and Brazil.
For context, Fallout brought in 65 million viewers over its first 16 days in April 2024. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 had 40 million viewers in 11 days after its August 2024 premiere.
IGN’s Reacher Season 3 review returned an 8/10. We said: “Reacher season 3 diverges more from the book upon which it’s based than previous seasons, but Reacher himself is more ruthless than ever and it remains a righteous good time.”
As you’d expect, Reacher Season 4 is confirmed. It was greenlit before Season 3 even began.
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