The £99m superstar played 90 minutes as his new side beat Chievo 3-2 at the Stadio Bentegodi.
Gazzetta dello Sport reports the game managed 2,330,234 unique viewers – a 68 per cent rise on last season's opener – and took 11.9 per cent of the audience share.
It was only beaten by Juve's trip to Roma in 2013 and the Derby d’Italia – Juventus vs Inter Milan in 2013 and 2016.
Ronaldo failed to get off the mark in the clash and will hope to strike against Lazio on Saturday.
Sami Khedira gave the Serie A champs the lead before Mariusz Stepinski and Emanuele Giaccherini put Chievo in front.
A Mattia Bani own-goal evened things up after 75 minutes before Federico Bernardeschi score an injury-time winner.
Meanwhile, Ronaldo's former club Real Madrid saw just 48,466 turn up for their season opener – the lowest total since 2009.
Dani Carvajal and Gareth Bale struck in a 2-0 victory over Getafe at the Bernabeu.
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