Scene from “Squid Sport” by Netflix
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Netflix says “Squid Sport” is its greatest collection launch of all time.
The streaming large mentioned in a tweet late Tuesday that the much-hyped South Korean drama present has attracted 111 million viewers globally since its Sept. 17 launch.
It is the primary Netflix present to high 100 million viewers within the first month, the corporate mentioned. The collection simply smashed the earlier file from “Bridgerton,” which was watched by 82 million households within the first 28 days.
“Squid Sport” shortly turned successful in quite a few international locations, not least its house nation, the place a neighborhood broadband supplier really sued Netflix after the present led to a spike in site visitors.
The collection is not for the faint-hearted. It sees fictional contestants compete in a collection of youngsters’s video games, within the hope that they will win heaps of money. In the event that they lose, they’re shot lifeless by masked guards in purple jumpsuits.
It is value noting that, simply because 111 million individuals seen Netflix, that does not imply they watched all the collection from begin to end. Netflix’s figures solely take note of customers who tuned in for a minimum of two minutes.
Worldwide development has been a key focus for Netflix in recent times, having invested closely into foreign-language reveals and flicks like “Cash Heist” and “The Platform,” which achieved each crucial and business success.
