The South Korean series "Squid Game", currently the most successful Netflix series of all time, is valued at almost a billion dollars.
The success numbers for the
South Korean surprise hit “Squid Game” are
not ending.
The nine-part thriller recently cracked the title “most successful series on Netflix *” with an unbelievable 111 million accounts that switched the series on, according to a press release from the streaming service.
In addition, "Squid Game" is the first series that was able to cross the 100 million mark in Netflix history within the first four weeks of its release.
In terms of its value, the Netflix original can now come up with astonishing numbers, a media report reveals.
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Netflix series "Squid Game": worth nearly $ 900 million
Bloomberg News reports, citing an internal Netflix document, that “Squid Game” for the streaming giant is
valued
at almost
900 million US dollars
(net worth around 775 million euros).
According to Bloomberg, this high number underlines how important the series is for Netflix *.
Compared to the value, the
production of the show
cost only 21.4 million US dollars.
The series is also the first Korean drama to hit the top spot on Netflix in the United States.
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“Squid Game” even more successful than expected: over 130 million viewers
The report revealed further figures:
In the first 23 days, around 132 million people
watched at least two minutes of the show, breaking the record for the British historical drama "Bridgerton", which was streamed by 82 million accounts in the first 28 days .
This even exceeds the 111 million accounts announced by Netflix so far.
Bloomberg attributes this discrepancy to older data.
According to the report, Netflix estimates that 89 percent of people who started the show saw more than one episode, and 66 percent of viewers finished the series in the first 23 days.
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