Squid Game is Netflix's new record series.
With 111 million admissions, the dystopian drama surpassed Bridgerton to become the most watched launch ever less than four weeks after its debut. From South Korea, the series, at the rate of constant word of mouth, has become a global viral success, climbing the charts of Netflix in 94 countries and finishing in first place.
A record that he maintained in the United States for 21 consecutive days, becoming the first Korean series to reach number 1 and keep that place. Also in Italy it is among the most viewed on the platform.
The series, written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, tells the halfway between Black Mirror and Hunger Games the "game" to the death in which 456 people, devoured by debt, agree to participate. The final prize is an astronomical figure but only one player can get his hands on it, the one who will survive all the deadly challenges.
While the Squid Game mania brings South Korean culture back to the top after boy band Bts' K-Pop and Bong Joon-oh's Oscar "Parasite", the second season, albeit unofficial, seems obvious, as is a probable nomination. to the Emmys.
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