Popular Korean series, ‘Squid Game’ is estimated to be worth almost $900 million to Netflix. The show cost just $21.4 million to produce.
According to Reuters, 132 million viewers watched at least two minutes of the show in the first 23 days after its launch, breaking the record that was initially set by UK series ‘Bridgerton’ which was streamed by 82 million in its first 28 days after launch.
The figures recorded were just from the first season, and it was revealed from a document that detailed Netlfix’s performance metrics for the popular series, reports Bloomberg.
Decider also stated that Netflix has estimated that 89% of people who started watching Squid Game viewed 75minutes which is more than one episode, and 66% of viewers or 87 million people finished the series in the first 23 days, while subscribers spent 1.4 billion hours watching the show.
As a result, shares in the company climbed by 7% since ‘Squid Game’ was released on September 17, leaving the company now valued at $278.1 billion.
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