The amusement is the latest manifestation of the ever-growing power of South Korea's fashionable culture.
Dystopian South Korean play "Squid Game" has go Netflix's astir fashionable bid motorboat ever, drafting 111 cardinal fans since its debut little than 4 weeks ago, the streaming work said Tuesday.
The unprecedented planetary viral deed imagines a macabre satellite successful which marginalized radical are pitted against 1 different successful accepted children's games.
While the victor tin gain millions successful cash, losing players are killed.
Spreading astir the satellite by connection of mouth, particularly via social media, "Squid Game" has topped Netflix charts successful much than 80 countries.
"Squid Game has officially reached 111 cardinal fans—making it our biggest bid motorboat ever!" tweeted Netflix.
By comparison, Regency romp "Bridgerton" reached 82 cardinal households connected debut, utilizing Netflix's interior metric which includes immoderate relationship that watched an occurrence for astatine slightest 2 minutes.
The occurrence of "Squid Game" amplifies South Korea's progressively outsized power connected planetary fashionable culture, pursuing the likes of K-pop set BTS and Oscar-winning movie "Parasite."
It is besides the latest occurrence for Netflix's bid to nutrient much planetary and non-English connection content. The streamer's 3rd most-watched bid debut for lawsuit is French-language "Lupin."
Netflix offers "Squid Game" successful some dubbed and subtitled versions successful aggregate languages, expanding its imaginable audience.
In February, the world's astir fashionable streaming level announced plans to walk $500 cardinal this twelvemonth unsocial connected bid and films produced successful South Korea.
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