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'Squid Game' Season 2 Records Biggest Streaming Debut For Netflix With 68 Million Views

Mumbai, January 1 - The second season of smash hit Korean series, Squid Game is off to a record-breaking start as expected. The survival thriller's second instalment debuted with a massive 68 million views in the first 4 days globally. ## This is the biggest debut for any Netflix series in its premiere week, beating a record that Wednesday set with 50.10 million views in 2022. The show from creator/director Hwang Dong-hyuk and starring Lee Jung-jae ranked number 1 in 92 countries.## Since its release on December 26, 2024, Squid Game 2 has become Netflix's seventh most popular/viewed non-English TV show in record time. Squid Game Season 1 is currently at the top with 265.2 million views. The most viewed titles were measured across each series' first 91 days of viewership. ## The anticipation for season 2 also benefitted the first season which was back among the top 10 this past week with 8.1 million views at number 3 in the non-English category. Meanwhile, the season has enough time to become the most popular show on Netflix as it is likely to beat the viewership of season 1. ## Stay tuned...

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385 days ago

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Netflix Announces 'Squid Game' Season 2 Premiere Date; Full Cast and Official Synopsis Revealed

Mumbai, August 1 - Netflix finally set a premiere date for its highly-awaited Squid Game Season 2 and has also announced the third season which will be the end of the show. ## Written, created, and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, Squid Game Season 2 will premiere on December 26 globally this year while the third and final season will premiere in 2025. The release date of this sci-fi survival action thriller show was announced with a video. ## Season 1 of Squid Game, which is the most-watched Netflix title ever (in any category) with 265.2 million views (2.20 billion viewing hours), introduced fans to the K-drama's titular deadly game, which forces citizens to gamble with their lives. In return, they may win a world-changing cash prize — or suffer the dire consequences. ## The official synopsis of Season 2 reads, "Using this fortune to fund his search, Gi-hun starts with the most obvious of places: look for the man in a sharp suit playing ddakji in the subway. But when his efforts finally yield results, the path toward taking down the organization proves to be deadlier than he imagined: to end the game, he needs to re-enter it".## The upcoming show features the returning cast in Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Gong Yoo, and Wi Ha-jun while newcomers Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Gyu-young, Park Sung-hoon, Jo Yu-ri, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, Lee Jin-uk, Choi Seung-hyun, Roh Jae-won, and Won Ji-an will all appear as an ensemble of colourful new characters. ## The real game begins. Squid Game Season 2 coming December 26. Final Season coming 2025. pic.twitter.com/qlek1ogGp9— Squid Game (@squidgame) July 31, 2024 ## Stay tuned...

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792 days ago

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Netflix's New Viewership Metrics See Major Changes In Its Top 10 List Across Categories

Mumbai, June 21 - The leading streaming platform, Netflix has made some major changes in its viewership metrics which resulted in some major shakeups in its top 10 most popular titles across categories. ## Netflix will now report in average viewership for its programming as "views", which is hours viewed divided by total runtime. The views will now decide Netflix's top 10 weekly and all-time titles though hours viewed will still be available. The streamer also has expanded the viewership measurement window from 28 days to 91 days. ## The new changes have made "Wednesday" Season 1 the most popular English show of all time on Netflix with 252.1 million views, overtaking "Stranger Things 4's" 140.7 million views. However, in terms of viewing hours, ST4 remains the most-watched English show with 1.83 billion viewing hours, followed by "Wednesday" with 1.71 billion viewing hours.## The global Korean blockbuster series "Squid Game" still remains Netflix's most popular series ever (English or Non-English), even after the shift. It scored 265.2 million views and 2.2 billion viewing hours in the first 91 days. It is the only Netflix series or film to top 2 billion viewing hours of all time. ## Among the most popular films (English or non-English), "Red Notice" remains on the top even after changes with 230.9 million views and 454.2 million viewing hours in 91 days. Among the non-English films, the Norwegian monster film "Troll" remains unchanged with 103 million views and 178.6 million views hours. ## Meanwhile, no Indian film or series features in Netflix's 10 lists even after changes. There were thoughts that SS Rajamouli's "RRR" could be in the top 10 list but the movie is nowhere close to the list. There are several other shifts, which you can see here.## Stay tuned...

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1190 days ago

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'Squid Game' Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk Says Season 2 of The Series Will Not Release Until The End of 2023 or 2024

Mumbai, May 18 - The South Korean survival drama series, "Squid Game" broke all the records of viewership when it was released on Netflix in September last year. Netflix renewed the show for the second season after getting a thundering response worldwide, becoming the streamer's most profitable series ever. ## Ever since the second season of this blockbuster series has been announced, the fans are eager to know when it will debut. Many have been hoping it to release this year, but it looks like they will have to wait for a longer time as the series isn't coming until the end of 2023. ## Series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk told Vanity Fair that he predicts the next batch of episodes won't be ready for release until the end of 2023 at the earliest. The Vanity Fair report states, "[Hwang] only has about three pages' worth of ideas that he plans to turn into a script, so there isn't much he can say about season 2 except that there will be more games".## "Humanity is going to be put to a test through those games once again", Hwang said. "I want to ask the question, Is true solidarity between humans possible?"## Netflix had greenlit the second season in January this year. "Squid Game" is by a long shot Netflix's biggest-ever TV show, based on the streamer's calculation that subscribers worldwide streamed 1.65 billion hours of the show in the first 28 days of its release on the platform. ## Stay tuned...

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1308 days ago

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'Squid Game' Propels South Korea To Netflix's No. 2 Content Supplier

Seoul, Jan 20 (IANS) South Korea remained the No. 2 supplier of popular content to Netflix in the fourth quarter of last year, US online media have reported.## According to What's On Netflix, a private online site that provides information on Netflix content, on Wednesday (US time), South Korean-made shows accounted for 11.8 percent of the top 10 films and TV series in the final three months of 2021.## Korean content thus ranked No. 2 for the second consecutive quarter after the United States, which accounted for 59 percent, reports Yonhap News Agency. The figures are based on data by the streaming analytics firm FlixPatrol, it added.## It marked a sharp increase from its share of 5.4 percent for the third quarter, thanks to the breakout hit 'Squid Game', released on September 17, and other hit series.## "The fourth quarter of 2021 is likely to be an outlier with the arrival of 'Squid Game', but Korean content has been on a slow march up the charts regardless of 'Squid Game'," the report said.## 'Squid Game' became the most successful Netflix show in history, with its total viewership reaching a record 1.65 billion hours in the first four weeks of its release.## Two subsequent series, the fantasy horror 'Hellbound' and the sci-fi thriller 'The Silent Sea', also topped Netflix's official weekly viewership chart for non-English TV shows.## Stay tuned...

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1308 days ago

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Netflix's Most-Watched Show 'Squid Game' Greenlit For Second Season

Mumbai, January 21 - The second season of Netflix's most popular show ever, "Squid Game" has officially been greenlit at Netflix. The Korean survival drama show proved to be Netflix's most profitable show ever. The first season cost $21.4 million for Netflix and it has estimated to deliver $891 million in "impact value".## Netflix's CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos has confirmed the second season. On Netflix's fourth-quarter 2021 earnings interview, Sarandos was asked whether there would be a second season of the violent South Korean survival drama.## "Absolutely," Sarandos replied. "The 'Squid Game' universe has just begun".## He put 'Squid Game' in the category of Netflix's burgeoning bouquet of entertainment franchises that the company sees as having growth potential outside the core streaming service, with live experiences, games, and merchandise. Sarandos called out "Bridgerton", the second most-viewed Netflix original TV show, with Season 2 set to bow in March, and "Stranger Things", with Season 4 slated for this summer.## Squid Game' is by a long shot Netflix's biggest-ever TV show, based on the streamer's calculation that subscribers worldwide streamed 1.65 billion hours of the show in the first 28 days of its release on the platform. In Season 1, 456 cash-strapped contestants are invited by a mysterious organization to compete in a series of children's games with deadly consequences.## Stay tuned...

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1316 days ago

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SAG Awards Noms: 'Squid Game' Makes History, 'Yellowstone' Finally Gets A Nod

Los Angeles, Jan 12 (IANS) Netflix's blockbuster original show 'Squid Game' has made history at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards by becoming the first non-English-language (and first Korean) series to score a nomination, reports 'Variety'. The awards will be announced on February 27.## Another headline-maker in the nominations announced on Wednesday was 'Yellowstone', the Kevin Costner-led blockbuster series now in its fourth season. After being ignored by all major awards events in its three previous seasons, 'Yellowstone' picked up a nomination in the company of 'Succession', 'The Morning Show' and 'The Handmaid's Tale'.## One of the biggest shows on television, streaming on Prime Video in India, Paramount Network's 'Yellowstone' is set for a fifth season. The series follows the conflicts along the shared borders of a large cattle ranch, an Indian reservation, and land developers.## Among films, Ridley Scott's 'House of Gucci', and Jane Campion's 'Power of the Dog' led all films with three nominations each. 'Power of the Dog', which has benefited from big awards push from Netflix, according to Variety', failed to capture the best ensemble nomination.## Nominees for that prize, considered to be the most prestigious handed out by the guild, included 'House of Gucci', as well as 'Belfast', 'CODA','Don't Look Up' and 'King Richard'.## Stars such Will Smith ('King Richard'), Lady Gaga ('House of Gucci'), Olivia Colman ('The Lost Daughter'), Jeremy Strong ('Succession') and Jennifer Anniston ('The Morning Show') find themselves among the nominations.## On the OTT/television front, 'Succession', a boardroom drama about the family behind a media conglomerate, and 'Ted Lasso', a feel-good soccer comedy, scored a leading five nominations.## 'Mare of Easttown', 'The Morning Show', and 'Squid Game' landed four nominations apiece. Described by 'Variety' as a water-cooler phenomenon, 'Squid Game', in a first for a foreign-language production, picked up nominations for actor in a drama series (Lee Jung-jae), actress in a drama series (Jung Ho-yeon), and also stunt ensemble.## Since premiering on Netflix in September 2021, according to 'Variety', the series has emerged as a global phenomenon. The drama garnered 1.65 billion hours of viewing during its first four weeks of release, surpassing 'Bridgerton' as the most-watched Netflix original series in history.## The show landed three Golden Globe Awards, including best television drama, and earned O Yeong-su a supporting actor prize. 'Squid Game' also boasts of three Critics Choice Awards nominations and a Gotham Award win for breakthrough series.## For the second year in a row, 'Variety' adds, the SAG Awards took to its Instagram page to announce this year's nominees, with Rosario Dawson and Vanessa Hudgens doing the honours. And once again, that decision was marred by technical difficulties as the reading of the nominees was postponed briefly while Hudgens and Dawson ensured their audio was working.## Stay tuned...

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1316 days ago

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Netflix's 'Squid Game' Becomes First Non-English Series To Get SAG Awards Nominations

Los Angeles, Jan 12 (IANS) Netflix's blockbuster original show 'Squid Game' has made history at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards by becoming the first non-English-language or first Korean series to score a nomination. The most-watched series on Netflix history scored 4 nominations for the awards, scheduled for February 27, 2022. ## The South Korean survival drama series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk, took the world by storm after its premiere on Netflix in September 2021. Within 3 weeks, the series broke all the records and became Netflix's best series debut ever, eventually accruing over 3 billion minutes streamed and reaching over 142 million households according to Nielsen (via Variety).## "Squid Game" begs nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble, Lee Jung-jae for Outstanding Performance by Male Actor, Jung Ho-yeon for Outstanding Performance by Female Actor, and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.## "Upon hearing the nomination today, I think it has to be the happiest moment since we've created Squid Game. The fact, not just one or two leading actors were recognized, but the whole cast being nominated as the best ensemble. It brings me great joy as a director, who has cast and created the series, just being nominated", director and writer Hwang Dong-hyuk said.## The 2022 SAG Awards ceremony is set for February 27.## Stay tuned...

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1330 days ago

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'Squid Game' maker teases Season 2; third may be coming soon

Seoul, Dec 30 (IANS) Hwang Dong-hyuk, the writer and director of popular Korean survival drama 'Squid Game', has discussed the future of his hit Netflix series. ## During a new interview, Dong-hyuk teased that two more seasons of the thriller series are probably coming soon, reports aceshowbiz.com. ## Speaking with KBS (Korean Broadcasting System), Dong-hyuk said that he is in talks with Netflix about Season 2 "as well as season 3." ## He went on to share: "We will come to a conclusion any time soon." ## Dong-hyuk added: "We know that many people are waiting, so everyone is working hard to prepare for the next season with a positive outlook." ## Netflix confirmed the claims on the same day. ## "It's true that we are discussing a wide variety of possibilities for 'Squid Game', including the production of a Season 3, but nothing has yet been set in stone," the streaming giant said in a statement. ## Back in November, Dong-hyuk shared that he had been working on a Season 2 storyline. ## "I do have a basic storyline for Season 2 - it's all in my head - and I am currently in the brainstorming stage," the writer-director said during a special screening and Q&A. "It will happen, someday, but as for when I cannot tell you the details." ## Dong-hyuk didn't really say much about the potential plot in Season 2. However, he confirmed that the sophomore season would follow Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) and his investigation of those behind the deadly, titular tournament. ## Debuting on September 27, 'Squid Game' tells "an imaginative, unorthodox story in which 456 contestants risk their lives in a mysterious survival game -- involving multiple rounds of childhood games -- for a chance to win 45.6 billion won." ## The show quickly becomes a global phenomenon. ## It was officially named the biggest launch for a new show on Netflix, surpassing 'Bridgerton', after it reached 111 million viewers in less than a month. ## Additionally, 'Squid Game' is among Netflix's Top 10 list in around 94 countries. The dystopian show is also the platform's first-ever Korean series to reach the No. 1 spot in the US. ## Stay Tuned To Sacnilk For More Updates.

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1335 days ago

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'Squid Game' star HoYeon Jung says she lost 'too much weight' amid fan concern

Seoul, Dec 24 (IANS) 'Squid Game' star HoYeon Jung said she shed eight pounds in 10 days as she was promoting Netflix's hit series 'Squid Game' in the US. ## "There was no time to eat," the 27-year-old South Korean actress told Star News (via AllKpop) in a recent interview about her hectic schedule while visiting America, reports pagesix.com. ## "I lost way too much weight," she admitted. ## "All the clothes that used to fit me when I first came (to America) are too loose now." ## The interview comes as fans took to Instagram to comment on her weight loss in a series of photos taken from recent events she posted on social media last week. ## "I don't want to come off negative at all, just want to say that seeing you in the black dress makes me a bit worried," one fan commented, adding: "I know how it is for models to obtain a certain weight standard, but please make sure you are eating well." ## Another added: "You are getting skinnier and skinnier. Hope you are happy and keeping well with your general health." ## "Plz take care of your health and nutrition e. u r beautiful anyway," a third wrote. ## Despite the concerned comments, many fans praised the actress, who played Kang Sae-byeok in the hit show. ## "Literally the prettiest human I've ever seen," one commented, with another adding: "She's so pretty am I right?" ## The actress first addressed her weight loss earlier in December, blaming the sudden success of the streaming series for her loss of appetite. ## "I couldn't follow the speed of the growth of the eSquid Game' success because since COVID, I think everything is faster and even online, it happens just so quick. It was hard to follow," she told The Hollywood Reporter. ## "I lost 6 pounds in a week when it became successful. I couldn't eat e it wasn't stress, I just didn't know this feeling. eWhat's going on out there, who am I?' I was kind of losing myself." ## Stay Tuned To Sacnilk For More Updates.

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1379 days ago

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NETFLIX's 'Squid Game' Dethrone 'Game of Thrones' To Garner 17 Billion Youtube Views

Mumbai, November 11 - Netflix's recently released South Korean show, "Squid Game" has taken the worldwide digital audiences by storm. The show has not only become the most viewed show on Netflix but also has been a monster hit on Youtube. ## According to the content analytics firm Vobile, "Squid Game" has dethroned HBO Max's "Game of Thrones" on Youtube, attracting a staggering 17 billion views across a spectrum of long- and short-form videos. "Game of Thrones", which had a decade to amass its fan army, has attracted 16.9 billion from 420,000 uploaded videos on Youtube. ## The viewership comes from numerous types of video content, including official trailers and clips from the series, fan recreations of iconic moments, real-world challenges inspired by the plot, and even narration of user-generated video games based on the property (found on services like Roblox). ## Vobile estimates that the 17 billion views for "Squid Game" have come from 129,000 uploaded videos, including traditional long-form YouTube clips and their recently-launched TikTok competitor YouTube Shorts. Those videos also count for 533 million engagements (likes, dislikes, and comments).## Earlier, Netflix had announced that the Dystopian South Korean drama series became the streamer's biggest series launch ever with attracting 111 million views worldwide and had topped Netflix charts in more than 80 countries in less than four weeks of its debut.## Stay tuned...

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1403 days ago

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Squid Game To Generate A Whopping $900M Worth For NETFLIX!

Mumbai, October 18 - The South Korean drama series "Squid Game" has taken the digital world by storm. The show has already been watched by over 130 million users worldwide, and it is by far the biggest show ever for streaming giant NETFLIX. ## The mega-success of the show has earned millions for Netflix. According to a Bloomberg report (via Business, Netflix will generate approx $900 million in value for the company from the show, which is 43 times higher than the show's production cost. The report revealed that "Squid Game" cost just $21.4 million to produce, at around $2.4 million an episode. This is cheaper than most of the other Netflix shows. ## Last week, Netflix revealed that Squid Game became its biggest series launch ever with 111 million views in less than four weeks. It surpassed the record holder, Bridgerton, which was seen by 82 million people. ## Internal Netflix documents seen by Bloomberg said the show generated $891 million in "impact value." That's the metric that Netflix, which operates a subscription model, uses to gauge the financial importance of shows. The report suggests that "Squid Game" will earn Netflix a large number of subscribers.## The streaming giant thinks 89% of people who started "Squid Game" watched at least 75 minutes, according to Bloomberg. It thinks 66% of viewers - or 87 million people - finished the series in the first 23 days of it being online. Netflix has made Squid Game available in both dubbed and subtitled versions in multiple languages, expanding its potential worldwide audience. ## Stay tuned...