Squid Game, the new South Korean drama that was just released on Netflix two weeks ago, is about to become the streaming platform's most-watched show. Since releasing on September 17, the nine-episode series has become the most-watched show in 90 countries worldwide, leaping to the top of Netflix's top-10 list in mere days in some countries,
Co-CEO Ted Sarandos recently that Squid Game has "a very good chance it's going to be our biggest show ever," surpassing even Bridgerton’s 82 million views.
&quo𒐪t;Squid Game will definitely be our biggest non-English language show in the world, for sure," Sarandos added. This would put it ahead of Spanish-language crime thriller Money Heist ♋and French-language crime drama Lupin.
Directed and written by Hwang Dong-hyuk, Squid Game tells the story of a group of desperate people who join a survival game show in order to escape crushing poverty, crime, debt, or for their own personal reasons. The games themselves are simple children's games, but the consequence of losing even a single game is death.
Consider Squid Game as a sort of real-life Fall Guys, only the games are much easier at t♛he stakes ar🦄e much higher.
Out of 456 contestants, the winner will take home 45.6 billion won (or roughly $40 million USD). That’s a lot of money, but the odds of going home alive aren’t great♏.
However, despite Squid Game's spectacular success, Dong-hyuk refused to commit to a sequel in an interview with . "I don't have well-developed plans for Squid Game 2. It is quite tiring just thinking about it. But if I were to do it, I would certainly not do it alone. I'd consider using a writers' room and would want multiple experienced directors."
Squid Game is streaming now on Netflix.