Netflix’s Squid Game has taken the world by storm, as it has now become the streaming platform’s most successful show yet. It was also said that Netflix paid $21.4 million for Squid Game. Being a big trending topic right now, it was certain the show was going to get parodied. it seems it also earned a ton of money for Netflix from the looks of it.
The South Korean survival drama has grossed more views than 111 million views already. Just a few days after becoming the biggest show on Netflix, now it seems it will make the streaming platform a lot of money as well.
According to internal estimates obtained by Bloomberg, the South Korean series will generate almost $900 million in value for Netflix. The series is expected to bring in $891 million in “impact value,” a metric based on subscriber viewing.
The show managed to far surpass Bridgerton to become the biggest launch for a new show on the platform. Bridgerton had 82 million first-month viewers after it launched last year. Squid Game has become a global phenomenon and that is unlikely to change anytime soon.
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