‘Squid Game’ estimated to be worth about $900 mln

Reuters

“Squid Game,” Netflix Inc’s biggest original series launch, is estimated to be worth almost $900 million for the streaming giant, Bloomberg News reported late on Saturday, citing figures from an internal Netflix document.

The nine-episode thriller, in which cash-strapped contestants play childhood games with deadly consequences in a bid to win 45.6 billion won ($38.58 million), became an international hit after it launched last month.

In comparison to its estimated net worth, the show cost just $21.4 million to produce, Bloomberg said.

According to the report https://bloom.bg/3lNzxGY, about 132 million had watched at least two minutes of the show in its first 23 days, easily breaking the record set by U.K. costume drama “Bridgerton,” which was streamed by 82 million accounts in its first 28 days.

Netflix had earlier announced the show had amassed 111 million fans, but Bloomberg said those figures were based on slightly older data.

Los Gatos, California-based Netflix estimated that 89% of people who started the show watched more than one episode, the news agency said, and 66% of the viewers finished watching the series in the first 23 days.

Netflix did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request to comment on the report. An attorney for the company told Bloomberg that it would be inappropriate for Bloomberg to disclose the confidential data contained in the documents that it had reviewed.

The series is also the first Korean drama to snatch the top spot on Netflix in the United States, and has even spurred interest among people in learning Korean.

In China, where Netflix is unavailable without a VPN, a Beijing bakery has introduced a Squid Game-themed confection-making challenge in its store.

The show has even drawn positive comments from Amazon Inc founder Jeff Bezos, with the billionaire calling the work “impressive and inspiring.” Amazon’s streaming service Prime Video competes with Netflix.

رويترز

ذكرت وكالة “بلومبرغ” استنادا لأرقام داخلية لدى شركة “نتفليكس” أن قيمة مسلسل “لعبة الحبار” الذي تبثه الشبكة، وهو أكبر مسلسل من إنتاجها الأصلي، تقدر بما يقارب 900 مليون دولار.

وفي المسلسل المثير المؤلف من تسع حلقات يلعب متنافسون يمرون بضائقة مالية ألعاب أطفال لكن لها تبعات مميتة سعيا للحصول على جائزة قدرها 45.6 مليار وون (38.58 مليون دولار).

ويثير المسلسل ضجة في العالم منذ بداية بثه في سبتمبر وأصبح محل اهتمام على الصعيد العالمي.

وذكرت بلومبرغ أن إنتاج المسلسل تكلف فقط نحو 21.4 مليون دولار.

ووفقا للتقرير الذي استندت إليه “بلومبرج” في تقديراتها، فقد شاهد 132 مليونا دقيقتين على الأقل من المسلسل في أول 23 يوما من إصداره.