‘Squid Game’ took second place on global Netflix.
It was revealed that the Netflix original series ‘Squid Game’, which was released on the 17th, took second place in the global Netflix rankings. This has the significance of being the highest ranking Korean drama ever recorded on Netflix.
According to Flix Patrol, a Netflix ranking aggregation site, ‘Squid Game’ ranked second in the global category of ‘TV Show’ after the American drama ‘Otis’ Secret Counseling Center’.
It is known that the highest ranking for domestic dramas so far is the third place recorded by the Netflix original series ‘Sweet Home’, which was released last year.
‘Squid Game’ recaptured the top spot in 14 countries including Korea, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, the Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.
It also ranked second in 39 countries including the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany.
‘Squid Game’ is a drama about a survival game in which people who have no place to retreat are trapped in a huge space and risk their lives to win a prize of 46.5 billion won. It was praised for reinventing games such as the ‘Squid Game’ into a game with survival and huge prize money.
Squid Game is a work that took 10 years to create because the script was written around 2009. It started airing on the 17th and is a 60-minute 9-episode drama directed and written by Hwang Dong-hyeok. have been collected
In addition, actor Lee Byung-hun hinted at a confrontation with Lee Jung-jae with his voice appearance, foretelling season 2.
In particular, Kim Joo-ryeong’s ‘beauty’, who has nothing to hide from society to live and earn money, has become an issue due to her unique character. ‘Beauty’ is a character who shows extraordinary survival ability by somehow forming a team by changing positions frequently by approaching participants who seem strong or likely to win, although foul is basic even in the game room.
Kim Joo-ryeong has been featured in tvN’s ‘Mr. Sunshine’, KBS2’s ‘Today’s Detective’, JTBC’s ‘SKY Castle’, TV Chosun’s ‘Babel’, tvN’s ‘Drama Stage – A Woman Who Bleeds Ears’, tvN’s ‘The Flower of Life – The Moment When Life Becomes Flowers’, TV Chosun ‘Wind, Clouds and Rain’, MBC ‘Cinematic Drama SF8 – Astronaut Joan’, the movie ‘Land of Happiness’, ‘Snips’, ‘Memories of Tomorrow’, etc.
Meanwhile, ‘Squid Game’ has been embroiled in plagiarism allegations of plagiarism from the Japanese cartoon ‘As God Says’, but Director Hwang said, “As you can see from the work, there is no connection or similarity. ‘As God Says’ was released after that. Coincidentally, something similar.”
