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Consistency has been the secret for Netflix with regards to Squid Sport, the South Korean dystopian survival thriller sequence that turned an on the spot come across launch in 2021. The present broke data for the streamer when it made its debut on the platform, and after the discharge of the third and closing season, Squid Sport continues to be a record-breaking game-changer.

Per Selection, the debut of the third and closing season of Squid Sport set a brand new report for Netflix after it premiered final Friday. Throughout its first three days on the platform, the sequence pulled in 60.1 million views, making it a brand new report for Netflix. The third season of the favored Korean drama is now the ninth most-watched non-English TV sequence on the platform’s record of hottest exhibits. The second season of Squid Sport premiered to 68 million views over its first 4 days following its debut on a Thursday (versus the Friday launch of Season 3), which in itself was essentially the most views any sequence had launched to throughout its premiere week on the platform. The earlier report was 50.1 million views for Wednesday again in 2022.

Created, written, and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, Squid Sport is centered round a secret contest the place 456 gamers coping with dire monetary straits threat all of it to play a sequence of kids’s video games with a lethal twist to win a $39.86 million prize. Following the debut of its first season, the present obtained quite a few accolades, together with turning into the primary non-English sequence and the primary Korean sequence to be nominated for the SAG Award for Excellent Efficiency by an Ensemble in a Drama Sequence. It additionally earned 14 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, together with Finest Drama, making it the primary non-English sequence to take action.

Why Is the Season 3 Debut of ‘Squid Sport’ Spectacular?

Making the third season launch of Squid Sport much more spectacular is that it had sooner or later much less to interrupt this report, on condition that Season 2 had an additional full day to realize its 68 million views aim. If 4 days of information have been being counted for Season 3, it is attainable that it will have matched or exceeded the premiere launch of the second season. With a full week of information tabulated, it will likely be attention-grabbing to see if Season 3 will outpace Season 2 in different methods. Following its first full week of availability, Season 2 landed at No. 7 on Netflix’s hottest non-English TV exhibits of all time.

Squid Sport Season 3 at present holds a 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, with a consensus that reads: “The video games attain a grim crescendo on this climactic third season, repeating acquainted beats with a ruthlessness that drives creator Hwang Dong-hyuk’s themes residence.” The second and third seasons have been filmed back-to-back, with Season 3 specializing in Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) and different gamers preventing for survival because the video games grow to be much more lethal. The VIPS are welcomed into the combination by In-ho (Lee Byung-hun) whereas his brother Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon) is unaware of a traitor of their midst as he searches for the island.

Season 3 of Squid Sport is now streaming on Netflix.