They couldn’t wait any longer. It’s been more than three years since “Squid Game” fans wanted to know the continuation of the adventures of Seong Gi-hun, played by Lee Jung-jae. After a long break, the South Korean series created and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk finally returned to the screens this Thursday, December 26, 2024. Netflix subscribers were finally able to find out what happened to the protagonist who had sworn to do everything to stop this deadly game and those who run it.
“Squid Game” season 2 offers the best launch in Netflix history
Four days after the seven new episodes were put online, the streaming platform announced immediate and massive success. The launch of season two was historic: 68 million users around the world watched the series in less than a week. Thanks to this impressive figure, “Squid Game” beats the record previously held by “Wednesday” directed by, among others, Tim Burton. In 2022, the fiction carried by Jenna Ortega had recorded 50.1 million views over the same period.
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Will this second salvo manage to surpass its own performance and be more viewed than the first part? The latter is considered the most streamed Netflix show of all time with 265.2 million views during its first 91 days of operation. If season 2 fails to surpass its previous achievement, perhaps season three will. The last episode of season 2, entitled “Friends or Enemies”, ends with unbearable suspense. To find out how this phenomenon series ends, you won’t have to wait too long. The SVOD giant has already communicated on its release date which will take place this year. “I imagine it will probably come out around summer or fall of next year“, for his part estimated the creator of the series Hwang Dong-hyuk to “Variety”.
