Squid game, the most famous TV series of the moment on Netflix, how much is it really worth? How much can the incredible social and commercial pact of the series bring in for the coffers of the streaming giant? Bloomberg reveals an insane figure
Squid Game besides being one TV series crazy capable of becoming a mass phenomenon, it is first of all a millionaire investment for Netflix: the script of the series was rejected for 11 years before ending up on the table of the streaming giant.
Nobody believed in this project but Netflix, lucky and far-sighted, he was able to see beyond those criticisms raised by several voices to the story of Hwang Dong-hyuk, seeing potential.
To confirm that Netflix’s investment has been incredibly fruitful, we thought about Bloomberg, the multinational of the mass media sector based in New York, which has published some data to say the least crazy.
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How much is Squid Game worth and how much did it cost for Netflix?
But Netflix how old is he had to invest to produce Squid Game and how much she managed to collect?
Answering the first question is relatively simple: to make these first 9 episodes, the giant had to pay out 21.2 million dollars, with an investment of about 2.4 million euros per episode.
The figure, which for some may seem disproportionate, is actually a drop in the bucket if you think about the value of the series today: as mentioned before, Bloomberg did the math in Netflix’s pocket, trying to evaluate Squid Game in its entirety.
The combination of parameters taken into account to enhance the series are many but all real and important: calculator in hand Squid Game is now worth nearly $ 900 billion.
The study took into account factors such as subscribers today, number of accounts the series has seen, overall watch time (1.4 billion hours), and much more.