Squid Game achieves Netflix’s biggest launch for a series

In its first 28 days on Netflix, Squid Game was watched by 111 million users

Squid Game has beaten Bridgerton to achieve the biggest series launch on Netflix, the streaming giant said (Netflix/PA)

Squid Game has beaten Bridgerton to achieve the biggest series launch on Netflix, the streaming giant said.

The massively popular dystopian Korean drama, written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, follows desperate people who are invited to take part in a mystery game for a massive sum of money.