Like presents under the Christmas tree, fans couldn’t wait to unwrap new episodes Squid game this week. Season 2 of the wildly popular Korean series from creator/director Hwang Dong-hyuk and starring Lee Jung-jae topped the non-English TV chart with a whopping 68 million views, ranking #1 in 92 countries and breaking the record for the most views for a show in its premiere week (previously set by Wednesday Season 1 in 2022, with 50.1 million views).

Since its release on December 26th, the second edition of the series has already become the seventh most popular non-English TV show on Netflix in record time – Squid game Season 1 remains at the top with 265.2 million views – and has propelled the multiplayer video game forward Squid Game: Unleashed #1 action game on the App Store in 57 countries. And there’s more to come: the third and final season is scheduled to appear in 2025.

NFL Christmas game day live also won big: The Baltimore Ravens vs. the Houston Texans (with Beyoncé’s thrilling halftime performance, now available to stream as a standalone special) and the Kansas City Chiefs vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers secured the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on English TV -List with 14.4 and 14.3 million views respectively. The NFL Christmas games are the two most streamed NFL games in US history.

In the meantime, Hand luggage With 34.9 million views, the film landed at number 1 on the English film list for the third time in a row. Plus, interest in historical drama The Six Triple Eight remained strong in its second week, landing at No. 2 with 23.3 million views.

Thrillers like… also really get the fans going The madness (No. 7 on English television, 3 million views) and in Spain 1992 (No. 9 on non-English television, 1.2 million views). They also enjoyed the heartwarming romance of Virgin River Season 6, which landed at number 3 on English TV this week with 9.2 million views; Season 1 came in at number 10 with 1.3 million views. There was also a lot of love for South Africa Umjolo: Day Oneswhich secured fourth place among non-English language films with an impressive 2 million views.

Fittingly, Christmas spirit was strong during the holiday week This Christmas (No. 3 in English films, 11.9 million views), Black pigeons (No. 5 on English TV, 5.4 million views) and Our little secret (No. 7 in English films, 7 million views) all leave an impression.

The fans also expected a lot of drama, including from Norway La Palma remains at number 2 on non-English television (12.2 million views) and on Korean television When the phone rings at number 4 (4.4 million views). Colombia One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part One left behind #6 (1.8 million views) and the Brazil limited series Senna rounded out its fifth week on the list at No. 8 with 1.4 million views.

In this home stretch of the year, the spectators were thrilled by Belgium ferry 2 (#1 in non-English language films, 6.1 million views), enough to launch the film’s 2021 predecessor, ferry, with 1.4 million views in 8th place. Many also used Italy The children’s train (No. 3 in non-English language films, 2.3 million views) and India Yo Yo Honey Singh: Famous – a documentary about the famous singer, music producer and actor – which achieved 1.1 million views (#10 for non-English language films).

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