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The zombie-based actuality competitors recreation present sequence Zombieverse is returning for a brand new season on Netflix, with affirmation {that a} second season will quickly enter manufacturing.
Debuting on Netflix on August eighth, 2023, the present was set in Seoul and featured contestants who needed to put their survival abilities to the check after a zombie outbreak started, forcing them to compete in difficult quests.
The renewal got here in a single day by way of social media with Netflix’s devoted Ok-content account posted on X:
“ZOMBIEVERSE is renewed for Season 2!
The world is a zombieverse, and we’re all simply residing in it, proper?
Expect upgraded quests, enhanced zombies, a brand new solid, and an expanded universe.”
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How nicely did Zombieverse carry out on Netflix?
The present featured within the international Netflix prime 10s for a single week, the week of its launch, getting 14.3 million hours watched because the fifth highest ranked present within the Non-English sequence that week.
For the primary six days, then, that meant it obtained a viewing equal of 1.9 million folks watching it globally, which, as we wrote in our prime 10 report, isn’t extremely spectacular given the advertising push the present acquired.
According to FlixPatrol, the present featured within the South Korean prime 10s the longest for 17 days.
36 international locations featured the present of their prime 10s finally:
- Argentina – 1 days
- Brazil – 1 days
- France – 1 days
- New Caledonia – 1 days
- Pakistan – 1 days
- Reunion – 1 days
- Bahrain – 2 days
- Chile – 2 days
- Maldives – 2 days
- Nicaragua – 2 days
- Oman – 2 days
- Venezuela – 2 days
- Bangladesh – 3 days
- Colombia – 3 days
- Dominican Republic – 3 days
- Guatemala – 3 days
- Nigeria – 3 days
- Salvador – 3 days
- Honduras – 4 days
- Kuwait – 4 days
- Qatar – 4 days
- Saudi Arabia – 4 days
- Taiwan – 4 days
- United Arab Emirates – 4 days
- Mexico – 5 days
- Bolivia – 8 days
- Ecuador – 9 days
- Peru – 9 days
- Thailand – 10 days
- Vietnam – 10 days
- Indonesia – 12 days
- Hong-Kong – 13 days
- Malaysia – 13 days
- Singapore – 13 days
- Philippines – 14 days
- South Korea – 17 days
Reviews weren’t significantly sturdy for the sequence both, with it solely having a 4.4 on IMDb based mostly on lower than 1,000 critiques. ReadySteadyCut gave the sequence a usually constructive overview however did say there have been occasions it felt staged and scripted however concluded, “it has an interesting concept and tries to innovate the zombie genre.”
This isn’t the one actuality sequence from South Korea that’s been successful (or achieved nicely sufficient to justify one other season), with The Devil’s Plan and Physical: 100 each getting season 2 renewal orders and Single’s Inferno coming again for a 3rd season within the close to future.
For a whole listing of Netflix Originals returning for a brand new season – go to our renewals information web page.
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