Squid Game in pounds revealed after season 2 returns more blood-thirsty than ever-Andrew Gaudion and Asyia Iftikhar-Entertainment – Metro

Netflix’s most popular show, Squid Game, has returned for a second season with the stakes higher (and bloodier) than ever.

The first season, which came out in 2021 topped Netflix’s global charts with an astonishing 265,200,000 views, dethroning Bridgerton at the time and even outpacing Jenna Ortega’s series Wednesday which trails at second.

The thrilling drama – created by Hwang Dong-hyuk – follows desperate individuals as they compete to win billions by taking part in a deadly competition.

If they manage to beat their fellow competitors, they can win a cash prize of ₩45.6 billion won – however, if they lose, they will meet a gruesome end.

The premise proved so popular that Neftlix even hosted a real-life Squid Game – minus the grisly deaths of course – to secure a reduced (but still life-changing) $4.56million (£3.6million).

Now the show has returned for a second inning as Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) re-enters the life-and-death contest, many fans are still wondering just how much 45.6 billion won is in pounds and dollars.

We have answers right here…

Squid Game is returning for a second season, with just as much money at stake (Picture: No Ju-han/Netflix)

How much is the Squid Game prize money in pounds (GDP)?

In the show, 456 debt-ridden people are chosen to take part in the games.

Each player is worth one hundred million won, amounting to 45.6 billion in total.

More cash is added to the pot every time a player dies, enticing the competitors to push on, while persuading them to turn on one another.

The South Korean won is the official currency of South Korea, with one won equalling 0.00055 GBP, at the time of writing.

That means the 45.6 billion prize money would convert to £24,857,928.00 – just under £25million.

While that may not sound as much as 45.6 billion, it is still a massive sum of money that can completely transform someone’s life – much like the characters in the show who are in desperate need.

But would it be enough to convince you to enter the games?

What is 45.6 billion Won worth in USD?

How much would it take for you to enter the Squid Game? (Picture: Netflix)

For viewers watching the show in the US, the figure is slightly different.

One won equals 0.00068 US dollars, which means the prize money would equal $31,098, 649.49 – an equally nice sum of just over $30million

In any currency, there is a lot of money on the line for the players of Squid Game, a prize many contestants are willing to die – and kill – for.

What happened to the 45.6 billion won in season 1?

In season one Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) battles through the notorious Red Light Green Light challenge, perfectly cutting a shape out of a honeycomb, tug of war, marbles and a deathly bridge before facing the titular Squid Game.

Squid Game has quickly become one of Netflix’s most popular shows(Picture: Youngkyu Park/Netflix)

All while watching his friends and allies be picked off one by one.

In the end, the player, who is in crippling debt to a group of loan sharks, bitterly rises victorious. But the horrors he has faced fuel a new kind of bloodlust and he returns to the Squid Game arena to take his revenge in season two.

Metro’s four-star review reads: ‘The sensation that Squid Game created when it first launched was far beyond anything that anyone could have predicted. And with season two, it will definitely blow audiences away once again.’

Squid Game season one and two are available to stream on Netflix now

This article was first published on October 15, 2021.

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