'Stranger Things 5' breaks record: it is the biggest premiere of an English-language Netflix series

There were those who claimed that the popularity of Stranger Things had declined, and that the three-year wait for the premiere of the fifth season was going to affect its impact on the platform, but… the verdict has been quite the opposite.

The debut of Stranger Things 5 achieved a record in Netflixwith the premiere of Volume 1 last Wednesday, November 26. During its first five days of broadcast, Stranger Things 5 reached 59.6 million views.

This brand the best opening week audience ever for a Netflix English-language seriesy third best overall –in any language–, only surpassed by seasons 2 and 3 of the Korean series Squid Game.

For context:

The audience at the premiere of Stranger Thing 4released on the platform in May 2022, recorded a premiere of 287 million hours watchedremembering that at that time, the streamer measured the audience by time and not by views.

If we convert those 287 million hours into the current measurement system, we would have approximately 22 million viewsand although it is a lower figure than the 59.6 million views of Stranger Things 5we must highlight that the fourth season counted three days of views, not five days like the most recent one. Still, it represents an increase of 171%.

Prior to the release of Volume 1, the previous four seasons of Stranger Thingsentered Netflix's Top 10, marking the first time that a series has had four different seasons on the list: the fifth season stayed at number 1, the first season in third place with 8.9 million views, the fourth in fifth place with 6.1 million views, the second in sixth place with 5.6 million views, and the third season in eighth place with 4.6 million views.

The series makes its long-awaited return in three parts, starting with the release of Volume 1 con the first four episodes (Wednesday, November 26), then on Volume 2 with the next three episodes the December 25and the end of the series Volume 3he December 31 with a chapter of two hours and 5 minutes long.

There will be 8 episodes in total.

SCHEDULES FOR LATIN AMERICA

Each volume will premiere sharp at 5:00 pm PTthat is to say, 7:00 pm, Central Mexico time.

Here we share the schedule for Latin American countries:

• Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica: 7:00 pm
• Peru, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador: 8:00 pm
• Venezuela, Bolivia, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico: 9:00 pm
• Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil: 10:00 pm

Stranger Things 5 It begins shortly after the events of the fourth season, after Vecna ​​left Max in a coma and with the arrival of the Upside Down to Hawkins. The villain's plans to destroy the barrier between the Upside Down and the real worldcame true at the conclusion of season 4.

The plot is set in it fall 1987, one year later to the events of the fourth season.

SYNOPSIS STRANGER THINGS 5:

“Hawkins is marked by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes share the same goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has disappeared, with his whereabouts and plans unknown. To complicate their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified the search for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will's disappearance approaches, an intense and familiar fear looms. The final battle loomsand with it, a more powerful and deadly darkness than any they have faced before. To end this nightmare, they'll need everyone, the entire group, to come together, one last time.“.

Matt y Ross Dufferlos Duffer Brothersare the creators, executive producers and showrunners of the series.

The main cast is back for the final season:

Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Sadie Sink, Maya Hawke, Joe Keery, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Priah Ferguson, Jamie Campbell Bower, Cara Buono, Joe Chrest, Paul Riser, Brett Gelmanand new faces of the series such as Nell Fisher (Evil Dead Rise) as Holly Wheeler, Jake Connelly like Derek Turnbrow, Alex  Breaux like Lt. Akers, and the iconic Linda Hamilton (Terminator) as Dr. Kay, a military leader.

Matt y Ross Duffer, Frank Darabont y Shawn Levy They are the directors of the fifth season. The script for the season was written by the Duffers, Paul Dichter, Curtis Gwinn, Caitlin Schneiderhan and Kate Trefry.

At the end Stranger Things42 episodes in total will have been broadcast over a period of 9 years. The first season premiered on the platform in 2016.