Overview
- The concluding episode went live at 2:00 a.m. in Italy on January 1 and runs about 2 hours 5 minutes, streaming exclusively on Netflix in Italy under the title Il Mondo Reale.
- Netflix experienced a short disruption at the moment of release, with some users unable to access the platform for roughly a minute before service resumed.
- Select U.S. cinemas hosted special showings on New Year’s night, with about 1.1 million bookings and 3,500 sold-out screenings across 620 theaters.
- Season 5 has delivered outsized viewership, including 59.6 million views at the November debut and 34.5 million between December 22 and 28, topping Netflix worldwide that week.
- Creators Matt and Ross Duffer designed the season as a definitive conclusion, while the franchise continues with new projects such as the animated Tales From ’85.