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Stranger Things Finale Premieres Today on Netflix With Limited Big-Screen Showings

Netflix is timing the feature-length capstone for a 5 p.m. PT global drop to turn New Year's Eve into a shared viewing event.

Overview

  • The concluding episode, titled The Rightside Up, runs about 2 hours 8 minutes and closes the five-season storyline.
  • Release times follow Pacific Time, landing at 8 p.m. ET in the U.S., 7 p.m. in Mexico, 8 p.m. in Peru and 2 a.m. on January 1 in Spain.
  • Select cinemas in the United States and Canada will present limited screenings concurrent with the streaming debut.
  • Netflix released a final trailer ahead of the launch, underscoring the event-style rollout for the series’ conclusion.
  • Creators Matt and Ross Duffer have framed the ending as the payoff to a decade of planning that resolves key questions after Volume 2 drew lower audience scores.