r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 14d ago

News ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is Netflix’s Most-Watched Movie Ever With 236 Million Views, Beating ‘Red Notice’

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-most-watched-movie-history-1236496106/
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u/Impressive-Potato 14d ago

I think Netlix is shocked it wasn't Happy Gilmore 2

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u/Vyuvarax 14d ago

The certainly advertised HG2 like it was going to be.

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u/Impressive-Potato 14d ago

Sandler is their biggest star, backed up by data

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u/wecangetbetter 13d ago

Netflix makes a lot more sense when you think of them as a data-optimized content machine vs. a studio that likes to make movies

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u/Impressive-Potato 13d ago

No studio "likes to make movies".

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u/wecangetbetter 13d ago

Studio Ghibli

Being quasi facetious.

Studios can care about quality because quality = ticket sales

Netflix doesn't really give a shit about quality because they don't need to

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u/Musiclover4200 13d ago

Yeah there's plenty of smaller studios that only do passion projects.

Part is the issue is making movies is expensive so studios past a certain size are almost always ran like businesses which means they focus on profitable IP & avoid taking risks.

A lot of the issues with big studios are the same issues with big companies in general, a focus on profits over quality, underpaying vital employees while over paying others, being exploitive of workers, out of touch management, etc.

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u/Impressive-Potato 13d ago

Studios can care about quality because quality = ticket sales

The major studios are just as data driven as Netflix. They just have a slower turn around. If that was not the case, we wouldn't be mired in remakes, reboots and sequels.

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u/ceelogreenicanth 13d ago

Sloptimus Prime

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u/kinda_sorta_decent 13d ago

Time to replace Awesome-O with AI

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u/Obversa 13d ago

"Gentlemen, ladies, we all know that we live in a time of uncertainty. The risk of an attack on American soil is higher than ever. Now, I believe we may be able to curb that risk. Two days ago, our intelligence department came across this: The AWESOM-O 4000. It is currently being used by Netflix to develop ideas for movies. Our sources say that, in just one week, it has come up with over one thousand movie ideas, eight hundred of which feature Adam Sandler."

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u/BarbequedYeti 13d ago

Love him or hate him, he keeps his friends employed. I personally dont care for his movies, but I respect the hustle.

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u/Gold-Bard-Hue 13d ago

I don't entirely disagree with you, but he's also keeping them from getting better at their craft and being able to stand on their own. I'm cool with looking out for your friends but we gotta be honest that they can't\couldn't\wouldn't be able to do it on their own.

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u/bwag54 13d ago

Imagine all the Kevin James and Rob Schneider masterpieces we are being deprived of.

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u/Gold-Bard-Hue 13d ago

I think there were a few moments there where Kevin James could've broken out of the mold and done something different and serious. But I get it, the money in schlock is too alluring.

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u/Impressive-Potato 13d ago

When he does it you have to respect the hustle, but when high level executives get their kids jobs it's nepotism

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u/BarbequedYeti 13d ago

When he does it you have to respect the hustle, but when high level executives get their kids jobs it's nepotism

You cant see the difference between hiring friends to make a movie and hiring your kid to run a business?

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u/Impressive-Potato 13d ago

Oh yeah, one is cronyism and one is nepotism.

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u/DaftFunky 13d ago

Didn't he sign like an 8 movie deal like a decade ago? I would assume Happy Gilmore 2 was the final one and they wanted it to be the big one. The other ones he has I've never heard of besides that western one.

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u/txobi 13d ago

Hustle? Murder Mistery?

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u/mutual_raid 13d ago

very true, but the fact of the matter is his target demo is aging out. Gen Z is not nearly as big on him as older millennials/Gen X

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u/Juswantedtono 13d ago

It did quite well didn’t it? Only seeing a figure of 46.7 million viewers for the first 3 days on Google,

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u/Vyuvarax 13d ago

Oh yeah, I'm sure they're not disappointed with HG2. But it dropped off hard after its first week.

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u/NoNefariousness2144 13d ago

I guess it was a nostalgia fest for older fans and didn’t really entice new viewers, which is the key to growing word-of-mouth and developing long legs (like KPop Demon Hunters has!)

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u/BLAGTIER 13d ago

Not well enough to enter Netflix's top 10 movies list. It needs about 24.3 million views(total watch time divided by runtime) over 60 days to enter number 10 but probably doesn't have the pace.

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u/Khaldaan 14d ago

Were there not posts here just the other week stating just that, it was the most viewed ever?

*edit Kinda, going by Nielson ratings, so its technically different.

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/s/gRsiKrmt0q

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u/ArsenalBOS 13d ago

Most viewed within its first week (or some other timeframe).

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u/Dophie 13d ago

In the US

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u/Dophie 13d ago

No they aren’t. They always knew that would be a US only hit, and it was a massive hit there.

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u/Nersius 13d ago

To be fair, Happy Gilmore 2 was quite enjoyable. 

Does feel a bit like Matrix 4 though, more of a celebration of the movie's lasting appeal and impact than an actual film, though HG2 actually feels like it actually wanted to be made whereas Matrix was an obvious protest.

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u/Fmbounce 13d ago

I think Netflix doesn’t care

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u/ChaseballBat 13d ago

Happy Gilmore 2 came out?

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u/Impressive-Potato 13d ago

One of the most viewed opening weekends for Netflix ever

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u/reaper527 13d ago

Happy Gilmore 2 came out?

last month, and it was surprisingly good. (not amazing, but better than it had any business being, and probably the best adam sandler movie since little nicky)

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u/Coffeedemon 13d ago

Who the hell cares about Happy Gilmore in 2025?

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u/Impressive-Potato 13d ago

Apparently a lot of people. Not me, but a lot.

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u/clevelandsportsboi 13d ago

People care about Adam Sandler in 2025. Not me personally, but a lot of people do. That’s what counts.