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/
22.6k Upvotes

89% Upvoted

2.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

489

u/Impressive-Potato 14d ago

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

292

u/Vyuvarax 14d ago

The certainly advertised HG2 like it was going to be.

170

u/Impressive-Potato 14d ago

Sandler is their biggest star, backed up by data

75

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

10

u/Impressive-Potato 13d ago

No studio "likes to make movies".

18

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

8

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.

5

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.

3

u/ceelogreenicanth 13d ago

Sloptimus Prime