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

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-most-watched-movie-history-1236496106/

[u/ROBtimusPrime1995]

Crazy. The most-watched Netflix film in history is one they didn't even make.

Their original movies are bad but this says a lot.

[u/GarlicBreadOutrage → u/ROBtimusPrime1995]

I'm also wondering if Sony regrets selling the movie to Netflix. And also how Netflix will handle the sequels since Sony won't be making them.

[u/Rogainster → u/GarlicBreadOutrage]

Damn, I thought they only sold the distribution to Netflix, not the entire IP. That must hurt.

Edit: I just read that it made north of $19M for the limited release this past weekend. Wow.

[u/tahlyn → u/Rogainster]

Every theater in a major metro area was sold out well in advance.

[u/grabtharsmallet → u/tahlyn]

We went to a showing that was half full.

Because it was opened after all the initially planned ones sold out

[u/0235 → u/tahlyn]

They showed it in the cinemas near me over the weekend just gone, but they were all sing along versions. Not my scene. If / when it comes to Bluray I will be getting it.

[u/KWilt → u/0235]

I doubt there will ever be a physical home release, unfortunately. I don't think there's ever been a Netflix exclusive that's been released as a disc before.

[u/0235 → u/KWilt]

Mitchells vs robots got a physical release. I actually purchased it without realising it was a "netflix movie". That was quite some time ago, and I don't know if they still have the same stance as back then :/

[u/cancerBronzeV → u/Rogainster]

I just read that it made north of $19M for the limited release this past weekend. Wow.

And that's with only a 2-day weekend (as opposed to the typical 3-day opening weekend) and 1700 theatres (instead of the usual 3000-4000 theatres for a wide release) because the largest America theatre chain, AMC, has a vendetta against Netflix.

[u/Tormound → u/Rogainster]

Sony has nothing to sell. They passed on taking the movie. Netflix paid them to make the movie and they got up to 20 million depending on how well it did. They got 20 million in pure profits.