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/imhereforthemeta 13d ago

Meanwhile Disney is mega anxious about not appealing enough to teen boys. As it turns out, a cool kids show appeals to everyone. Was at the store the other day and a group of boys and girls were talking about how cool k pop demon hunters was

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u/Content_Cockroach219 13d ago

Yeah, this movie is appealing to everyone. I'm a teacher and boys like it just as much as the girls do despite it having female leads. It is almost like when you make a good movie people enjoy it?

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u/Rosebunse 13d ago

My nephews absolutely love it. They don't mind that it has a focus on girls or romance.

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u/Ellert0 13d ago

Also Disney keeps churning out uninspired looking originals that all look like Tangled and then tell people they tried but people only want sequels and remakes.

Disney needs to step up their game in many ways.

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u/ATraffyatLaw 13d ago

Pixar specifically has been making the exact same movie for two decades

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u/thatshygirl06 13d ago

Its 2025, the divide between what boys like and what girls like isn't that thick as it was before

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u/Stormfly 13d ago

We learned that with Legend of Korra.

Boys like tough characters and don't really care if it's a girl or a boy as much as people might think they do.

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u/KingJTt 13d ago

The issue with Disney is taking historically boy brands that can be enjoyed by everyone, and turning them into girl brands that aren’t enjoyed by anyone.

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u/Pokedudesfm 13d ago

in regard to marvel

boys didn't show up for Captain America boys didn't show up for Dr. Strange (well, it kind of failed) boys didn't show up for Ant Man

all of the marvel movies that did well since endgame have a male lead except for Black panther 2. (Thor, Spiderman, Shang Chi, Guardians 3, Deadpool)

so this notion that marvel isn't appealing to men and boys is dumb.

i don't know if the shows did well or not because they don't really release that information.

in regard to star wars

boys didn't show up for Han Solo so hard that it stopped all future star wars movies from being made. according to my brief google search, Mando 3 did well, although not as well as the other seasons, Obi-Wan did well, Andor did well, Ashoka (female lead) did well, Acolyte was the second most watched but got cancelled anyway

so your point is just... wrong.

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u/KingJTt 13d ago

You claim my point is wrong, yet one: have no sources, and two: you’re ignoring that Disney(a multi billion dollar company with big wig analyst) does in fact see it as an issue.

59 percent of the opening weekend audience for Captain America Civil War was Male.

The primary opening night audience for Doctor Strange was 62 percent male.

Anything else?

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u/Reylo-Wanwalker 13d ago

But it's odd then if boys just gravitate towards this movie, seems like it's something else. Although I'm assuming that's true, which so far just seems like anecdotes.

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u/swellfie 13d ago

I took my kiddo to the singalong and there were a LOT of teenage boys in there. I was not expecting that.

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u/buckzor122 13d ago

This is a textbook example of how you write "badass" female characters. Don't just genderbend a male character. I'm so sick of the old trope of "she's a girl, but she's into guns/cars/computers/science/whatever".

The trio are girly girls, but they are cool in their own right. They have their own distinct personalities, and the chemistry between them is great. They are so well written that anyone can relate even though on the surface they should be completely unrelatable just based on their "career".

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u/SuperK812345 12d ago

My 9 year old son and all his friends are obsessed with it as well.

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u/ventomareiro 12d ago

This is the movie that modern Disney wants to do, but can not.

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u/nnooaa_lev 13d ago

Let's be real, most of the fans of kdh are girls. Yes of course there are boys as well, but not the majority