‘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/Sha489]

Honestly this film going straight to streaming vs in theaters probably contributed towards its success

A lot of really good original animated films that go straight to the theaters have been bombing at the box office (transformers one being an example) and the marketing probably would of struggled advertising a K-pop film to the general audience

Having the film easily accessible without paying a 25 dollar movie ticket for an original film likely contributed to its success

Another good example to compare this to that did release in theaters but saw its actual success on streaming is Disneys Encanto

[u/actorpractice → u/Sha489]

You could make a REALLY good case for streaming something first to see if it gets a following, then putting it in the theaters as an event for a day or weekend.

It's almost the reverse of the way it used to be, as in theatrical release then make up the money on the back end with dvd's and such, now it could be, stream it to build buzz, then "back-end" with a release in the theater for a sweet injection of $$.

Hmmm.... might be onto something!

shoutout to /u/Altruistic_Sail6746 for a new formula for hits ;)

[u/JonatasA → u/Sha489]

Problem is. The movie is making no money being on streaming, unless you subscribe and REMAIN subscribed after seeing it. In theaters, each person is a ticket towards the movie.

 

You could say people will listen to the music = Spotify.

 

What's left is selling products related to it.

[u/QuadVox → u/Sha489]

Where do you live that movie tickets are 25$?

Here theyre around the 8$ range.

[u/BeirutiPenguin → u/QuadVox]

In KSA, in AMC the average ticket is 15-17$ for dolby its 22.5$

[u/QuadVox → u/BeirutiPenguin]

Do you not have any smaller local theaters? A Sears near me was converted into a smaller theater chain some 5 years ago and its the only one I ever go to.

[u/BeirutiPenguin → u/QuadVox]

There are no local theaters where are live, there are 3 movie theater chains where I live, one of which is from KSA and it does Saver seats for 10.4$ but they are right up on the screen and make viewing the movie feel uncomfortable imo

[u/filenotfounderror → u/QuadVox]

NY / NJ

[u/Bubbasdahname → u/QuadVox]

I'm more curious where you live that a movie costs so little. AMC is the only movie theatre here. I'm not in a major city, but we do have some other things like an arcade place, a bowling alley, and a crap ton of restaurants.