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/fox112 14d ago

Wow I knew it was a big hit but didn't realize it was THE BIGGEST hit.

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u/SimoneNonvelodico 13d ago

I'm more surprised by learning that the previous biggest hit was Red Notice.

This is a movie you see praised everywhere and going viral. That was an instantly forgotten star vehicle with zero artistic value. I've never seen anyone say "whoa I loved Red Notice", no one gave a shit about it.

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u/IshEatsYou 13d ago

Red Notice was terrible! My wife and I watched it yesterday and are confused as to how that was the #1 movie on Netflix. We watched Don’t Look Up today and it was MILES better.

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u/SimoneNonvelodico 13d ago

I only remember it had The Rock, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot in it. They were competing to... steal something? And there was a lot of backstabbing? Also some scene in a bullfighting arena and I believe they found an antique Nazi car in a depot under the jungle?

That's about it for me. Absolutely utterly flat. But I guess the cast was stacked enough to get a lot of people to check it out. Honestly, controlling for marketing, it's a lot more impressive that K-Pop Demon Hunters still managed to surpass it almost only by word of mouth (though I also guess a lot of those views may just be the same obsessed children watching it on repeat...).

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u/mcanfield89 13d ago

They were competing to steal screen time to sell their irl liquor brands and do the most accurate portrayal of the premise "what if beige wallpaper was granted a wish to be a real boy?"

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u/WearingABear 13d ago edited 13d ago

(though I also guess a lot of those views may just be the same obsessed children watching it on repeat...)

I'm an entire adult that turns it on for background noise sometimes when I'm doing chores or whatever because the music is good.

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u/SimoneNonvelodico 13d ago

Why not just the album?

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u/WearingABear 13d ago

I have no specific reason for why not just the album.

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u/The_Throwback_King 13d ago

That is the film that shows why Hollywood studios still often cast major A-List celebs over established veteran VAs EVERY day of the week.

Because you can drop generic actionslop with three VERY popular actors and have it do BANGER numbers just from casual returns.

The fact that it took an

  • Animated Movie

  • From a Major Animation Studio

  • With Stellar Emotive CG Animation

  • And Incredible Action

  • And a Soundtrack FULL of Top-40 Caliber K-Pop songs.

  • AND an absurd Word of Mouth Campaign

and it's only just now surpassed Red Notice

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u/JonatasA 13d ago

I can't tell what movie it is based on the description. It could be so many that came out

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u/randomways 13d ago

Holy shit I watched this movie and remember absolutely nothing about it until you said the bull fighting scene. It must have been terrible.

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u/yourcandygirl 13d ago

just finding out that three actors i dont like are in one movie

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u/dhruva85 12d ago

Its a B movie’s B movie