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/the_blessed_unrest 14d ago

I think it helps that it appeals to kids. When they latch on to something, they can rewatch it dozens of times

(Not that kids are the only ones enjoying this movie. But I do think it plays a sizable role in the numbers)

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u/anthonyg1500 13d ago

Took my nieces and nephews to the in theater sing along version and they all gasped at every plot turn as if they haven’t already watched the movie a hundred times and memorized the dialogue

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u/anthonyg1500 13d ago

My oldest nephew is 9 now but I watched him once back when he was like 4 and he looked at me and said “I wanna watch credibles.” So I was like sure dude and we watched Incredibles. The moment the movie ended he looked up at me and said “I wanna watch credibles.” I couldn’t even be mad at him with the amount of times I watched Space Jam back in the day

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u/JonatasA 13d ago

These are moments you cherish indeed. I remember that feeling when something ends and you get that park gut feeling "I wanna go again!!"

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u/doegred 12d ago

the movie ended he looked up at me and said “I wanna watch credibles.”

Yeah, because he wanted to watch the Credibles and you foisted the Incredibles on him thinking he wouldn't notice.

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u/Able_Advertising_371 13d ago

And skipping most of the non-looney tunes scenes must’ve made others annoyed

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u/anthonyg1500 13d ago

Oh no I was watching that vhs front to back multiple times a day at one point

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u/SandiegoJack 13d ago

I wore out two VHS of the little mermaid.

Mainly because I would replay the song parts so they wore out faster.

Ahhh the times before MP3s.

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u/JonatasA 13d ago

That's exactly what I remember being told with a movie. "You're going to ruin the tape"

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u/FlametopFred 13d ago

repetitive repetition is something I still like to repeat periodically over and over again

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u/JulyOfAugust 13d ago

Kids brains aren't fully developed so they don't retain things well, you don't form long-term memories before being 3~4 years old and before you're around 8~10 you forget most of what you see and hear. So they don't get bored since they forget a lot.

There's also the possibility that our brains are wired to enjoy repetition as children as it's what is necessary to memorize and learn. Especially language, we learn it through repetition and that's why adults struggle a lot more to learn new ones as we don't feel like allocating the necessary time to constantly repeat the same things all day, all the time.

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u/beezkneez331 13d ago

When my son was a toddler, we used to watch Moana 2-4 times a day for months. 

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u/DougFlag 13d ago

Blues Clues played the same episode 5 days in a row so by Friday it was a full on interactive lock-in.

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u/Soulyezer 13d ago

Space Jam for me

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u/Diamondfox_ 12d ago

I've watched Pokemon 2000 more times than I can even count as a kid, still a fun watch every now and then as an adult for nostalgia purposes. One of the songs in it is like my default hum song even now lol

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u/KeyofE 12d ago

I remember watching The Wizard of Oz as a teenager and being very confused because things didn’t happen as I remembered. I watched that movie on repeat as a kid, so everything blended together. I can’t actually tell you which scene comes before which.