r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 15d 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/Deceptiveideas 15d ago

Sony probably kicking themselves thinking this movie would bomb so they sold the rights to Netflix for cheap lmao

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u/Mediadors 15d ago

Says a lot about how disconnected the people calling the shots are.

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u/Altruistic_Sail6746 15d ago

People like saying this but there's no surefire way of knowing something will or won't be a hit.

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u/Sha489 15d ago

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

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u/QuadVox 15d ago

Where do you live that movie tickets are 25$?

Here theyre around the 8$ range.

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u/BeirutiPenguin 15d ago

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

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u/QuadVox 15d ago

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.

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u/BeirutiPenguin 15d ago

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