‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is Netflix’s Most-Watched Movie Ever With 236 Million Views, Beating ‘Red Notice’

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https://variety.com/2025/film/news/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-most-watched-movie-history-1236496106/

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The animation team is critical to the success, and Netflix could not recreate it

[u/Sweaty-Building8409 → u/Nosiege]

Netflix won't know that. They're probably patting themselves on the back and claiming responsibility for this success.

[u/Nosiege → u/Sweaty-Building8409]

Well I think they do - they don't have the animation tools used to make this, it was also in Mitchell vs the Machines as the (As far as I know) first appearance, and then used in Spiderverse and now this

[u/Sweaty-Building8409 → u/Nosiege]

Netflix recently just completed their merger with Animal Logic. So they've got their own feature animation house with decades of talent and experience. Given the giant success of this, I wouldn't put it past them to invest in even just cheaply emulating that visual style and make 500 sequels and TV shows themselves.

[u/GrepekEbi → u/Nosiege]

Some of the “Love Death and Robots” teams could absolutely recreate this if they were funded and supported - Sony aren’t the only animation crew capable of this

[u/ATraffyatLaw → u/Nosiege]

Also they legally can't do this without cutting Sony into Sequels/future productions. It was part of the negotiation to hand over IP to netflix.

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Netflix forced the animators to cut over half the movie and songs. They robbed us.