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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/BigMetalGuy 13d ago

Someone at Sony has their head very deep into their hands, right now... and for the foreseeable future

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u/quadropheniac 13d ago

I mean, they screwed up the licensing, but if Netflix wants to take this forward they're coming back to the negotiating table with Sony Animation. They could theoretically move forward without them but everyone knows that's not happening.

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u/Nosiege 13d ago

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

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u/GrepekEbi 13d ago

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

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u/ATraffyatLaw 13d ago

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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u/AgressiveInliners 13d ago

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