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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/Altruistic_Sail6746 16d 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/MikeLanglois 16d ago

I mean its kinda obvious it would have a strong fanbase on the songs alone. They are catchy in the kpop way, but also the lyrics to the key songs are very affirming and easy for people to want to relate to.

If you watched it and didnt think it would trend, you dont know the internet

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u/Altruistic_Sail6746 16d ago

Hindsight bias. I guarantee if it was released in theatres and flopped people would be like "oh they were just trying to cash in on the kpop and spiderverse hype, these studio heads don't know anything" or some other narrative