KPop Demon Hunters Is the Most Popular Netflix Movie Ever

KPop Demon Hunters is officially the astir fashionable movie connected Netflix...ever.

This comes from information shared by Netflix, which says that KPop Demon Hunters gained 25.4 cardinal caller views from August 18 done 24, for a expansive full of 236 cardinal views since it dropped connected Netflix successful June.

Even much astonishingly, the movie has seen a diminution successful assemblage numbers of astir 0% implicit 3 consecutive weeks; a singular feat for virtually immoderate movie, adjacent the biggest hits. Deadline reports that it expects its viewership to summation successful the coming week, acknowledgment to KPop Demon Hunters The Sing-Along Event getting its viewership efficaciously packed successful with the movie adjacent though they're antithetic titles.

In July, KPop Demon Hunters became the most-watched animated Netflix movie of each time.

KPop Demon Hunters pushed Red Notice, astatine 230.9 cardinal views, into 2nd place, wherever it's followed by Carry-On, Don't Look Up, and The Adam Project. For conscionable past week, it was followed up successful 2nd spot by Night Always Comes astatine 12.3 cardinal views, followed by Welcome to Sudden Death, My Oxford Year, and Home.

If you're unfamiliar with the caller craze, KPop Demon Hunters is simply a Sony Pictures Animation movie pursuing Korean popular set Huntrix, a trio who moonlight as, well, demon hunters trying to halt an evil demon king from devouring humanity. In our 8/10 review, we called it a "spectacular animated enactment musical" and a "terrific directorial debut for animator Maggie Kang."

Netflix is preparing to capitalize connected the film's occurrence with plans for a live-action remake, a signifier musical, sequels, and more, seemingly already referring to the franchise arsenic its ain "Frozen". A peculiar sing-along mentation of the movie dropped earlier this week, with in-person theatrical showings taking spot this past play astatine a fig of theaters.

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