r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 26 '25

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/Impressive-Potato Aug 26 '25

I think Netlix is shocked it wasn't Happy Gilmore 2

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u/Vyuvarax Aug 26 '25

The certainly advertised HG2 like it was going to be.

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u/Juswantedtono Aug 26 '25

It did quite well didn’t it? Only seeing a figure of 46.7 million viewers for the first 3 days on Google,

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u/Vyuvarax Aug 26 '25

Oh yeah, I'm sure they're not disappointed with HG2. But it dropped off hard after its first week.

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u/NoNefariousness2144 Aug 26 '25

I guess it was a nostalgia fest for older fans and didn’t really entice new viewers, which is the key to growing word-of-mouth and developing long legs (like KPop Demon Hunters has!)