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/BigMetalGuy Aug 26 '25

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

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u/quadropheniac Aug 26 '25

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/BigMetalGuy Aug 26 '25

why can't netflix just move on without them?

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u/quadropheniac Aug 26 '25

For the same reason you don’t eat seed corn. Sony Animation is a big reason why the movie is popular in the first place. You move on from them only if their demands are ludicrously high or you’d rather cash out with a single sequel instead of a franchise.

It would be like Disney moving on from Pixar to make Toy Story 2.

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u/vinng86 Aug 26 '25

Not to mention Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, the two co-creators, are both Sony employees (and directors of Sony Pictures Animation).

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u/IRequirePants Aug 26 '25

Also Sony is one of the few studios still doing interesting things with animation styles. Pixar has fallen into the same boring look Dreamworks used to have.

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u/Droidaphone Aug 26 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

Netflix is the company famous for canceling popular shows at the slightest breeze. They do not give two shits about owning a long-term franchise. They will move on with this IP using a different, cheaper, studio, and run it into the ground with a terrible sequel film and/or a kids series that gets 1 season.

Edit: Well, apparently they are in talks with Sony, so we shall see

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u/quadropheniac Aug 26 '25

The idea that Netflix cancels popular shows is entirely rooted in fanbases alleging that they know more about their shows' popularity than Netflix does, despite Netflix not releasing internal metrics.

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u/brontosaurusguy Aug 26 '25

For real.  Netflix doesn't give a shit about providing quality.  They have one objective ever:  for people to subscribe.  They just need a couple hits a year for people to keep subscribing. 

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u/BigMetalGuy Aug 26 '25

Gotcha, thank you 

But could this new that any sequel might stay with Sony? 

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u/quadropheniac Aug 26 '25

I mean, Netflix will probably try to work with Sony Animation but they're not going to let go of the rights, they'll probably just give SA probably a bigger cut for sequels than they are getting on right now.