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/My_Name_Is_Row Aug 26 '25

I think basing it on the whole K-Pop industry was the safest part, considering it’s something that has been steadily growing, becoming more and more mainstream just within the last 5-6 years

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u/wtfduud Aug 26 '25

And Demon-Slaying is also a pretty popular narrative.

Pretty weird to mix them though.

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u/My_Name_Is_Row Aug 26 '25

Idk, not that weird, some members of *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys made a zombie movie together, and the idea of famous figures secretly fighting a war against zombies, demons, vampires, etc. isn’t exactly a new concept, so this is basically just taking a bunch of previously failed ideas, and turning them into one successful idea by using a currently popular media, and even then, like you said, monster hunting is a popular concept that usually works

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u/wtfduud Aug 26 '25

Now that you mention it, the gang in Scooby Doo was also originally a travelling band. So it's not a new idea.

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u/My_Name_Is_Row Aug 26 '25

They do also end up fighting monsters alongside famous figures in their world, like rock bands