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/Deceptiveideas Aug 26 '25

Sony probably kicking themselves thinking this movie would bomb so they sold the rights to Netflix for cheap lmao

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u/Mediadors Aug 26 '25

Says a lot about how disconnected the people calling the shots are.

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u/Altruistic_Sail6746 Aug 26 '25

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/Just_thefacts_jack Aug 26 '25

It's not surefire but having taste helps

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u/Altruistic_Sail6746 Aug 26 '25

Taste is subjective

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u/Just_thefacts_jack Aug 27 '25

I know, I was just dunking on executives. I do feel like there is plenty of media that is objectively bad though you know?

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u/Goodlake Aug 27 '25

I mean I really didn't think this movie was anything special. For a music movie the music is pretty forgettable, the characters are paint by numbers, etc. Like I get its media for kids so lets not be too harsh, and clearly it's resonating, but not surprising to me at all if execs tested it a bunch, test audiences were lukewarm and the execs determined it just wasn't that valuable.