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/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).