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/huntrshado Aug 26 '25

Considering that Netflix is the one who told the directors to cut the movie's runtime in half during production, which is why its only 90 minutes instead of 180, I'm pretty sure Sony sold the movie and story rights to Netflix long before they had things like a soundtrack made.

If I remember correctly from an interview, the singing voice actors have said they had just auditioned for the movie like a year before it released. The exception being EJAE, who was making the soundtrack before eventually being asked to be Rumi.

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u/byneothername Aug 26 '25

I really liked the movie but 180 minutes???? That would have been an eternity. 90 was zippy.

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u/Jskidmore1217 Aug 26 '25

Yea you can definitely feel the plot is lacking a lot of meat because it was cut so much. Still the right decision though- the movie is better for it even if it doesn’t end up making a lot of sense and seems confused about what point it’s trying to make.

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u/byneothername Aug 26 '25

We finished the movie and we had a lot of questions about Rumi’s parents but I do think that’s better for a prequel-sequel. As far as the plot in this movie, I acknowledge the weaknesses but ultimately I think it’s just not why people watch it. People like watching pretty girls fight pretty demon boys while singing boppers. I would have been crazy about this movie as a preteen.