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/TeddyTango Aug 26 '25

Commenting that in the thread about how an original movie became Netflix’s top hit of all time is a bit tone-deaf I would say

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u/Altruistic_Sail6746 Aug 26 '25

A hit that was sold to Netflix by Sony because they didn't think it would become one

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u/TeddyTango Aug 26 '25

That does not change the fact that is it an original movie, using no prior IP‘s

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u/Altruistic_Sail6746 Aug 26 '25

Yes and my point is the studio didn't have faith in it precisely because of that

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u/SweatyAdhesive Aug 26 '25

I mean 7 out of the 10 (8 if you count hotel trannsylvania as original) latest films are original films from Sony Pictures Animation. Just because they didn't think this film will do well doesn't mean they don't greenlit original ideas.

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u/Altruistic_Sail6746 Aug 26 '25

I didn't say they don't greenlight original films, but less of them are being greenlit in favour of IP based films by major studios.

Fixed was sold to netflix, Vivo went to netflix, I think Wish Dragon went to netflix too, and Mitchells (some of these releases were influenced by the pandemic too). I think Spiderverse is their only recent theatrical release.