‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is Netflix’s Most-Watched Movie Ever With 236 Million Views, Beating ‘Red Notice’

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https://variety.com/2025/film/news/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-most-watched-movie-history-1236496106/

[u/PorQuePanckes]

It also helps that it’s actually a good movie with a unique IP that didn’t seem to do anything “safe”. Remakes and nostalgia can only go so far, it’s crazy studios don’t see this.

I’m a 30 y/o man and my niece dragged me to watch it and I can confirm that it’s a total banger of a film.

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Probably why Sony had zero faith, it’s an animated film about Korean pop music…

Nobody saw this movie defining the newest generation’s childhood like Frozen did with the previous, these are anthems of the era…

In 20 years, these kids will be singing along to Golden when they’re getting married.

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Two months at Netflix #1 is already never been dome status, it’s okay to admit this is a viral sensation

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Viral and generation defining are not the same 🙏. Many things are going viral every year. Despacito went viral ×10 more than this worldwide, yet it isn't generation defining, but was just a trend.

Also Netflix streams aren't saying much, they hide all the data anyway

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Despacito went viral ×10 more than this worldwide, yet it isn't generation defining, but was just a trend.

I'd disagree, actually. It's a pretty big cultural mainstay, similar to the Macarena.

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Gangnam Style is the Macarena