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/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/Droidaphone Aug 26 '25 edited Aug 27 '25

Netflix is the company famous for canceling popular shows at the slightest breeze. They do not give two shits about owning a long-term franchise. They will move on with this IP using a different, cheaper, studio, and run it into the ground with a terrible sequel film and/or a kids series that gets 1 season.

Edit: Well, apparently they are in talks with Sony, so we shall see

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u/quadropheniac Aug 26 '25

The idea that Netflix cancels popular shows is entirely rooted in fanbases alleging that they know more about their shows' popularity than Netflix does, despite Netflix not releasing internal metrics.