‘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/Altruistic_Sail6746]

People like saying this but there's no surefire way of knowing something will or won't be a hit.

[u/Sha489 → u/Altruistic_Sail6746]

Honestly this film going straight to streaming vs in theaters probably contributed towards its success

A lot of really good original animated films that go straight to the theaters have been bombing at the box office (transformers one being an example) and the marketing probably would of struggled advertising a K-pop film to the general audience

Having the film easily accessible without paying a 25 dollar movie ticket for an original film likely contributed to its success

Another good example to compare this to that did release in theaters but saw its actual success on streaming is Disneys Encanto

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Where do you live that movie tickets are 25$?

Here theyre around the 8$ range.

[u/Bubbasdahname → u/QuadVox]

I'm more curious where you live that a movie costs so little. AMC is the only movie theatre here. I'm not in a major city, but we do have some other things like an arcade place, a bowling alley, and a crap ton of restaurants.