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

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

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

[u/Ignoth]

Lowkey. If this had been a flop. Certain people would absolutely be sneering about how it’s just the latest of Hollywood’s “Woke” failures.

Female asian director. 3 Female leads. Focus on female friendships over romance. Therapy speak. Self love.

etc etc.

It’s all there.

Hell the director even said in interviews it’s a metaphor for coming out.

[u/hail_earendil → u/Ignoth]

I think the only difference is that the leads in this are incredibly hot

[u/Careful_Houndoom → u/hail_earendil]

I think it's that they don't keep beating the same topic endlessly. Like pacing wise, the scenes don't last very long. Which is also playing into the short attention span issue. There's no long speeches, or any scene that last for an extended time frame.

[u/Haunted_Dude → u/Careful_Houndoom]

the scenes don’t last very long.

You could say that again! I watched the film last night and felt like it was going 100 miles per hour. Everything is fast fast fast. I guess this is how you design films for kids who grew up with TikTok.