KPop: Demon Hunters‘ recognition simply retains “going up up up” because the weekend field workplace monitoring suggests the Netflix singalong launch might take the primary spot on the field workplace. Since debuting on the streaming platform on June 20, 2025, KPop: Demon Hunters has grow to be the shock hit of the summer time, breaking a number of data, together with Netflix’s most seen animated movie, and its unique songs have damaged out on streaming and into the Billboard charts. Because the summer time film season wound down, a two-day restricted launch of KPop: Demon Hunters was introduced, and it might give Netflix its first field workplace champion.
Deadline stories that Kpop: Demon Hunters is at present monitoring a $15+ million opening weekend, sturdy sufficient to beat Weapons in its third weekend and take the primary spot. Whereas these totals will match the gross of Netflix’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller, this might mark the primary time a Netflix Authentic movie has opened at Quantity One on the field workplace. That is all of the extra spectacular given the film is just taking part in in 1,700 theaters and AMC, the world’s largest theater chain, is not holding any screenings. A separate Hollywood Reporter article famous that 1,100 KPop: Demon Hunters screenings have offered out as of Aug. 21, 2025. The attention-grabbing query might be whether or not Netflix, which historically would not report field workplace numbers, will change coverage for Kpop: Demon Hunters.
‘KPop: Demon Hunters’ Has Dominated the Summer season Film Season
In a summer time dominated by blockbusters like Superman, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Lilo & Sew, and The Incredible 4: First Steps, KPop: Demon Hunters is well one in all, if not the most important, when it comes to cultural affect. The movie’s viewership numbers have been rising on Netflix because it debuted, changing into a success with each younger youngsters and oldsters on a degree corresponding to Frozen in 2013 or Encanto in 2021. KPop: Demon Hunters probably turned so common as a result of it is on Netflix, and now followers need to share that have collectively in a theater.
The KPop: Demon Hunters soundtrack can also be a contender for album of the summer time. “Golden,” the movie’s signature music, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100, and the fictional band Huntr/x is the primary Okay-pop lady group to prime the Sizzling 100. As well as, Huntr/x is the primary lady group to steer the Sizzling 100 chart since Future’s Baby’s “Bootylicious” 24 years in the past. All of those cultural milestones now make KPop: Demon Hunters the film to observe this awards season, as it’s going to probably be the frontrunner for the Greatest Animated Image and Greatest Authentic Track on the Academy Awards.
The hope for a lot of is that if KPop: Demon Hunters is a field workplace hit, it will make Netflix rethink its stance on theatrical releases. Extremely anticipated movies like Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein and Wake Up Useless Man: A Knives Out Thriller are receiving restricted theatrical releases, prone to fulfill their respective filmmakers and doubtlessly qualify for awards. Although Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos hasn’t been a good friend to the theatrical expertise, even pushing again in opposition to Greta Gerwig’s Narnia getting a theatrical rollout, Kpop: Demon Hunters exhibits there’s room for theatrical and streaming to co-exist.
KPop Demon Hunters
- Launch Date
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June 20, 2025
- Runtime
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96 minutes
- Director
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Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang
