There are lots of hit films that appear like they’re by no means going to go away and there are others that really by no means go away. One which could be very rapidly placing itself within the latter class is the 
Netflix monster of a film, KPop Demon Hunters, which can simply not go away the stage and has returned for yet one more encore on the prime of the streamer’s U.S. chart.
Launched again in June, KPop Demon Hunters arrived with little or no fanfare, however didn’t take lengthy to be observed by audiences and took its place within the primary spot inside days of its arrival. Due to some unbelievable opinions from critics, sturdy phrase of mouth from viewers, and a few insanely catchy pop songs in its soundtrack, the movie has very not often not been within the prime 3 on each the U.S. and world Netflix charts the final three months. Whereas it has been changed a number of instances, most lately by new films equivalent to Liam Neeson’s Ice Street: Vengeance and 28 Years Later, in addition to Dwayne Johnson’s 2015 action-disaster film San Andreas, these films have solely managed to fend off the demon fighters for a matter of days earlier than Netflix’s greatest ever film reclaimed it crown.
When you someway missed KPop Demon Hunters, the story revolves round Korean pop trio, HUNTR/X, which is made up of your common idolized Ok-Pop stars Rumi, Mira, and Zoey. Nonetheless, when the ladies aren’t promoting out arenas, they’re channeling magic music to slay demons and maintain the monsters trapped in their very own world. Whereas this sounds prefer it has the potential to be like many different films, the mix of a killer script, earworm music tracks, and flawless animation made KPop Demon Hunters the summer time blockbuster that by no means was.
Why Did ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Not Turn into a Theatrical Blockbuster?
In a yr when everybody was centered on Superman, The Incredible 4: First Steps and several other different extremely publicized and marketed summer time films, Sony Photos may have dominated the field workplace with KPop Demon Hunters. The film was made by Sony, however turned a part of a bundle bought off to Netflix for a reportedly cut-down price in comparison with the $100 million it’s mentioned to have value to make. For that cause, fairly than turning into a field workplace juggernaut, the movie turned the most important Netflix film of all time, surpassing 300 million views inside its first 90 days.
The movie did, nonetheless, get its second to shine in cinemas due to a sing-along model of the film being launched in theaters for one weekend solely. In its two-day launch, the movie landed a $40 million-plus haul, technically topping the U.S. field workplace, however being unable to be confirmed as such as a consequence of Netflix not revealing the field workplace numbers of their restricted cinema releases. All of the whereas, the unique film continued to retain its place on the prime of the streaming charts, and subsequently, each films have by no means left the High 10.
KPop Demon Hunters has additionally been dominating the music charts, with lead single “Golden” hitting the primary spot on the Billboard Sizzling 100 and the U.Ok. singles chart for weeks on finish. This has been helped alongside significantly by snippets of this and several other different songs always popping up on TikTok and YouTube Shorts.
Sony and Netflix have already revealed that speak of a sequel is already ongoing, and a reported brief movie set within the universe is reportedly already executed and able to be launched. Which means that even earlier than KPop Demon Hunters takes its last bow and sinks from the chart, its subsequent stage of world domination is already on the way in which. Evidently from right here, the one place to go is up, up up.
- 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
- Writers
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Hannah McMechan, Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang, Danya Jimenez
- Producers
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Aron Warner
