KPop Demon Hunters is having a golden moment, as it has officially become the most popular Netflix film of all time with 236 million views.
The animated movie has gone up, up, up the streamer’s Top 10 most viewed list, besting Red Notice, Carry-On, Don’t Look Up, The Adam Project, Bird Box, Back in Action, Leave the World Behind, The Gray Man, and Damsel.
The news comes on the heels of KPop Demon Hunters hitting #1 at the box office with an $18 million weekend two months after hitting Netflix. The sing-along version is now streaming.
Meanwhile, the film’s soundtrack has earned the distinction of being the first to have four simultaneous Top 10 hits (“Golden,” “Your Idol,” “Soda Pop,” and “How It’s Done”) on the Billboard Hot 100.
From Sony Pictures Animation (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Hotel Transylvania), Chris Appelhans and Maggie Kang direct from a script they co-wrote with Danya Jimenez and Hannah McMechan.
When Korean pop superstars Rumi, Mira, and Zoey aren’t selling out stadiums, they’re using their secret identities as demon hunters to protect their fans from ever-present supernatural danger. Together, they must face their biggest threat — an irresistible rival boy band of demons in disguise.
Arden Cho, Ahn Hyo-seop, May Hong, Ji-young Yoo, Yunjin Kim, Joel Kim Booster, Liza Koshy, Daniel Dae Kim, Ken Jeong, and Byung Hun Lee star.
In the wake of the film’s unprecedented success, Netflix is eyeing sequels and a live-action film.
