K-Pop Demon Hunters becomes Netflix’s most-watched movie ever after theater run rakes in millions
K-Pop Demon Hunters is now the most-watched movie in Netflix history after its weekend sing-along theatrical run brought in millions of dollars.
The hype aroundNetflix’sanimated action flick K-Pop Demon Hunters has taken over the world ever since its initial release on the streaming platform back in June 2025.
In the mere two months since then, the film has skyrocketed to the top of the charts, both in terms of its musical score (with Huntrix’s ‘Golden’ hitting #1 on theBillboard Hot 100) and on Netflix’s own rankings.
In late July, the movie became Netflix’smost-watched animated film— and as of June 23, 2025, it’s the most-watched flick on the platform in history at a staggering 236 million views.
THEIR #1 ERAWith 236 million views, KPOP DEMON HUNTERS is OFFICIALLY the most popular Netflix film OF ALL TIME.pic.twitter.com/A6yEiXzbHd
K-Pop Demon Hunters takes over Netflix after successful limited-time screenings
With this achievement, it’s surpassed Red Notice, a 2021 action-comedy starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds that garnered 230.9 million views in its first 13 weeks on the site and held the title of most-watched for three years until now.
HUNTER/X’s demon-slaying adventures alsocame to the silver screenon the weekend of August 23 – 24 in a limited-time sing-along run that raked in an estimated $18-20 million USD, as per theHollywood Reporter.
While Netflix doesn’t reveal its official box office earnings to the public, analysts suggest that it likely beat out another big release that week inWeapons, which reportedly garnered$15.4 million that weekend.
It’s time to seal the Honmoon.KPOP DEMON HUNTERS SING-ALONG is now on Netflix 🎤 🎶pic.twitter.com/gEx6YOrROR
The hugely successful sing-along is also available to watch on Netflix as fans eagerlyawait news of a sequel— something Netflix has already hinted is in the works.
A report fromThe Wrapsays Netflix is in talks to createtwo more animated moviesand even a stage play adaptation, affectionately dubbing the IP its “Frozen or Disney Princesses franchise.”
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Huntrix is stealing the hearts of movie fans and K-Pop stans around the world, even getting parodied on BIGBANG star G-Dragon’s ‘Don’t Laugh’ birthday event and earning atearful reaction from BTS’s Junkook, who streamed himself watching the movie in a viral broadcast.
