Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters can add another milestone to the list of accomplishments over a remarkable summer run: It’s now the streamer’s most viewed movie ever.
The animated hit drew 25.4 million views worldwide in the week of Aug. 18-24, bumping its total up to 236 million since its June 20 premiere, based on Netflix’s internal data. That was enough to push KPop Demon Hunters past Red Notice and into first place on Netflix’s all-time rankings for English-language films. (Netflix’s all-time top 10s are based on views in a title’s first 91 days of release.)
Red Notice, an action comedy starring Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds released in November 2021, had held the No. 1 all-time spot for movies for more than three years. It drew 230.9 million views (total viewing time divided by run time) over its first 13 weeks.
KPop Demon Hunters ascends to No. 1 on Netflix’s all-time movie charts in the same week that it scored a box office win with a sing-along version released in theaters. Netflix isn’t officially reporting box office revenue for the weekend, but it made between $17 million and $18 million over the Aug. 22-24 weekend, which would put the movie ahead of Weapons at $15.4 million. (The sing-along version of the film is also streaming.)
The movie also has a hit soundtrack, with the song “Golden” reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
On Netflix, KPop Demon Hunters has been unerringly consistent in the 10 weeks since its release. After posting 9.2 million views for its opening weekend, the movie has not fallen below 22.7 million views in any week since. Most Netflix original movies churn out of the streamer’s top 10 after about a month, making KPop Demon Hunters’ run that much more of an outlier.