There was no greater hit film on streaming providers in 2025 than KPop Demon Hunters. The animated fantasy musical movie was such an enormous success on Netflix that it topped the charts and finally was launched in theaters as a sing-along model for its legions of followers.
Not solely has KPop Demon Hunters been an enormous hit this yr, however it has really set all-time information for Netflix. In reality, KPop Demon Hunters has really turn into the most-watched film within the historical past of the platform, which is particularly spectacular since Netflix is the world’s hottest streaming service.
In accordance with Netflix’s stats, their most watched movies ever embrace Oscar nominees like Do not Look Up, the wildly fashionable thriller Chook Field, and Cameron Diaz’s return to appearing in Again in Motion. The very best half is that KPop Demon Hunters took first place from a film that actually by no means ought to’ve been Netflix’s high movie.
KPop Demon Hunters Is A A lot Higher Film Than Crimson Discover
Earlier than KPop Demon Hunters topped the all-time charts on Netflix, the streamer’s primary film was Crimson Discover. Within the eyes of many, this was one thing of an injustice as a result of Crimson Discover was not precisely a well-received film. In reality, critiques for it have been principally adverse.
Crimson Discover was actually a success for Netflix, but it principally achieved that purely on star energy. Led by Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot, the movie was going to have folks watch it whatever the plot. That is sort of what occurred as a result of the screenplay was one of many largest features criticized of the movie.
KPop Demon Hunters taking excessive spot is welcome as a result of it is a legitimately nice film. Crimson Discover holds a paltry 37% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes, whereas KPop Demon Hunters is at 97%. It even bests probably the most praised facet of Crimson Discover, which have been the motion sequences, by that includes some implausible animated scenes.
Not like Crimson Discover, there wasn’t a case of notable forged members being the rationale for KPop Demon Hunter’s success. It bought to its spot as Netflix’s hottest film purely by itself benefit. It is a implausible movie with an addictive soundtrack and great visuals, incomes its success by issues like phrase of mouth.
KPop Demon Hunters Vs. Crimson Discover: Which Will get A Sequel First?
No matter how everybody feels concerning the high quality of Crimson Discover and KPop Demon Hunters, Netflix is clearly going to make sequels of each. More often than not, when a film is wildly profitable, studios will do no matter they’ll to supply extra. That is the case right here, as each movies have follow-ups in progress.
In early 2022, two sequels have been introduced for Crimson Discover, set to be filmed back-to-back with the principle trio of forged members and the director all slated to return. That stated, the final actual replace on these sequels was in 2022, with information that one of many scripts was completed. Which means we doubtless will not see Crimson Discover 2 for fairly a while.
In the meantime, the success of KPop Demon Hunters has made it one thing that Netflix needs to broaden upon in nice numbers. It was introduced that there are plans for an animated sequel, a live-action adaptation (which is questionable), a TV sequence, and extra.
It is troublesome to inform which movie will get its sequel to reach first. Producing one thing with the spectacular animation of KPop Demon Hunters, together with writing a brand new soundtrack, can take a very long time however the schedules of the Crimson Discover stars are busy, so that might take some time too.
In the end, it appears a bit extra doubtless that we get extra KPop Demon Hunters earlier than extra Crimson Discover, although.
KPop Demon Hunters
9/10
- 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
