K-Pop Demon Hunters Becomes Most-Watched Netflix Show of All-Time

K-Pop Demon Hunters, a relatively new show on Netflix, has just surpassed Red Notice to become the most-watched movie on Netflix in its first 90 days of release.

The movie was produced by Sony Pictures Animation, who were also the ones behind the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Hotel Transylvania, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs series. It follows three members – Rumi (Arden Cho), Mira (May Hong), and Zoey (Ji-young Yoo) – of a Korean pop band named HUNTR/X who maintain secret identities as demon hunters during the night. Their primary enemies throughout the movie are a group of demons disguised as a rival K-pop band, the Saja Boys, sparking conflict.

Since its release on June 20, the movie has garnered 236 million views on Netflix in just two months, making it Netflix's most-watched movie of all time– and it still has potential for more. Netflix's all-time leaderboard ranks movies based on its number of views in the first 90 days of release, and while other movies on the list have already passed that number – Red Notice, the previous title holder, was released in 2021 – K-Pop Demon Hunters still has another month to go before that deadline hits.

Meanwhile, the movie broke records in the music industry as well. Ranging from peppy, powerful anthems to relaxed, slower melodies, K-Pop Demon Hunters contains one of the most popular movie soundtracks in history– and it is loaded with talent.

Among the contributors to the soundtrack are TEDDY, the co-founder of major K-pop record label THEBLACKLABEL; Lindgren, a Grammy winner who has worked with BTS on their hit song, "Boy with Luv," English singer Dua Lipa on her hit album Future Nostalgia, and K-pop groups BLACKPINK and TXT; Stephen Kirk, another Grammy nominee who has also worked with bands like BTS and TXT; singer-songwriter Jenna Andrews, who has worked with BTS, Jennifer Lopez, Drake, Little Mix, and more; and finally, the producers enlisted major K-pop group TWICE to sing several songs themselves.

The soundtrack, consisting of a total of 12 songs, became the first-ever soundtrack to have four songs simultaneously reach Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, with HUNTR/X's single "Golden" reaching the No. 1 spot. In fact, the soundtrack has returned to the top 10 in this week's Hot 100, with "Golden" taking the No. 1 spot once again. Meanwhile, Saja Boys songs "Your Idol" and "Soda Pop" have resurged to take spots 4 and 5, and HUNTR/X's "How It's Done" rounding out the top 10.

In total, the soundtrack has accumulated over 3 billion global streams, and a special sing-along version of the movie was released in theaters for two days (and now on Netflix) for the music lovers. The sing-along played in over 1,750 theaters worldwide and likely grossed at least between $16 and $20 million in just one weekend. Some estimates say that number could be even higher.

After the movie's massive success, multiple reports have confirmed that Netflix is already planning two sequels, which will explore various questions and undiscovered character backstories that were not explained in the first movie. As per the average timeline to produce an animated movie, fans can expect a sequel somewhere in 2027 or 2028, but that date could be as soon as mid-to-late 2026 if the movie is fast tracked.

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