URBANA — A University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign graduate stars in Netflix’s most popular original movie. KPop Demon Hunters has overtaken other originals from the platform like Bird Box, Don’t Look Up and Red Notice. The animated film is about three pop stars who sing by day and slay demons by night. Arden Cho is the voice actress for Rumi, the …
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Sony Pictures Animation‘s KPop Demon Hunters is now the most-watched movie on Netflix ever. With over 236 million views, the bubblegum pop musical meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer fantasy and Josie and the Pussycats has become not just the most most-watched animated movie, but the most-watched movie overall on the streaming platform, leaving Red Notice and Carry-On trailing. This surprise …
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KPop Demon Hunters Netflix Well, it was going to happen eventually, and that “eventually” has turned out to be a full two months after release. After spending the majority of that time at #1 on Netflix’s top 10 movie list, KPop Demon Hunters may finally be cooling off, currently down to #3 today behind some new movie offerings. Occasionally, we …
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Streaming giant Netflix (NFLX) had an absolute winner with Kpop Demon Hunters. Just days ago, we found out this little wonder managed to hit the top of the box office, even managing to beat out Weapons in its third week. And with that in mind, the news of a sequel to come is little surprise. Netflix gained fractionally as a …
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Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here bringing you a dose of news and analysis from around the world. Read on, and sign up here. ‘KPop Demon Hunters‘ Are “Golden” Netflix Ready for the “Takedown”?: Around 250 million of us around the world will by now have heard the ridiculously catchy hooks of KPop Demon Hunters, which has taken the world …
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When you watch KPop Demon Hunters, it is easy to see why it has become the most popular movie that Netflix has ever released. The animated musical’s story about a trio of pop stars tasked with protecting humanity from monsters is familiar, but refreshingly different and infinitely more stylish than other narratives like it. The soundtrack is full of undeniable …
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Netflix When a South Korean monk performed a Buddhist ritual for a wildly popular K-pop boy band, it was the most unusual ceremony he had ever held. His mission: to guide the souls of the band to peace and rebirth. The band were long gone – or rather, they had never been alive, except in the fictional world of the …
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Conan Gray, who’s worked his way up from the YouTube content mines to become a pop star in his own right, enters this week’s chart at No. 3 with his album Wishbone. Katja Ogrin/Redferns/Redferns hide caption toggle caption Katja Ogrin/Redferns/Redferns This week, Morgan Wallen‘s I’m the Problem sits at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart yet again. But …
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Netflix has a monster hit on its hands, and it’s not what anyone expected. KPop Demon Hunters, an animated film about a K-pop girl group who are also demon hunters, has officially become Netflix’s most-watched movie ever with 236 million views, dethroning the previous record-holder Red Notice and its 230.9 million views. The milestone comes just 67 days after the …
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