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“Weapons” had no trouble retaining its top spot at the box office on Friday, but there’s another release still chasing after it. With movie theaters getting quiet as the summer season winds down, Netflix’s animated streaming smash “KPop Demon Hunters” may actually end up winning the weekend, with a two-day release of a sing-along version. It’d be quite the turn …

A wave of purple and hot pink hair and cartoon K-pop bops is taking over multiplexes. With summer blockbusters in the rearview mirror and only a few new films out, movie theaters expected a bit of a lull at the box office this weekend. Then Netflix dropped a bombshell. The streamer would release its hit animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” …

Topline Netflix’s smash hit “KPop Demon Hunters” could conquer the box office this weekend thanks to a limited sing-along release in movie theaters, adding to its global dominance on Netflix and the music charts with its blockbuster soundtrack. “KPop Demon Hunters” is Netflix’s second most-watched movie of all time. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) Getty Images for Netflix …

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We knew the American movie box office wasn’t exactly doing great in 2025—this summer has performed marginally better than last year’s, but only barely—but it’s still pretty wild when it suddenly starts looking like a movie that’s already been out on streaming for two full months might dip into theaters for a weekend and win the weekend box office. Admittedly, said …

Talk to distrib sources and they’re crying how we’re bound for one of the lowest grossing weekends of the year. There’s even unfortunate chatter out there that this summer, currently at $3.4 billion, +2% from last summer, might come in even or under 2024’s. Yikes. Then out of the blue, Netflix, the $512.6 billion content streaming company, which is all …

On August 23 and 24, KPop Demon Hunters, the animated Netflix musical about a K-pop girl group doubling as demon slayers, will play in theaters across North America, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. And if early numbers are any indication, Netflix might have stumbled onto a winning formula. As of August 19, insiders told The Hollywood Reporter that 1,000 …

As KPop Demon Hunters continues to grow into a full blown cultural phenomena, Netflix is preparing to put a sing-along version of film into theaters this weekend. EJAE, the singing voice of Rumi and one of the songwriters responsible for some of the film’s biggest hits, stopped by an advanced screening of the sing-along at Netflix’s Hollywood headquarters Tuesday night. …

Netflix is delivering the late-summer box office a surprise (and needed) gift. The streamer and theater owners, and particularly the major chains, have been at loggerheads for years over exclusive theatrical windows. Netflix has always made it clear that its subscribers are its first priority, resulting in its titles often being boycotted by the bigger circuits. But in this case, …