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Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Ravi Ahuja discussed the studio’s breakout movie of the summer, “KPop Demon Hunters,” on Thursday at Bank of America’s Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference in New York. Speaking with analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich about Sony’s distribution deal with Netflix, Ahuja said the deal with the streamer “made sense.” Sony produced “KPop Demon Hunters” and sold the …

Sony Pictures CEO Ravi Ahuja was just asked about the company’s decision to let “KPop Demon Hunters,” one of the year’s biggest, buzziest movies, head directly to Netflix, where it has since become the most watched title ever – television or movie – in the company’s history. “Obviously, in hindsight, it’s such a big hit,” Ahuja said at Thursday’s Bank …

The No. 1 album in the country belongs to the K-pop group Stray Kids and its new album, Karma. iMBC/ImaZins via Getty Images/ImaZinS Editorial hide caption toggle caption iMBC/ImaZins via Getty Images/ImaZinS Editorial A K-pop blockbuster lands atop this week’s Billboard albums chart, but it’s not the one you might be expecting: It’s Karma, the new album by Stray Kids, …

Sony Pictures CEO Ravi Ahuja says that the sale of KPop Demon Hunters to Netflix was the right decision for the studio, even as he acknowledged that in hindsight, it is possible that the animated musical could have become a theatrical franchise for Sony. Speaking at a Bank of America conference Thursday, Ahuja was asked by analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich …

Sony Pictures Entertainment President and CEO Ravi Ajuha is, of course, being asked if the studio regrets selling Sony-produced Kpop Demon Hunters to Netflix given the massive success of the animated film theatrically for the giant streamer. It’s complicated, he said today, but maybe not.   “The goal of the deal was to make hits. One great thing about being …

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 …

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 …

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Proves An Old Hollywood Rule: Nobody Knows Anything  Bloomberg.com The Overlooked Element to the ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Phenomenon  The New York Times KPop Demon Hunters Reigns as Netflix’s Most Popular Film, Claims No. 1 in Top 10  Netflix This New Hit Film Just Became the Most-Watched Movie on Netflix…Ever  PureWow ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Hit ‘Golden’ Notches a Fourth Week at No. …

K-pop is taking over the United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart! For the week of August 28 to September 3, a record-breaking seven K-pop tracks landed in the top 40 of the Official Singles Chart (widely regarded as the U.K. equivalent to Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in the United States). Leading the pack was “Golden,” the long-running hit by the fictional …

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 …