{"id":23636,"date":"2025-08-26T05:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/23636\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T05:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:28:07","slug":"kpop-demon-hunters-dominates-box-office-during-2-day-release-deseret-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/23636\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;KPop Demon Hunters&#8217; dominates box office during 2-day release \u2013 Deseret News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Netflix&#8217;s \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d is the streamer&#8217;s most-watched animated film ever.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d had a brief theatrical release, during which it grossed an estimated $18-$20 million.<\/li>\n<li>Filmmakers hinted that \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d could spawn sequels, creating a franchise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Netflix\u2019s latest phenomenon, \u201cKPop Demon Hunters,\u201d hit theaters this weekend after dominating the streamer\u2019s charts for almost two months. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The movie, which was released on June 20, is now Netflix\u2019s most-watched animated film in history, and its second-biggest film ever, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-film-sequel-tease-director-interview-2117731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-film-sequel-tease-director-interview-2117731\">Newsweek.<\/a> \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d was produced in partnership with Sony Pictures Animation, which made the \u201cSpider-Verse\u201d movies. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The movie is currently the No. 1 film on Netflix and has remained in its top global film ranking for nine weeks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/kpop-demon-hunters-sing-along-version-netflix-1236496415\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/kpop-demon-hunters-sing-along-version-netflix-1236496415\/\">Deadline, <\/a>two reasons for the film\u2019s success are its popularity among kids and its hit songs. The movie\u2019s soundtrack was No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart last week, with over 3 million global streams to date. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The soundtrack also topped charts on Spotify \u2014 the song \u201cYour Idol,\u201d from the movie\u2019s fictional boy band, surpassed real K-pop group BTS\u2019 \u201cDynamite.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d follows three young-adult pop stars, Rumi, Mira and Zoey, in a group called Huntr\/x, who also moonlight as demon hunters when they aren\u2019t performing and releasing hit songs. When a group of demons poses as a rival K-pop boy band aimed at stealing their fans\u2019 souls, the girls have to fight to hold the demons at bay and keep their friendship strong. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Over the weekend, the \u201csing-along\u201d version of the film was released into 1,700 theaters across the country for just two days, per <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/kpop-demon-hunters-sing-along-version-netflix-1236496415\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/kpop-demon-hunters-sing-along-version-netflix-1236496415\/\">Deadline. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>How did \u2018KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 do at the box office?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/kpop-demon-hunters-sing-along-box-office-first-netflix-win-1236352043\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/kpop-demon-hunters-sing-along-box-office-first-netflix-win-1236352043\/\">The Hollywood Reporter,<\/a> the animated movie grossed a chart-topping $18 million to $20 million during the two-day release. These numbers are all according to estimations, since Netflix does not report box-office numbers, so the exact number is unknown. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d landed ahead of \u201cWeapons,\u201d \u201cFreakier Friday\u201d and \u201cFantastic Four\u201d in the box office, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/paultassi\/2025\/08\/25\/why-you-cant-see-netflixs-kpop-demon-hunters-in-theaters-anymore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/paultassi\/2025\/08\/25\/why-you-cant-see-netflixs-kpop-demon-hunters-in-theaters-anymore\/\">Forbes. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">But, because Netflix doesn\u2019t release box office numbers, \u201cWeapons\u201d has been listed as the official box-office winner of the weekend, with $15.4 million from 3,631 theaters, per The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/paultassi\/2025\/08\/25\/why-you-cant-see-netflixs-kpop-demon-hunters-in-theaters-anymore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/paultassi\/2025\/08\/25\/why-you-cant-see-netflixs-kpop-demon-hunters-in-theaters-anymore\/\">Hollywood Reporter. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The top cities for screenings of \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d in theaters were Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City and Dallas. The two theater chains with the highest shares of attendance and the highest box-office numbers from the movie were Regal and Cinemark, per <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/box-office-kpop-demon-hunters-weapons-1236495263\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/box-office-kpop-demon-hunters-weapons-1236495263\/\">Deadline. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sing-along version of \u2018KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 added to Netflix<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">After the sing-along version\u2019s brief stint in theaters, Netflix announced on Sunday that it would be released on the streaming service Monday at midnight PDT, per <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/box-office-kpop-demon-hunters-weapons-1236495263\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/08\/box-office-kpop-demon-hunters-weapons-1236495263\/\">Deadline. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The announcement was made on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/netflix\/status\/1959737484058706222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1959737484058706222%7Ctwgr%5Ef47a76da801f6e1889d9eb03cd0859b88ccbd031%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeseretnews.arcpublishing.com%2Fcomposer%2Fstory%2Fv2%2Fedit%2FLZMAKNTKTBHGTL2YKJARG47GNA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/netflix\/status\/1959737484058706222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1959737484058706222%7Ctwgr%5Ef47a76da801f6e1889d9eb03cd0859b88ccbd031%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeseretnews.arcpublishing.com%2Fcomposer%2Fstory%2Fv2%2Fedit%2FLZMAKNTKTBHGTL2YKJARG47GNA\">social media <\/a>with the caption \u201cFOR THE FANS.\u201d The addition was then confirmed on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/netflix\/status\/1959873631682454005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1959873631682454005%7Ctwgr%5E6b365839f32e6bacad1ee1bf0752215a1a20e87a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeseretnews.arcpublishing.com%2Fcomposer%2Fstory%2Fv2%2Fedit%2FLZMAKNTKTBHGTL2YKJARG47GNA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/netflix\/status\/1959873631682454005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1959873631682454005%7Ctwgr%5E6b365839f32e6bacad1ee1bf0752215a1a20e87a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeseretnews.arcpublishing.com%2Fcomposer%2Fstory%2Fv2%2Fedit%2FLZMAKNTKTBHGTL2YKJARG47GNA\">social media<\/a> on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Will there be a \u2018KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 sequel? <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/kpop-demon-hunter-director-teases-sequel-ideas-11794889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/kpop-demon-hunter-director-teases-sequel-ideas-11794889\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-film-sequel-tease-director-interview-2117731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-film-sequel-tease-director-interview-2117731\">Newsweek,<\/a> the film\u2019s two directors, Chris Appelhans and Maggie Kang, have both hinted at the film receiving a sequel. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It is also possible that \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d could become a whole franchise with multiple sequels, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/paultassi\/2025\/08\/25\/why-you-cant-see-netflixs-kpop-demon-hunters-in-theaters-anymore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/paultassi\/2025\/08\/25\/why-you-cant-see-netflixs-kpop-demon-hunters-in-theaters-anymore\/\">Forbes. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">When talking about the creation of the movie and possible sequels, Kang shared with <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/kpop-demon-hunter-director-teases-sequel-ideas-11794889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/kpop-demon-hunter-director-teases-sequel-ideas-11794889\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a> that creating more movies will allow them to explore the backstories of the main characters more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix&#8217;s \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d is the streamer&#8217;s most-watched animated film ever. \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d had a brief theatrical&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[18,117,19,17,327,2273],"class_list":{"0":"post-23636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-news-feed-national"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}