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The Netflix smash hit \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d is poised to break the all-time record for the most-watched film ever on the platform this week after successfully jumping into theatres with a series of singalong showings over the weekend and making history on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. <\/p>\n
K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey form the band Huntr\/x in “KPop Demon Hunters.”<\/p>\n
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Billboard<\/a> on Monday said the movie\u2019s soundtrack has broken a record to become the first soundtrack to ever chart four simultaneous top 10 songs. <\/p>\n In the chart dated Aug. 30, “Golden” holds the No. 1 spot for the second time while “Your Idol” is at No. 4, “Soda Pop” is at No. 5 and “How It’s Done” is at No. 10. <\/p>\n The news comes the same week \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d is on track to overtake 2021\u2019s \u201cRed Notice\u201d as the most-watched movie in Netflix history. <\/p>\n With 210.5 million views to date, “KPop Demon Hunters” is only 20.4 million views away from smashing the “Red Notice” record and the movie has notched that many new views each of the last eight weeks. <\/p>\n “KPop Demon Hunters” spent its ninth week in the top 10 on Netflix with 26 million views the week of Aug. 11 to Aug. 17, the latest data available, and made the most-watched list in 80 countries.<\/p>\n Forbes Breaking News Text Alerts<\/strong>: We\u2019re launching text message alerts so you’ll always know the biggest stories shaping the day\u2019s headlines. Text \u201cAlerts\u201d to (201) 335-0739 or sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Boy band Saja Boys. <\/p>\n NETFLIXWhat To Watch For<\/p>\n Netflix is expected to release the film\u2019s latest viewing numbers Tuesday. <\/p>\n Surprising Fact<\/p>\n \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d grossed an estimated<\/a> $18 million at the box office last weekend, two months after its streaming release, making it the first Netflix release to later reach No. 1 at the box office. The film opened at roughly 1,700 theaters in the U.S. and Canada for a limited singalong run and sold out an estimated 1,100 screenings<\/a>.<\/p>\n Key Background<\/p>\n Netflix released “KPop Demon Hunters” on June 20. The film follows K-pop girl group Huntr\/x (secret demon hunters) as they challenge rival boy band Saja Boys (secretly demons). The movie was an instant hit. With a 97% critics score and 91% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, it has been praised for its “catchy hits<\/a>” and as a “dazzling watch<\/a>.” “KPop” knocked “Happy Gilmore 2,” which had Netflix’s biggest opening weekend ever in the U.S., out of the No. 1 spot after just two weeks and, of its nine weeks on the chart, has been the most-watched English film for four.<\/p>\n Tangent<\/p>\n The movie\u2019s soundtrack has 12 songs and, as a Spotify artist, the KPop Demon Hunters Cast has 51.8 million monthly listeners on the platform<\/a>. In addition to the record it broke Monday, \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d is only the fifth soundtrack ever<\/a> to achieve four Hot 100 top 10s at all, and the first since \u201cWaiting To Exhale\u201d in 1995. “Golden” in the chart’s No. 1 spot makes singers EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI the first K-pop girl group to top the Hot 100 and the first all-female trio to do so since Destiny\u2019s Child topped with \u201cBootylicious\u201d in 2001. When it hit No. 8 on the Billboard 200 on July 1, “KPop Demon Hunters” became the highest-charting soundtrack<\/a> since \u201cWicked\u201d ranked No. 8 on Jan. 25. <\/p>\n What Are Netflix\u2019s Most-Watched Movies? (as Of Aug. 25, 2025) <\/p>\n Further ReadingForbes\u2018Kpop Demon Hunters\u2019 Jumps To No. 1 At Box Office During Limited Release\u2014Two Months After Streaming DebutBy Zachary Folk<\/a>Forbes\u2018KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 Directors On How They Made The Netflix Animated HitBy Regina Kim<\/a>ForbesSony Lost Big On KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 Record Success, Says ReportBy Paul Tassi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline The Netflix smash hit \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d is poised to break the all-time record for the most-watched…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-374164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115093462241699459","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n