The animated musical KPop Demon Hunters has climbed “up, up, up” Netflix’s charts to grow to be its most seen film ever, the streaming platform says.
Since its launch in June, the movie has been watched greater than 236 million instances, overtaking the motion comedy Purple Discover to take the highest spot.
It’s the newest in a sequence of chart-topping achievements by the movie which has grow to be a surprise global hit.
Songs from the film have additionally been among the most streamed on-line on Spotify, whereas the observe Golden hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 earlier this month.
Produced by Sony Footage Animation, Kpop Demon Hunters follows the adventures of fictional Ok-pop woman band Huntr/x as its three members use their music and combating abilities to guard people from demons.
It was launched in June with a comparatively low-key premiere at Netflix’s Tudum theatre in Los Angeles.
However over the summer time the movie gained momentum by phrase of mouth, boosted by viral movies and memes on social media.
Many have praised it for its eye-catching animation and its depiction of each conventional and fashionable Korean tradition.
However the largest attraction for a lot of has been the film’s catchy Ok-pop songs. A number of the soundtrack’s producers and songwriters are Ok-pop business veterans who’ve labored with teams reminiscent of BTS and Twice.
Maggie Kang, the Korean-Canadian co-director of the movie, beforehand mentioned that that they had wished the movie’s music to be “actually unimaginable and actually communicate to the Ok-pop followers and be legitimately match into the Ok-pop area”.
Capitalising on the songs’ reputation, Netflix launched a sing-along model in cinemas within the US, Canada, UK, Eire, Australia, and New Zealand final weekend.
This netted Netflix its first primary movie on the US field workplace.
It has since launched the sing-along model worldwide on its platform.
Many songs on the soundtrack have since entered the highest 10 of Spotify’s international chart, with Golden at the moment nonetheless at primary.
That observe, together with Your Idol by Saja Boys, the arch enemies of Huntr/x within the movie, have at totally different instances topped the US Spotify chart.
This has made Huntr/x and Saja Boys the best charting feminine and male Ok-pop teams in US Spotify historical past – surpassing real-life Ok-pop juggernauts BTS and Blackpink.
The Kpop Demon Hunters soundtrack has additionally grow to be the primary to have 4 simultaneous Prime 10 hits on the Billboard Sizzling 100.
Talks a few movie sequel are reportedly within the early levels.
