KPop Demon Hunters has climbed “up, up, up” Netflix’s charts to turn out to be its most seen film ever, the streaming platform says.
Since its launch in June, the animated musical has been watched greater than 236 million occasions, 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 turn out to be a surprise global hit.
Songs from the film have additionally been a few of the most streamed on-line on Spotify, whereas the monitor Golden hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 earlier this month.
Produced by Sony Photos 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 season the movie gained momentum by way of 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 trendy Korean tradition.
However the greatest attraction for a lot of has been the film’s catchy Ok-pop songs. A few of the soundtrack’s producers and songwriters are Ok-pop trade veterans who’ve labored with teams akin to BTS and Twice.
Maggie Kang, the Korean-Canadian co-director of the movie, beforehand mentioned that they’d needed the movie’s music to be “actually unbelievable and actually communicate to the Ok-pop followers and be legitimately match into the Ok-pop house”.
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 entered the highest 10 of Spotify’s world chart, with Golden presently nonetheless at primary.
That monitor, together with Your Idol by Saja Boys, the arch enemies of Huntr/x within the movie, have at totally different occasions 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 turn out to be the primary to have 4 simultaneous High 10 hits on the Billboard Scorching 100.
Talks a couple of movie sequel are reportedly within the early phases.
