‘KPop Demon Hunters’ May Sing to Netflix’s First Theatrical Hit

After growing popularity and fan demand, KPop Demon Hunters got here to theaters throughout North America this weekend. And in what’s certainly a shock, the movie may handle to take the highest spot within the field workplace and provides Netflix one thing else to brag about.

Per the Hollywood Reporter, the KPop singalong screenings is seeking to earn $18-20 million home earlier than the weekend is out. That quantity comes courtesy of exhibition sources and “rival studios,” since Netflix doesn’t report numbers when its motion pictures hit theaters. However ought to KPop hit that vary (or exceeds it), this might mark the primary time a film from the streamer hit #1 on the large display. Of the large North American theater chains, AMC is the one one not taking part in it, and round 1,150 of its 1,700 showings sold out earlier within the week.

Netflix has at all times had a rocky relationship with theaters, which has gained larger scrutiny lately. Earlier in August, Stranger Issues creators Matt and Ross Duffer introduced they have been transferring to Paramount in April 2026 to make theatrical motion pictures—mentioned to be an enormous issue of their resolution—and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein will hit the large display in October. Individuals who’ve watched KPop Demon Hunters at dwelling have come away from it considering it might’ve been successful in theaters, and this two-day screening proves them proper slightly bit. At time of writing, it’s unknown if Netflix will permit for extra screenings nearer to Oscar season, and even lengthen it to different nations, but it surely appears to be like like there’s no stopping KPop Demon Hunters’ momentum for the forseeable future.

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