‘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 absolutely a shock, the movie would possibly 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 trying 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 films hit theaters. However ought to KPop hit that vary (or exceeds it), this is able to mark the primary time a film from the streamer hit #1 on the large display screen. Of the large North American theater chains, AMC is the one one not enjoying 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 higher scrutiny not too long ago. Earlier in August, Stranger Issues creators Matt and Ross Duffer introduced they had been shifting to Paramount in April 2026 to make theatrical films—mentioned to be an enormous issue of their resolution—and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein will hit the large display screen in October. Individuals who’ve watched KPop Demon Hunters at residence have come away from it pondering it might’ve been successful in theaters, and this two-day screening proves them proper a little bit bit. At time of writing, it’s unknown if Netflix will enable for extra screenings nearer to Oscar season, and even prolong it to different international locations, nevertheless it seems like there’s no stopping KPop Demon Hunters’ momentum for the forseeable future.

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