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KPOP DEMON HUNTERS is on course to become Netflix's most-watched animated movie in its history. It has now picked up 80.3M views in its first four weeks in the top 10 and is on track to surpass LEO next week. pic.twitter.com/iIiMJEy0Kz July 15, 2025
The film’s executive music producer Ian Eisendrath tells IndieWire about making sure the music in “KPop Demon Hunters” was true to the K-pop genre.
Talk about a success story. KPOP Demon Hunters started out fairly average for a Netflix animated project, but now, in week 3, it’s climbing to ridiculous heights. Last week, we discussed how the movie has maintained one of the best holds of any film, and this week, it actually gained viewership, up 6.61%. It now sits at 80.3M views in week 4.
Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters is rapidly climbing towards becoming the platform’s most-watched animated film to date. With over 80 million views in just four weeks, it is on pace to surpass past animated hits such as Leo and The Sea Beast and covet the title of Netflix's most-watched original animated movie ever.
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BTS’ Jungkook is known for wearing his heart on his sleeve. And that’s exactly what fans saw recently when he got a little emotional while watching the animated film KPop Demon Hunters.
At one point in KPop Demon Hunters’ demon hunter Rumi (Arden Cho) and antagonist Jinu (Ahn Hyo-seop) orchestrate what could be considered a series of dates. One such clandestine meeting leads to the absolutely beautiful sequence where KPop superstars EJAE and Andrew Choi sing one of the many catchy tunes on the soundtrack, a duet named “Free.”