Young People and Their Parents Can’t Get Enough Of It: The Animated Film Kpop Demon Hunters Is The Most-Watched Film On Netflix Ever, And The Soundtrack is Topping the Charts. The Success Comes As A Complete Surprise To The Makers As Well.
Tiktok and Instagram Are Full Of It: Videos of Parents Skeptically Watching Kpop Demon Hunters with Their Children and Ultimately Singing Along With the Songs Themselves. The Film Has Proven to Be the Hype of the Summer Vacation. The Title Appeared on Netflix in June without too much fanfare but has grown into a global phenomenon.
Earlier This Week, Kpop Demon Hunters had Been Viewed 236 Million Times, Making It The Most Popular Netflix Film of All Time. But what is the animated movie actual about?
The Story Follows The Three Singers of the Korean Pop Group Huntr/X. The artists performance in Arenas, and when they are not on stage, they fight demons that threaten the world. When some of those demons disguise Themselves as an Attractive Boy Band, The Singers Must Take Them On To Protect Their Fans.
The Success is due in no small part to the music featured in the film. The Songs Are Gaining More and More Ground Worldwide. Golden , which is Sung in the film by huntr/x, has leg the most listed-to song on Spotify for Days. At the time of writing, Five songs are in the top of Spotify’s Global Top 50. The Remoining Two Songs from the Soundtrack Are Still in the Top Twenty. All Songs Have Already had more than a hundred Million streams, Golden even more than 400 million.
Sony Doubted and Sold The Film To Netflix
KPOP Demon Hunters Follows Several Years in which the Korean Pop Industry Has Grown Nogty Lously International. Groups Like BTS, Blackpink, Twice, and Stray Kids All Perform Worldwide in Sold-Out Arenas. Yet, not everyone expected the film, directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, to Be Such a Success.
The Film was not developed by Netflix itself but by Sony Pictures Animation. Accordance to insiders at Forbes , they made the film for $ 100 million (about 85 Million euros) and Sold the Rights to Netflix. Sony would have made 20 million dollars (17 Million Euros) Themselves, which is not usually a bad return.
Yet That Pales in Compararon to the Profit Netflix is now making with the film. And the Money Keeps Flowing in: Netflix Has Brought a Sing-Along Version to the Cinema, which in the First Weekend in North America Has Already Raised More Than 18 Million Dollars (More Than 15 Million Euros) in Ticket Sales.
The Voices of Huntr/X
Many Voice Actors Are Responsible for the Sound of the Animated Film. Arden Cho, May Hong, and Ji-Young Yoo Provide the Voices of the Singers Huntr/X, But They Don’t Sing. The singing voices are then provid by ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami, who all have Careers as Artists Themselves. Ejae is also response as a songwriter for part of the kpop demon hunters hits.
Accordance to the directors, Sony’s Reluctance Has to Do with the Korean Character of the Film. They tell the ankler that people were afraid that korean mythology and music would not be a guaranteed hit in North America. Director Kang Really Wanted to Make A Film About Her Korean Origins, With Strong, Female Characters As The Heart of the Story.
She is also Amazed by the Success of Kpop Demon Hunters . “You never dare to dream this,” She tells CBC . “I did know that a movie could be so popular.” Yet, she dares to venture an explanation. “Like Everyone Else, The Characters Want Love, Security, And Acceptance. If you tell a Story that encompasses all of this, it is inevitable that you will reach a global audience.”
And as with any great film Success, a sequel already seems inevitable. Earlier This Week, it was reported that Sony and Netflix had sat down to discuss this.
2:43