A year after its release, the animated film KPop Demon Hunters refuses to leave the summit of Netflix. Classified as a “fantastic film” and rated 4.0 out of 5 by French spectators, this mixture of K-pop and demon hunting has imposed a new standard on the platform.
Posted online on June 20, 2025, the feature film directed by Maggie Kang And Chris Appelhans seduced K-pop fans before quickly going beyond this circle. Twelve months later, he posted a record that crushed all previous house performances.
KPop Demon Hunters: how Netflix holds its new absolute record?
According to the figures communicated for its first anniversary, KPop Demon Hunters spent 52 consecutive weeks in the world’s top 10 Netflixwithout a single week of absence. Never has a film or series occupied this ultra-exposed area of the platform for so long.
The raw score is dizzying: more than 635 million views, more than a billion hours viewed and a presence in the top 10 of the 93 countries where Netflix measures its audience. The film thus surpasses homemade behemoths like Red Notice Or Carry-On.
Why does this fantastic Netflix film rated 4/5 appeal to viewers so much?
The secret lies in its concept: Rumi, Mira and Zoey, voiced by Arden Cho, May Hong And Ji-young Yooform the group Huntr/x. K-pop idols on stage, they also inherit a lineage of demon hunters and face an enemy embodied by Lee Byung-hun.
This mix of teen movie, musical comedy and fantasy speaks to both teenagers and parents. Driven by K-pop, ultra catchy Korean pop, the soundtrack took the lead on the Billboard 200, accumulated more than 15 billion streams and made Golden a viral anthem. In France, more than 250,000 albums sold and a spectator rating of 4.0 out of 5 support rewatches.
Continued in 2029, concerts, screenings: how far will the KPop Demon Hunters phenomenon go?
Success is no longer limited to the screen. Winner of two Oscars, a Grammy Award for Golden and a Golden Globe, the film is now occasionally shown in cinemas around the world. No sessions have been announced in France for the moment, but a real franchise strategy is emerging.
An animated sequel is already launched for 2029. “We have put together a potential backstory (for a sequel). Obviously, there are a lot of questions that remain unanswered and areas that are not explored. We had to do it because you can’t tell everything in 85 minutes”, explains the film team in an interview cited by Purebreak. In the meantime, a tribute concert “The Warriors of K-Pop” has been announced on October 3 at the Grand Paris Sud Arenas in Évry-Courcouronnes, further proof that the phenomenon goes far beyond the Netflix screen.