An animated musical about an idol trio who moonlight as monster fighters has become the most popular film in Netflix history by the company’s metric, with KPop Demon Hunters logging 236 million views and taking the top spot on Netflix’s “Most Popular English Films” list. Netflix’s rankings count “views” as total hours watched divided by runtime during a title’s first 91 days; the film, released June 20, reached the milestone well within that window.
Netflix said the movie climbed past the previous record holder, the 2021 action caper Red Notice, which tallied 230.9 million views. The momentum extended beyond streaming: a one-weekend sing-along rollout topped the domestic box office, an unusual feat for a Netflix title and a sign the film’s audience mobilized across formats.
The project, produced with Sony Pictures Animation, follows HUNTR/X members Rumi, Mira, and Zoey as they juggle stardom with saving fans from supernatural threats. The voice cast includes Arden Cho and Ahn Hyo-seop, with additional roles for Ken Jeong and others, while the soundtrack has matched the film’s reach; Netflix says four songs from the album appeared simultaneously in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10 and a sing-along version has since launched on the service.
Viewership leaders on Netflix often reflect the platform’s shift to the “views” metric, which allows comparisons across different runtimes and has boosted animated and family-skewing titles with high repeat play. In this case, weekly Top 10 updates show the film sustaining fresh audiences even as it approaches two months on the service, helping it to the all-time mark while remaining a weekly No. 1 on the English-language film chart.
