Netflix’s ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ conquered the box office on its theatrical debut after dominating streaming charts.
According to US media outlets, the animated film has raked in an estimated $18 million to $20 million on Saturday and Sunday at the US box office.
The opening weekend figures have made ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ the first No. 1 film for Netflix at the box office.
While the film made its debut in June, Netflix announced a special two-day theatrical run of the animated film in collaboration with Sony.
With the estimated earnings of around $20 million, ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ dethroned ‘Weapons,’ which earned $15.6 million during the period.
On Netflix, the film is the second-biggest title of all time, with more than 200 million views.
The animated film took just two days to surpass ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,’ which attracted $15 million views over a week in 2022.
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As Netflix does not report the box office business of its films, ‘Weapons’ remains the official No. 1 film in its third weekend of release.
‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ follows a “K-pop girl group, Huntrix, consisting of Mira, Rumi and Zoey, who lead double lives as demon hunters to face off against a rival boy band.”
Based on a story by Maggie Kang around her Korean heritage, she co-wrote the screenplay with Hannah McMechan, Danya Jimenez and Chris Appelhans, and also co-directed the animated feature with the latter.
Arden Cho, Ahn Hyo-seop, May Hong, Ji-young Yoo, Yunjin Kim, Daniel Dae Kim, Ken Jeong and Byung-hun Lee voice the characters in the film.
