“K-Pop Demon Hunters”, the animated film Netflix which explodes all the counters

This film released on June 20 on the streaming platform reaches viewing records. Meanwhile, Produced by Sony. For example, it is based on a dive into Korean culture and in particular K-Pop, this musical genre which has conquered thousands of fans in France. Moreover,

If you count teens or pre-adolescents around “k-pop demon hunters”, animated film you, test it and ask if they know Demon Hunters. Nevertheless, It’s a safe bet that the answer is: “Obviously !” K-Pop Demon Hunters, “This is the base in 2025!”enthuses for example Inès, 10 years old. Moreover, And the figures prove him right.

It has been five weeks since this animated film produced by Sony Pictures. In addition, a pork at the top of the top 10 Netflix with results that make you dizzy. Furthermore, He recorded more than 25 million views on July 24, just for his last week. “K-Pop Demon Hunters just entered the story of Netflix! It is the first Netflix film to reach a new audience peak during its fifth week of release “welcomed the streaming platform. In addition, on X.

To date, K-pop Demon Hunters Even ranks number 1 in more than thirty countries, according to the FlixPatrol site.

The film explodes the counter, but its soundtrack too. “The original song of K-Pop Demon Hunters officially reached first place in Billboard Global Charts “also welcomed Netflix. La Playlist du Film is moving so much that. on July 24, four of the songs present in the film Demon Hunters Founded in the top 10 of the Billboard Global 200, this classification of music-physical and digital-the best-selling in the United States.

No doubt, K-pop Demon Hunters is indeed a phenomenon. The story is that of a famous k-pop group, Huntrix, made up of three young girls, Rumi, Mira and Zoey. They must reconcile their lives under “k-pop demon hunters”, animated film the spotlight with their secret identity of demons hunters. They will notably see a new very popular group land. the Saja Boys, this time composed of five boys who actually prove to be … Demons. Inès, at the age of 10, has been completely caught up in the film, “Graphics, music”she is eased. His little sister, Garance, 8, even saw the film more than a dozen times. “I watched it as soon as it came out. I loved it because there is music, groups and choreographies”, she explains.

Above all. Inès was already a fan of k-pop, this style of pop music produced in South Korea, but the film is a total dive in Korean culture. “The film takes place in Korea. we see a lot of moments when the main characters eat Korean, they eat kimbap for example, ramen, we see the small tiger and the crow with a “k-pop demon hunters”, animated film hat that comes from a Korean legend and a whole bunch of references to Korean folklore are present in the film “, explain Savannah, at the origin of a podcast dedicated to the K-pop and founder of the Kick Café, a concept store in Paris dedicated to Korea.

The idea of genius of Netflix is indeed to have made an animated film on “k-pop demon hunters”, animated film a very popular subject: K-POP. “The second or third genre the most stremed in France after American rap and pop”, Recalls Savannah. Furthermore, “”All the big K-Pop artists today fill the Stade de France in five seconds. such as Stray Kids which occurs on July 26 and 27 in Paris, or BlackPink also at the Stade de France on August 2. There is no photo, today K-Pop artists are big stars. We saw it with the Apt tube at the start of the year which reached billions of views. K-pop is today one of the genres world leader in music. “

Inès confirms, all the references to the K-Pop universe have seduced it. “At the beginning of the film there is the concert of the Huntrix group. it looks a lot like K-Pop concerts in reality with banners outside the stadium, lightstick, these small light sticks to encourage groups and “k-pop demon hunters”, animated film that many collect. For example, for the BlackPink group it is a kind of pink hammer with several luminous modes”, she explains.

And this is part of a more global movement of massive attraction for Korean culture in France.. “It’s a wave that has been there for ten years in Franceexplains Savannah. Look at the number of Korean restaurants that opened, we went from 50 to 300 restaurants in Paris between 2010 and 2025, it’s impressive. Same for K-Beauty stores. a lot of Korean cosmetics shops have opened in Paris in recent years, ditto for Korean photoatons “.

According to Savannah, there have been several entry points of Korean culture in France. “There was indeed the Kpop. but also the ‘K-Drama’, these Korean series which make 16 to 25 episodes and which were popularized by Netflix with romance, thriller, police series. These series broadcast on a large platform made “k-pop demon hunters”, animated film it possible to make known Korean culture as a whole. lifestyles, food and beauty products”she explains. So many reasons that make Savannah say that “In any case the film was going to walk”.