The French Netflix subscribers love this film: with almost 160 million views, it is again top 1 almost 2 months after its release

News culture The French Netflix subscribers love this film: with almost 160 million views, it is again top 1 almost 2 months after its release

A resounding success on Netflix and beyond

The dazzling ascent of Kpop Demon Hunters is not limited to France. He was crowned the most watched original animated film of all time on Netflix from July 29, 2025. This musical feature film of Action Adventure and Fantasy has captivated an international audience, as evidenced by its success which is also available on social networkswhere fans share works of art, covers of songs and choreographies inspired by the film. In addition to its success on Netflix, the soundtrack of the film also dethroned titles of major groups such as BTS and Blackpink in the rankings. The song “Golden” of the Huntr/X fictitious group, for example, accumulates 250 million listening on Spotify. She even reached first place in the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The success of this soundtrack is as it has the best start in the Billboard 200 ranking for a soundtrack released in 2025, becoming the first to reach the top ten that year.

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A universe of abundant fantasy

Produced by Sony Pictures Animation (Spiderman: New Generation), Kpop Demon Hunters is a film directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appehans. He narrates the adventures of Rumi, Mira and Zoey, the members of Huntr/X, a famous group of female K-Pop who leads a double secret life of demons hunters. Their life changes a group of K -Pop Rival composed of evil beings – the Saja Boys – threatens their “peaceful” life. The story succeeds in a perfect fusion between Korean pop, mythology and American animation, all bathing in a colorful artistic direction. The film, described as a love letter to the K-Pop and the Korean roots of the director Maggie Kang, draws her inspiration from real groups of K-Pop and from Korean culture. Many elements were integrated into the film, “Norigae” pendants worn by the Huntr/X with black “hanbok” and traditional hats (“gat”) of the Saja Boys, which recall the “Jeoseung Saja” (figures of reaper) of Korean folklore. The animation is eyeing the “Spider-Verse” films by adopting a 2D-3D hybrid aesthetic which seduces subscribers.

A conquered audience

The critical reception of “Kpop Demon Hunters” was greatly positive. The film obtained a score of 97% of favorable opinions on Rotten Tomatoes, the press highlighting “a catchy animation, vibrant colors, a joyful family entertainment with an excellent soundtrack as a bonus”. David Tizzard of The Korea Times described him as “remarkably good”, praising his representation of Korean culture and describing it as a “love letter to K-Pop”. He also pointed out that music is “produced by real heavyweights from industry”, that it is “imbued with lyrical nuances and fits perfectly with the story”. Despite its short duration and a slightly too simple outcome, Kpop Demon Hunters was able to charm by its originality and its realization. Faced with such a craze, Netflix is already considering two additional films to form a trilogy as well as a television series, a short film and an adaptation in musical.