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🎬 KPop Demon Hunters: Netflix’s K-Pop Movie Crushes Box Office with $20M Debut

Posted on August 25, 2025 | Leave a comment
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Netflix has done it again. Their latest animated film, KPop Demon Hunters, stunned Hollywood by raking in $18–20 million in its opening weekend—outperforming several traditional studio releases and proving once again the power of fandom and genre innovation.

🔍 What Is KPop Demon Hunters About?

KPop Demon Hunters is an animated musical action film that follows a fictional K-pop girl group who double as demon slayers while touring across Asia. The movie blends K-pop choreography, supernatural action, and musical performances into one eye-popping, high-energy experience.

What sets it apart? The animation is sharp, the soundtrack is original and catchy, and the sing-along theatrical release has become a viral fan event—especially among younger audiences and die-hard K-pop fans.

đŸ’„ A Record-Breaking Box Office for a Netflix Movie

Despite being known as a streaming-first platform, Netflix released KPop Demon Hunters in a limited theatrical run—and the results were phenomenal:

  • $18–20 million box office earnings in its debut weekend
  • Surpassing major competitors like Weapons and other summer releases
  • Setting a new benchmark for Netflix’s theatrical potential

This makes KPop Demon Hunters one of the highest-grossing Netflix-backed films to hit theaters, signaling a potential shift in how the platform handles future original content.

✅ Related: How K-pop Culture Is Reshaping Hollywood

🌐 K-Pop Fandom = Box Office Gold

What powered this success? One word: fandom.

K-pop fans are some of the most engaged audiences in the world, and Netflix tapped directly into that passion. With:

  • Viral TikTok dance challenges
  • Fan-made trailers and cosplay flooding social media
  • Global social campaigns in multiple languages

The buzz was unstoppable. KPop Demon Hunters didn’t just launch—it exploded across fan communities worldwide.

🔗 Read more: K-pop’s Growing Influence in Hollywood

đŸ“± Netflix’s Strategy: Streaming Meets Theatrical

This release marks a key shift in Netflix’s strategy. Traditionally a streaming-only giant, Netflix has begun testing theatrical releases for certain titles—and KPop Demon Hunters proves it can work.

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Film Review: Netflix’s Sierra Burgess is a Loser (2018)

Posted on September 12, 2018 | Leave a comment

Sierra Burgess, played by Shannon Purser (known for her roles in ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Riverdale’), receives a text from her longtime crush, Jamey (played by Noah Centineo), believing the message was intended for her. However, she soon discovers that the popular cheerleader and her nemesis, Veronica (played by Kristine Froseth), is behind it. Instead of addressing the situation directly with Jamey, she continues the deception because it makes her ‘happy’ rolls eyes — I know! I didn’t like it. Talk about cringeworthy

Having watched Noah Centineo in To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, my expectations were set pretty high. I thought the film started out well. I was starting to smile here and there until Sierra made one wrong decision after another. She was supposed to be the smart one, for Kavinsky’s sake!

The whole catfishing thing, I think, is what bothers me the most if I’m being honest. It was borderline creepy and not funny at any point in the movie.

Allowing the whole thing to happen, even though she figured out right away that it was all an accident, was definitely not her character, but I guess being deemed as a ‘loser’ by the popular kids — one can only take so much.

I also thought that her playing the victim afterward was way off. I didn’t like the fact that she didn’t take full responsibility for what she did. It was just all too convenient for her.

For me, this would’ve been a big hit similar to ‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before‘ if written properly. There’s the execution, but the story was on the losing end.

Director: Ian Samuels
Cast: Shannon Purser, RJ Cyler, Noah Centineo, Kristine Froseth, Will Peltz, Lea Thompson, Alan Ruck, Lorerra Devine, Chrissy Metz, Alice Lee, Giorgia Whigham, Mary Pat Gleason, Joey Morgan

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars

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Review: Netflix’s La Casa de Las Flores (The House of Flowers) Season 1

Posted on August 24, 2018 | Leave a comment

La Casa de Las Flores (The House of Flowers) is one of the latest original Netflix series offerings – a telenovela set in Mexico City which follows the lives of the de la Mora family members and their web of dramas that started when Roberta committed suicide by hanging herself inside the House of Flowers.

First, just who the heck is Roberta? At the pilot episode, it was revealed that she’s the mistress of the head of the family (Ernesto de la Mora played by Arturo Rios) whose lies he’d kept for years started catching up on him. The story is also conveniently narrated by Roberta herself, ala Desperate Housewives.

La Casa was marketed as a dramedy series with a twist. Yes, there are a lot of twists in it – mostly predictable twists. What it lacks, though in originality, it makes up for its charming cast and diverse characterizations.

There’s Virginia de la Mora (VerĂłnica Castro) whose world turned upside down upon learning about the deceit of her husband and eldest daughter, her middle child’s black boyfriend and her youngest son’s homosexuality. It’s a full buffet for Virginia but as the ‘real’ patriarch of the de la Mora family, she’d make sure that no-one and nothing in the world would ever break them as a family.

Then there’s the eldest de la Mora sibling Paulina (Cecilia SuĂĄrez). Paulina cracks me up like no other with her accent. She’s the character that you’d either hate or love because she’s a total nutjob and a total badass too!

Elena (Aislinn Derbez), the middle child meanwhile came home to Mexico from taking her masters in New York to announce her engagement with her black boyfriend Dominique. Elena just seemed like the bimbo of the series until she found herself in a sticky situation with her almost half-brother Claudio (Lucas Velazquez). Claudio’s character creeps me out a bit, tbh.

And speaking of bimbo – we’ve the youngest, the unico hijo of the de la Mora familia cum fickle minded, bum-fuckboy but definitely super adorable Julian (Dario Yazbek Bernal). Julian is the sunshine of this series. He’s annoyingly charming and adorably frustrating. Add to the fact that he’s in the closet, has a sexual relationship with a girl and is in a secret relationship with their family’s financial advisor, Diego played by the tall, dark and handsome Juan Pablo Medina. Julian and Diego’s subplot seems to be winning the internet with their power couple good looks and Julian’s puppy-like persona in the series.

The show is definitely a step forward and a mostly unique subplot from the usual telenovelas we’re used to as the show embraces diversity like no other. It may sound a tad campy but it’s actually hella entertaining. Its humor isn’t slapstick nor subtle but it’s there glaring from each characters’ story arc. If you’re looking for something stress-free amidst the political mind-game online and on TV (who still watches TV?), then this show is definitely your best option.

Creator: Manolo Caro
Cast: VerĂłnica Castro, Cecilia SuĂĄrez, Aislinn Derbez, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Sheryl Rubio, Paco LeĂłn, Juan Pablo Medina, Arturo RĂ­os, Claudette Maille, Lucas Velazquez, Sawandi Wilson, SofĂ­a Sisniega, Luis de la Rosa, David Ostrosky, Natasha DupeyrĂłn, Alexa de Landa

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Film Review: 4th Man Out (2015)

Posted on August 15, 2018 | Leave a comment

On his 24th birthday, Adam comes out as gay to his three best friends – Chris (Parker Young), Nick (Chord Overstreet), and Ortu (Jon Gabrus). Naturally, the three freaked out but immediately reassured Adam that nothing is going to change between them.

The whole film actually seems to be about Adam finding a boyfriend and his male pals acted like Adam’s long lost fairy godmothers intent on finding a guy for him. They’re even more knowledgeable than Adam about the gay scene. Like seriously? There are a bunch of cringy moments in it and a number of funny scenes too. I still liked this movie. It is something that you could watch to combat boredom but it didn’t deliver its intended message. More like, the film didn’t actually have a message at all.

Director: Andrew Nackman
Cast: Evan Todd, Chord Overstreet, John Gabrus, Parker Young, Jennifer Damiano, Jordan Lane Price, Kate Flannery, 

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

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Film Review: Beach Rats (2017)

Posted on August 14, 2018 | Leave a comment

This film is like a Coldplay music video for me. It’s affecting and it’s melodious and by the end of it, it felt like you’re grasping for something. Beach Rats is so much like that. Its enigmatic lead Harris Dickinson is nothing short of spectacular playing a repressed youth from Brooklyn finding his sexuality and his place in the sun. It’s a rough environment for him and he’s got to fit the mold to survive.

The film was is so different from the young-adult LGBTQ+ stories with the usual arc of realizing their sexuality and coming out of the closet. In context it is almost the same but also different in the way Director Eliza Hittman explored the depth of a teenage longing for freedom, longing for identity and longing for self-expression.

The whole thing was like a loop with beautiful shots and grainy atmosphere. I enjoyed it immensely because I find it so realistic and Dickinson so effective. You can really see everything in his eyes – the fear, the excitement, his vulnerability. He’s someone to watch out for that’s for sure. I’m not sure if this would be most people’s cup of tea but it’s a good kind of film that doesn’t come very often in the genre.

Director: Eliza Hittman
Cast: Harris Dickinson, Madeline Weinstein, Kate Hodge, Neal Huff, Nicole Flyus, Frank Hakaj

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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Film Review: Alex Strangelove (2018)

Posted on August 7, 2018 | Leave a comment

At first glimpse, Alex Strangelove looks like a mere rip-off of Love, Simon but far from its smiliar LGBTQ+ lead characters, this coming-of-age film has a charm of its own with Daniel Doheny adorably playing the role of Alex Truelove and his quest – with the help of his supportive friends – to lose his virginity to his awesome girlfriend / bestfriend Claire (Madeline Weinstein).

Unlike Love, Simon – this isn’t as wholesome and as realistic in terms of how accepting the high school kids are and virtually just about everyone around Alex. That is where it falters a bit in my opinion. Alex Strangelove is a clichĂ© yet poignant and optimistic movie in an unforgiving high school setting moving towards acceptance, rather than just mere tolerance when it comes to sexuality and individuality. It is beautiful yet too ideal a scenario that we only see on TV and the big screen – this time, through my smartphone.

That being said, Alex Strangelove is a step forward towards education. A step towards acceptance. We’ve already made some progress. One step at a time. One step at a time.

Director: Craig Johnson
Cast: Daniel Doheny, Antonio Marziale, Madeline Weinstein, Daniel Zolghadri, Nik Dodani, Fred Hechinger

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

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