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LOS ANGELES \u2014\u00a0Netflix\u00a0appears to have its first No. 1 box-office title in the streaming company\u2019s 18-year history thanks to the sensation of\u00a0\u201cKPop Demon Hunters.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/center> Rival studios on Sunday estimated \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d led all films over the weekend with $16-18 million in ticket sales. Distribution executives from three studios shared their estimates for the Netflix phenomenon on condition of anonymity because\u00a0the streaming company\u00a0has a policy of not reporting ticket sales.<\/p>\n Following a dominating few weeks as one of the most popular Netflix releases ever, the streamer put the film into 1,750 theaters for sing-along screenings Saturday and Sunday. Studios are able to accurately estimate ticket sales for all releases on Sunday morning, though the uncommon nature of the \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d releases means a wider variance. Some estimates were as high as $20 million.<\/p>\n It amounted to a\u00a0victory lap for \u201cKPop Demon Hunters,\u201d\u00a0arguably the biggest hit of Hollywood\u2019s summer, and an ironic success for Netflix, whose emphasis on streaming, not theatrical release, upended the movie industry. Another sore spot for Hollywood: The film was developed and produced by Sony Pictures, which sold it to Netflix.<\/p>\n Not all exhibitors went along. AMC, the largest theater chain in North America, declined to show the movie. But that didn\u2019t stop Netflix from claiming the box-office title its more traditional competitors typically own.<\/p>\n David A. Gross, who runs the movie consulting firm FranchiseRe, called it \u201ca completely unique two-day musical event.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt may turn out to be higher,\u201d said Gross. \u201cTheater owners are quick on their feet and can add capacity according to demand.\u201d<\/p>\n The theatrical release, though limited, is out of the ordinary for the streaming giant, which has long stressed a commitment to subscriber releases. The movie debuted on the platform in late June and is currently Netflix’s most-watched animated original film.<\/p>\n The film centers on Huntr\/x, a KPop superstar trio who double as demon hunters. The members, Rumi (Arden Cho), Mira (May Hong) and Zooey (Ji-young Yoo), must protect their fans and face their biggest enemy yet: a rival boy band made up of demons in disguise.<\/p>\n Zach Cregger’s horror hit\u00a0\u201cWeapons\u201d\u00a0maintained strength in the box office during its third weekend, bringing in $15.6 million domestically. The\u00a0buzzy horror movie\u00a0has proved its staying power, raking in over $100 million globally since its release.<\/p>\n Disney’s\u00a0\u201cFreakier Friday\u201d\u00a0landed behind the horror movie once again, earning $9.2 million in North American theaters.<\/p>\n The two films are \u201creal bright spots\u201d as the box office heads into a \u201crather quiet finish\u201d for the summer, said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for the data firm Comscore. Both films, which premiered simultaneously earlier this month, had a minimal 36% drop from last weekend.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we have to look at the currency of the goodwill generated by people having these great summer moviegoing experiences,\u201d Dergarabedian said. \u201cWe have to look at that as a more important metric than just the bottom-line dollars and cents.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Fantastic Four: First Steps”\u00a0earned $5.9 million domestically during its fifth weekend. The movie enjoyed a\u00a0strong $118 million debut\u00a0but has experienced a steady decline.<\/p>\n Newcomer\u00a0\u201cHoney Don\u2019t!\u201d\u00a0opened in 1,317 North American theaters with a weekend gross estimate of $3 million, in line with expectations. The movie made it to the top 10, right above\u00a0\u201cThe Naked Gun.”<\/p>\n The dark comedy stars Margaret Qualley as Honey O\u2019Donahue, a small-town private investigator who investigates a slew of strange deaths tied to a church in Bakersfield, California.<\/p>\n With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:<\/p>\n 1. \u201cWeapons,\u201d $15.6 million.<\/p>\n 2. \u201cFreakier Friday,\u201d $9.2 million.<\/p>\n 3. \u201cThe Fantastic Four: First Steps,\u201d $5.9 million.<\/p>\n 4. \u201cThe Bad Guys 2,” $5.1 million.<\/p>\n 5. \u201cNobody 2,” $3.7 million.<\/p>\n 6. \u201cSuperman,” $3.4 million.<\/p>\n 7. \u201cHoney Don’t!” $3 million.<\/p>\n 8. \u201cThe Naked Gun,\u201d $3 million.<\/p>\n 9. \u201cJurassic World Rebirth,” $2.1 million.<\/p>\n 10. \u201cRelay,\u201d $2 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source spectrumnews1.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LOS ANGELES \u2014\u00a0Netflix\u00a0appears to have its first No. 1 box-office title in the streaming company\u2019s 18-year history thanks to the sensation of\u00a0\u201cKPop Demon Hunters.\u201d What You Need To Know Rival studios on Sunday estimated \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d led all films over the weekend with $16-18 million in ticket sales Distribution executives from three studios shared […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1977744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[22793,22694,22800,22811,22804,269828,22691,21741,22080,21737],"class_list":["post-1977743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-all-markets-rank-everywhere","tag-app-arts-entertainment","tag-app-for-your-consideration","tag-app-top-stories","tag-associated-press","tag-c-block-national","tag-california","tag-entertainment","tag-hawaii","tag-top-stories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KPop-Demon-Hunters-gives-Netflix-its-first-box-office-win.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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