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“KPop Demon Hunters” just became Netflix’s most watched film

Merch. Sequels. More KPDH. Netflix execs have another big hit on their hands.

8/29/25 10:41AM

Netflix’s Korean-inspired hits just keep on coming, as “KPop Demon Hunters” has become the streamer’s most watched film of all time, racking up 236 million views since its June 20 release.

In just over two months, Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation’s animated musical has surpassed “Red Notice,” the 2021 Ryan Reynolds film that previously held the record with 231 million views in its first 91 days.

Due to a slightly shorter run time, “KPDH” hasn’t quite taken the title of most hours viewed, but given its freakish trajectory, which is showing basically no signs of slowing down, the title will very likely take the top spot on that metric, too.

Kpop demon hunters popularity chart — Sherwood News

That’s on top of scoring the theatre-averse streamer’s first box office No. 1 last weekend thanks to a sing-along version of the movie.

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Unlike other movies on Netflix’s ranks that peak in their first week of release before slowing down, “KPDH” has gained popularity a little more steadily, raking in an average of 43 million hours viewed in the last three weeks of data reported. That unusual staying power is in part thanks to millions of kids who are reportedly watching the movie six to eight times on average (or even more for some) — an enthusiastic audience that’s frequently driving the top of the charts in the world of TV, too.

Alongside a flurry of celebrations around the film’s Billboard chart performance and potential Oscar ambitions, Netflix shareholders will be pleased to know that the streamer also owns the film’s merchandising rights. Naturally, they’re already talking about a sequel.

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As the Powerball jackpot has stretched to $1.8 billion, users are flooding into DraftKing’s Jackpocket lottery app.

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Americans that live in colder states are more likely to sleep longer

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Paramount and Microsoft’s Activision agree to partner on a “Call of Duty” movie

Less than a month after forming, Paramount Skydance has landed another major piece of intellectual property. The studio said it’s signed a deal with Microsoft’s Activision to create a live-action “Call of Duty” film.

The competitive shooter is one of the most popular gaming franchises in the world and has been the US’s bestselling series for the past 16 years. The next title in the 22-year-old franchise, “Black Ops 7,” will debut in November.

Paramount, which closed its merger with Skydance in August, has had a summer of big deals. It acquired UFC broadcast rights in a $7.7 billion deal with TKO last month, following a $1.5 billion deal for “South Park” rights in July. The company also lured “Stranger Things” creators away from Netflix last month for a four-year film and TV development deal.

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9/1/25

“Blinding Lights” just officially hit 5 billion streams on Spotify

Over the weekend, The Weeknd’s biggest hit crossed over the impressive threshold, with Spotify marking the feat with an Instagram post that the artist shared to his story.

According to Spotify data collated by Kworb, the song now has a staggering 5,000,010,581 streams on the platform, and is racking up nearly 1.5 million streams each day at the time of writing.

Blinding Lights crosses 5 billion chart — Sherwood News

While Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You,” released about two years before “Blinding Lights,” looks like it’ll be the next song to hit the 5 billion boundary, “Starboy,” another song from The Weeknd, might not be too far behind.

Besides those two megahits, The Weeknd has 26 other songs that have been streamed more than 1 billion times on Spotify — more than any other artist on the platform.

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is about to hit 5 billion streams on Spotify

Besides those two megahits, The Weeknd has 26 other songs that have been streamed more than 1 billion times on Spotify — more than any other artist on the platform.

$30B

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8/29/25

Americans are set to gamble a record $30 billion on the NFL this season, according to estimates from the American Gaming Association.

For context, that’s the same price tag as all US sports broadcasting rights combined. Leading sportsbooks like DraftKings, Flutter Entertainment’s FanDuel, Caesars Entertainment, and MGM’s BetMGM are positioned to cash in, with each battling for market share through promos, partnerships, and increasingly sticky mobile apps.

Meanwhile, lawmakers are ramping up efforts to crack down on illegal sportsbooks: this month, 50 attorneys general urged the Justice Department to take action against unlicensed gambling, warning that states are losing roughly $4 billion in tax revenue.