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Sony credits Netflix for making KPop Demon Hunters its most-watched film with over 500 million global views, highlighting streaming's role in its unprecedented success.

  • Sony Pictures Animation and Columbia released GOAT, while presidents Kristine Belson and Damien de Froberville credited Netflix for KPop Demon Hunters' more than 500 million global views.
  • Sony licensed KPop Demon Hunters to Netflix, which checked performance at day 3, 10, 28, and called around day 14 as interest grew, according to Hannah Minghella.
  • Caleb McLaughlin leads the cast of GOAT, featuring Gabrielle Union and Stephen Curry, and centers on Will Harris amid anthropomorphic 'bigs' in a Zootopia-like Roarball world.
  • The film's success produced sequels and spinoffs and Oscar attention, and it also returned strong theatrical revenue, earning tens of millions in just days.
  • The film's worldbuilding features use Epic Games' Unreal Engine for visual effects and stage Roarball on hazardous surfaces, indicating future animation trends.
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Popdiaries broke the news in on Thursday, February 12, 2026.
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