"As any Hunter will tell you, the power-pop girl group Huntr/x dominates the animated-musical landscape as an unstoppable, ramen-munching, ass-kicking force. The trio tops music charts and packs stadiums across Korea with their signature brand of trap-infused Girl Crush EDM while also dispatching legions of shape-shifting monsters and saving the human world from the demon realm as the heroes of Netflix's most-watched film ever, KPop Demon Hunters."
"Over Halloween weekend, however, as KPDH returned to the multiplex for an astonishing second time since the summer, the juggernaut popularity of Huntr/x's members - tough-cookie dancer-choreographer Mira, elfin rapper and throwing-knives specialist Zoey, and secretly half-demon main vocalist Rumi (voiced by Arden Cho with EJAE providing her singing vocals) - proved no match for the countervailing box-office forces of trick-or-treating and back-to-back World Series games between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays."
"Even as Netflix's scant few officially licensed Huntr/x costumes sold out and the movie's ear-worm self-determination single "Golden" continued to reign at No. 1 on Billboard's Pop Airplay chart, a singalong version of the movie slightly undershot pre-release "tracking" estimates. According to projections from rival studios and exhibitors - because Netflix does not release streaming data or box-office numbers - the animated musical grossed somewhere between $5.3 million and $6 million while playing in 2,890 theaters across North America."
Huntr/x is a power-pop, trap-infused Girl Crush EDM trio that tops charts and fills Korean stadiums while starring as demon-fighting heroes in KPop Demon Hunters. The film returned to theaters over Halloween for a second run but underperformed expectations as trick-or-treating and consecutive World Series games reduced attendance. Officially licensed costumes sold out and the single "Golden" stayed No. 1 on Billboard's Pop Airplay, yet the singalong theatrical release slightly missed pre-release tracking. Projections from rival studios estimate a North American gross between $5.3 million and $6 million from 2,890 theaters, trailing other current releases.
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