A singalong version of KPop Demon Hunters is projected to earn $18–$20 million in theaters this weekend and lead the domestic box office despite being shown only Saturday and Sunday. Streaming titles have topped box office charts before, with Apple's F1 opening to $57 million. Netflix does not report box office returns, so the figures are preliminary industry estimates. The weekend featured few major new releases; Weapons earned an estimated $15.4 million in its third weekend for a $115 million domestic total. KPop Demon Hunters has been available on streaming since late June and has exceeded 210 million views.
A singalong version of the Netflix animated film "KPop Demon Hunters" is on-track to earn $18 million to $20 million in theaters this weekend, making it the number one movie at the domestic box office. And that's despite only being in theaters for two-thirds of the weekend (namely, Saturday and Sunday). This isn't the first time a streaming title has topped the box office charts.
The victory comes with some asterisks, most notably that Netflix doesn't announce box office returns itself. So these aren't official numbers from the streamer, but rather preliminary weekend estimates from other industry sources. This was, admittedly, a quiet weekend, without major new releases. Besides "KPop Demon Hunters," the top-grossing movie was "Weapons," which made an estimated $15.4 million in its third weekend in theaters, for a $115 million domestic total.
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