Last week a new animated film dropped on Netflix and it’s already broken records as the highest-rated Netflix original on Rotten Tomatoes, the film review website.
The film ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ was produced by Sony Pictures Animation and released by Netflix. It follows HUNTR/X, a fictional K-Pop girl group, who lead double lives as demon hunters.
The film was released on June 20 and within a week it had drawn an incredible number of positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes it has a rating of 95% from critics and 93% from audience reviews, as of June 25.
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That total score of 188 is the highest figure for a Netflix original movies, beating ‘The Mitchell’s vs. the Machines’, which scored 186 (97% critic, 89% audience). Forbes has broken down the highest-rated Netflix original titles on Rotten Tomatoes…
Highest-rated Netflix original movies
- KPop Demon Hunters – 95% critic, 93% audience – 188 total
- The Mitchell’s vs. the Machines – 97% critic, 89% audience – 186 total
- Hit Man – 95% critic, 89% audience – 184 total
- His Three Daughters – 98% critic, 83% audience – 181 total
- The Irishman – 95% critic, 86% audience – 181 total
- His House – 100% critic, 73% audience – 174 total
- Rebel Ridge – 95% critic, 73% audience – 168 total
- Roma – 96% critic, 72% audience – 168 total
- Carry-On – 88% critic, 51% audience – 139 total
- Extraction – 67% critic, 71% audience – 138 total
Sony Picture Animation has developed a reputation as one of the most dynamic and forward-thinking studios of its kind. SPA was also behind the much-loved ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’.
The co-director of ‘K-Pop Demon Hunter’, Maggie Kang, has a deep back catalog in animation and has previously worked in the story departments at DreamWorks, Blue Sky and Illumination. For the new film she teams up with Chris Appelhans, an illustrator, production designer, and film director who wrote and directed ‘Wish Dragon’.
The latest offering plays into the popularity of K-Pop and the intense fandoms that the bands and individuals inspire. South Korean boy band BTS had a four-night sell-out run at SoFi Stadium and could have sold countless more tickets, highlighting the incredible sway that the genre has over culture.
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