On a slow end-of-summer weekend that has been left by the legacy studios to specialty distributors, Netflix is set to do something it has never done before with its first No. 1 at the box office, all thanks to Sony Pictures Animation's "K-Pop Demon Hunters" As the original animated action musical stands on the verge of passing "Red Notice" as the streamer's most-watched film ever with 210 million views and counting,

Since its release, K-Pop Demon Hunters has become Netflix’s most-watched animated film and currently ranks as the platform’s fourth most-watched film of all time. Over the weekend, the sing-along version of the animated film was released in 2,180 theatres across the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

Rival studios on Sunday estimated that the Netflix film, “KPop Demon Hunters” led all films in the box office this weekend with $16-18 million in ticket sales