Since its release in June 2025, the animated film K-Pop: Demon Hunters dominates the top Netflix for over twenty weeks. A real phenomenon which follows the adventures of Zoey, Rumi et Mirademon hunters by night and K-pop stars by day. Faced with this historic cardboard, Sony Pictures Animation et Netflix reached a major financial agreement, officially paving the way for a suite highly anticipated, as reported The Hollywood Reporter.
K-Pop: Demon Hunters: a record financial deal for Sony
The success of K-Pop: Demon Hunters is not only critical, it is above all financial. The film, produced by Sony, became the most viewed in the history of the streaming platform.
According to information from The Hollywood Reporter, this feat pushes Netflix to pay an exceptional bonus of $15 million at the studio. This substantial sum is added to the 25 million dollars already provided for in the initial contract for copyright and distribution.
A total jackpot which confirms the sequel
In total, Sony Pictures Animation will therefore receive 40 million dollars for this first film, whose production budget amounted to 100 million. This deal, initially signed during the 2021 pandemic, is proving to be an extremely lucrative deal for Sony.
And profit of 40 million on a film of this ilk is very rare. This financial arrangement especially facilitates the start of work on a sequel, which fans and actors, like Rei Amy the voice of Zoeydemanded ardently.
The appointment is made for 2029
If the actress was waiting for the call from production, Sony et Netflix passed it well. This financial agreement secures the future of the franchise K-Pop: Demon Hunters on the platform.
However, you will have to be patient The Hollywood Reporter specifies that this sequence with K-Pop Demon Hunters 2 is not not expected on Netflix before 2029.
Source de l’information : The Hollywood Reporter
