Now here’s a first: Two months after dropping “ KPop Demon Hunters ” on Netflix, the streamer is putting the animated hit in theaters — and not just the cursory Oscar-qualifying run its prestige titles get in New York and Los Angeles. This one is going wide, in more than 1,700 venues, for karaoke-captioned screenings in which audience participation is encouraged.

Dress up! Sing along! Give in to the catchy choreography … that’s how it’s done done done!

I’ve been on the Huntr/x train since the beginning and bought tickets to the first screening of the day at Los Angeles’ Alamo Drafthouse theater, where the house was packed with family audiences. They weren’t just in it for the songs either, but gleefully recited most of the dialogue, too. These kids knew the movie by heart, having wa

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