So much for theatrical windows, but Netflix’s Kpop Demon Hunters Sing-along is returning to cinemas from Oct. 31-Nov. 2.
The first time the movie, which had already racked up record eyeballs on the streamer, played to a No. 1 take of $19M over Aug. 22-25, it was without AMC Theatres, but with a pure play in Regal, Cinemark and other circuits.
Now, in its reprise, Kpop Demon Hunters will play in 400 AMC theaters around the globe in addition to Regal and Cinemark. Offshore markets include UK, Ireland, Korea, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Australia, and New Zealand.
Netflix and AMC have often been at odds over windowing, exhibit A: a coast-to-coast wide release of Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman never happened. That said, AMC did play Netflix’s