Netflix wanted to beat Disney in family animation. ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ is its best chance

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Key Points

  • “We want to beat Disney in family animation,” then Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said in 2020.
  • “KPop Demon Hunters” has become its most viewed animated film and second-most viewed movie.
  • “It is a potential gold mine. Can Netflix mine all that gold out? That’s the question,” one analyst says.