K-Pop Demon Hunters Heads to Busan with Special Sing-Along Screening After North American Smash

Netflix’s breakout animated hit K-Pop Demon Hunters—already a pop culture phenomenon in the United States—will get the red-carpet treatment at Asia’s biggest film stage. The Busan International Film Festival announced on Aug. 22 that it will host a special sing-along screening of the film, inviting audiences in South Korea to belt out chart-topping tracks alongside the movie.

The event will take place at Sohyang Theater Shinhancard Hall at Dongseo University, offering fans a chance to re-experience songs that have already stormed the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Official Singles Chart. Organizers said the goal is to recreate the electric energy of a K-pop concert while immersing fans in the film’s story.

The sing-along version has already proven a runaway success in North America. According to The Hollywood Reporter, more than 1,700 theaters across the U.S. and Canada have booked the film, with over 1,000 screenings sold out and more being added daily. Industry watchers say the movie’s soundtrack-driven momentum could help it become one of the biggest animated box office hits of the year.

K-Pop Demon Hunters tells the story of Huntress, a fictional K-pop idol group that uses music to fight demons and protect the world. Since debuting on Netflix, it has become the platform’s most-watched original animated movie, while its lead single “Golden” topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK charts—making it one of the rare K-pop-related tracks to dominate Western music rankings.

Details on Busan’s sing-along screening schedule will be released soon, but for American fans, the event underscores how K-pop is not just influencing music but is now shaping global film experiences too.