All awards season, one cartoon ruled them all. Others came. Others have tried. But in the end, KPop Demon Hunters always intended to reign supreme. And it capped off Sunday night with a Best Animated Feature Oscar.
Netflix’s the most popular movie of all time It entered a formidable list of competition to receive the award, including Disney Zootopia 2Pixar’s ElioNeon Arcoand of France Little Amélie, or the Character of the Rain. All this is fantastic, but there was no stopping He was a cultural knight KPop Demon Hunters. Especially since it won the equivalent at the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards, Annie Awards, and more. according to Wikipediathe film even won 130 of 187 nominations across all award bodies ahead of Sunday’s Oscars.
But some of them included the song “Gold”, which was a huge hit and was expected to win an Oscar for best original song. The giveaway hasn’t happened yet, but we’ll update this post with the final result when it does.
Several films, animated or non-animated, have had such a year KPop Demon Hunters there was then a Pretty quiet debut on Netflixthe film slowly but steadily grew its viewership, resulting in the broadcaster’s top spot as its most popular film ever. In fact, now, months later, it’s still regularly one of the top 10 most streamed movies on the site. It also enjoyed a very, very successful run in theaters, where it was the number one film in the country at the box office, despite being available on Netflix. Then, of course, there were all the trades, all the accolades, and now all the talk about the franchise going on. Which will be.
But the Oscars are where legacies are cemented, and of course that’s what happened KPop Demon Hunters.
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