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As first spotted by numerous aggregators on X over the weekend, KPop Demon Hunters is heading back to the theaters for a special “Sing-Along Event”. This is the second time the movie has appeared on the big screen, having previously screened alongside its Netflix release in late June 2025. Given the movie has become Netflix’s biggest animated movie of all time and potentially its biggest of all time, the jump back to theaters makes sense.
Of course, much like all Netflix theatrical releases, only select chains will be showing it. Among the theater chains we’ve seen that will be participating are Alamo Drafthouse, Cinemark, Marcus, and Regal Cinemas in the US. It’s a limited screening affair with some theaters carrying the movie up to four times across August 23rd and 24th.
Here are a few of the theaters showing the title in a couple of major markets:
Los Angeles
- Regal LA Live & 4DX – 1000 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90015 — 1:00 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
- Regal Edwards Alhambra Renaissance & IMAX – 1 East Main St, Alhambra, CA 91801 — 3:30 p.m., 6:00 p.m.
- Regal Edwards South Gate – 8630 Garfield Ave, South Gate, CA 90280 — 3:30 p.m., 6:00 p.m.
- Regal North Hollywood & 4DX – 6150 Laurel Canyon Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91606 — 11:15 a.m., 7:00 p.m.
- Regal Sherman Oaks Galleria – 15301 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 — 4:10 p.m., 6:50 p.m.
New York
- Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Lower Manhattan – 28 Liberty St Suite SC301, New York, NY 10005 — 3:50 p.m., 6:50 p.m.
- Regal Battery Park – 102 North End Ave., New York, NY 10282 — 12:00 p.m., 6:30 p.m.
- Regal Essex Crossing & RPX – 129 Delancey St., New York, NY 10002 — 12:00 p.m., 7:40 p.m.
- Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn – 445 Albee Square West, Brooklyn, NY 11201 — 2:45 p.m., 5:45 p.m.
- Regal Union Square ScreenX & 4DX – 850 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 — 2:00 p.m., 7:15 p.m.
- Regal Times Square – 247 W. 42nd St., New York, NY 10036 — 12:00 p.m., 7:15 p.m.
- Regal Secaucus ShowPlace 14 – 650 Plaza Drive, Secaucus, NJ 07094 — 1:10 p.m., 7:20 p.m.
- Regal Atlas Park – 80-28 Cooper Ave., Queens, NY 11385 — 3:00 p.m., 6:50 p.m.
- Regal UA Midway – 108-22 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, NY 11375 — 12:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 5:00 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
- Regal Concourse 10 – 214 East 161st Street, Bronx, NY 10451 — 1:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m.
- Regal Tangram – 133-36 37th Ave., Flushing, NY 11354 — 11:10 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 4:50 p.m., 7:40 p.m.
You can use the official Fandango page for more details for where you live, but suffice to say, most major cities are showing the movie during that weekend. They list the new edit of the movie, which is essentially exactly the same, with animated subtitles for the song lyrics, allowing audiences to join in.
Eventually, we suspect this Sing-Along version will also make its way onto Netflix, but it won’t be the first ever Sing-Along version of a movie to ever arrive on Netflix. That accolade, at least on the animated front, still belongs to My Little Pony: A New Generation, with the original movie releasing in September 2021 and the Sing-Along edition added in July 2022. According to Netflix Engagement Report figures, the Sing-Along version receives about 80% fewer views than the normal version.
We have reached out to Netflix for additional details.
We’re still awaiting more news about the future of KPop Demon Hunters on Netflix. A recent report suggested Netflix is looking at expanding the world with sequels and other tie-ins, although our understanding is that any reports of a stage show and a live-action movie are entirely unfounded. We’d guess that a sequel is most likely in the short to medium term, with an animated short sometime in between to help soften the wait.
We’re also awaiting to see whether the movie can finally topple Red Notice off of the top spot on Netflix’s all-time most-watched titles covering the first 91 days of viewership. According to our analysis from last week, it could come mighty close, easily surpass it, or even narrowly miss it, depending on its trajectory in the coming weeks.
Are you going to be checking out KPop Demon Hunters back in theaters? Let us know in the comments.