“Rumi, Rumi, Rumi! Can we take a picture with you? Pleeease?”
“Zoey! Mira! Over here! Over here!”
Those were the cries of the children who had lined up outside the Paris Theater in Manhattan on Saturday for a special screening of the animated musical film “KPop Demon Hunters,” a mega hit for Netflix this summer.
They were calling out to the actors dressed as the three members of Huntrix, a fictional K-pop girl group that specializes in singing catchy smash hits and keeping the world safe from demons.
“I think I’m going to faint,” one fan said as she posed for a selfie with the actor costumed as Rumi.
The occasion was a singalong showing of “KPop Demon Hunters,” one of thousands that took place over the weekend at theaters in the United States and Canada. At the Paris, an art house cinema owned by Netflix, fans boasted about how many times they had seen the film.
“I’ve watched it a million times,” said Adelina Yan, 9.
“I’ve watched it 10 million times,” said her friend Victoria Benavides, 10.
Victoria’s mother, Gloria Contreras, 56, seemed a bit weary.
“All she does is watch it,” Ms. Contreras said. “I’m getting a little sick of it. I mean, I can only take so much.”
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