A singalong version of the Netflix animated film 'KPop Demon Hunters' is on-track to earn $18 million to $20 million in theaters this weekend, making it the number one movie at the domestic box office. And that's despite only being in theaters for two-thirds of the weekend (namely, Saturday and Sunday). This isn't the first time a streaming title has topped the box office charts. In fact, Apple's 'F1' (distributed in U.S. theaters by Warner Bros.) opened to an even more impressive $57 million earlier this summer. But this marks the first time Netflix has had the biggest movie in theaters. The victory comes with some asterisks, most notably that Netflix doesn't announce box office returns itself. So these aren't official numbers from the streamer, but rather preliminary weekend estimates from other industry sources. This was, admittedly, a quiet weekend, without major new releases. Besides 'KPop Demon Hunters,' the top-grossing movie was 'Weapons,' which made an estimated $15.4...
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