In a box office twist, "Kpop Demon Hunters," a film from the theatrical-averse Netflix appears to be No. 1 on North American charts.

On a slow end-of-summer weekend that has been left by the legacy studios to specialty distributors, Netflix is set to do something it has never done before with its first No. 1 at the box office, all thanks to Sony Pictures Animation's "K-Pop Demon Hunters" As the original animated action musical stands on the verge of passing "Red Notice" as the streamer's most-watched film ever with 210 million views and counting,

The animated movie, already a hit on streaming, will screen to sell-out crowds in theaters for special sing-along showings. But Netflix won't release box office numbers.