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Grade B37 sourcesHIS-00252

Kung Fury

Film · 2015 · Notable

Made by Laser Unicorns in-house · Source

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A crowdfunded short film reached 40 million YouTube views after a Cannes premiere.

Original · re-upload by Luis Carlos Alves
The complete action comedy about a Miami cop who traveled back in time to fight Hitler.
David Sandberg on YouTube, via Wayback Machine
Kung Fury.
SVT Nyheter
Kung Fury on Steam
Steam / Laser Unicorns
BTS still from Kung Fury 2
Variety
KUNG FURY Official Movie [HD]
LaserUnicorns on YouTube
David Hasselhoff - True Survivor (from Kung Fury)
DavidHasselhoffVEVO on YouTube

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Numbers

Seed film + top 10 derivatives: film-only lower bound
40M
As of Jul 14, 2025 · YouTube · AlloCiné
Peak date
Week of May 31, 2015
May 22 ’15 to Week of May 31, 2015
Platforms
7
Started on Box office
Origin
Seeded
Entertainment

Mechanics

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  • Response chain

How it spread

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Sandberg crowdfunded Kung Fury and premiered it at Cannes before a free online release. YouTube views, Reddit discussions and press coverage followed. A game and Hackerman image memes carried the film into other formats.

Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.

Google searchesAug ’13Jan ’14SepJun ’15SepFeb ’16JulOct ’18Jan ’21Apr ’23Jun ’25PeakOpen webPressTVBox officeYouTubeRedditInstagram
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Timeline (17)

  1. December 2013

    David Sandberg precursor · Dec 26 ’13

    Sandberg launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the short film.[1][2]

    The complete action comedy about a Miami cop who traveled back in time to fight Hitler.
    Open the first post ↗

  2. The Verge precursor · Dec 27 ’13

    The Verge covered the crowdfunding trailer and its promise of a free online film.[3]

  3. SVT Nyheter precursor · Dec 28 ’13

    SVT reported Twitter promotion by The Independent, Empire, Total Film and Fred Durst during crowdfunding.[37]

Changelogupdated Oct 12 ’26
  1. 2026-10-12Added: 16 events, 28 sources · Score 58
Origin
Seeded
Sector
Entertainment
Region
SE
Seed film + top 10 derivatives: film-only lower bound
40M
As of Jul 14, 2025 · YouTube · AlloCiné
Evidence
Grade B

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Google searchesAug ’13Jan ’14SepJun ’15SepFeb ’16JulOct ’18Jan ’21Apr ’23Jun ’25PeakOpen webPressTVBox officeYouTubeRedditInstagram
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  1. December 2013

    David Sandberg precursor · Dec 26 ’13

    Sandberg launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the short film.[1][2]

    The complete action comedy about a Miami cop who traveled back in time to fight Hitler.
    Open the first post ↗

  2. The Verge precursor · Dec 27 ’13

    The Verge covered the crowdfunding trailer and its promise of a free online film.[3]

  3. SVT Nyheter precursor · Dec 28 ’13

    SVT reported Twitter promotion by The Independent, Empire, Total Film and Fred Durst during crowdfunding.[37]

  1. precursor · Apr 17 ’15

  2. precursor · May 21 ’15

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