The “Five Nights at Freddy’s” sequel opens in cinemas this Friday, the PG-13 horror sequel is reportedly on track for a robust $35-40 million debut in 3,300 North American theatres reports Variety.
That means the game-to-film adaptation will make its $36 million budget back on its opening weekend, something any movie franchise would envy. However, this isn’t just any movie franchise.
The first film debuted in late 2023 and was an even more gargantuan hit than expected – the title premiered with $80 million in its domestic opening weekend in cinemas and was by far Blumhouse’s biggest opening to date. It ended its run with nearly $300 million in global revenue.
It was seen as doubly impressive as the title debuted day-and-date simultaneously on streaming service Peacock, and to this day remains the biggest box-office opening weekend for a day-and-date release.
That the sequel, which is exclusive to cinemas only this time, is tracking to debut with less than half of what the first film did is… not good. Taking into account that first film potentially lost several million in ticket sales due to the same-day Peacock release, it’s really not good.
Blumhouse is coming off a brutal year at the box office with a string of flops and “Black Phone 2” the sole success so far.
“Zootopia 2” is expected to rule the box-office again with a further $44-50 million, a 50-55% decline from its $98 million debut. That film has hit $616.7 million worldwide in its first week of release. Tarantino’s “Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair” re-release is expected to earn $5-10 million.
