Five Nights at Freddy’s tops box office for second week in a row as Josh Hutcherson’s video game adaptation becomes the year’s highest-grossing horror film
Five Nights at Freddy’s claimed the box office crown for the second weekend in a row.
Despite a massive 76% drop from its October 27 debut, the horror film starring Hunger Games’ Josh Hutcherson managed to rake in another $19.4 million in its second outing.
The video game adaptation beat out Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which remained in second place and grossed $13.5 million in its fourth weekend of release.
In third place, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro added $7 million to the total.
Five Nights at Freddy’s has a year-to-date domestic total of $113 million, and after ten days in release it has already become the highest-grossing horror film of the year, ahead of The Nun II ($85 million), M3GAN ($95 million) and Scream VI ($108 million), according Variety.
Big draw: Five Nights at Freddy’s claimed the crown at the box office for the second weekend in a row
Gold at the Box Office: Despite a massive 76% drop from its October 27 debut, the horror film starring Hunger Games’ Josh Hutcherson managed to rake in another $19.4 million in its second outing. Nights at Freddy’s claimed the crown at the box office for the second weekend in a row
Horror Heaven: Five Nights at Freddy’s has a domestic total of $113 million to date, and after ten days in release it has already become the highest-grossing horror film of the year
The film was simultaneously released on Peacock, also breaking a record for the steaming service.
According to a press release from Universal, the Blumhouse and Universal Pictures film officially had the biggest five-day debut of any Peacock title.
The company also maintained that the film exceeded five-day viewership ahead of Halloween Ends and The Super Mario Bros. Movie dethroned.
Jason Blum, the founder and CEO of Blumhouse, said revenue from the sale of streaming and theatrical distribution rights for Five Nights at Freddy’s had already exceeded production costs, according to his recent interview with Fortune.
The film had a reported production budget of approximately $20 million.
It also delivered the biggest opening ever for Blumhouse, outperforming the 2018 Halloween remake.
The domestic figures put the film tied with Black Widow for the biggest opening ever for a day-and-date release – meaning a film debuts in theaters and hits streaming on the same day.
The film is an adaptation of the iconic video game series created by Scott Cawthon in 2014.
Second Place: The video game adaptation beat out Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which remained in second place and grossed $13.5 million in its fourth weekend of release
Keeping score: In third place, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro added $7 million to the total
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It follows the story of a troubled security guard named Matt Schmidt, who starts a new job at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria, an abandoned theme restaurant with a group of possessed animatronics.
Teamed up with a local police officer (Elizabeth Lail) and his younger sister (Piper Rubio), Mike soon discovers that the gig won’t be a walk in the park.
Meanwhile, Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley biopic Priscilla placed fourth, earning $5 million.
In fifth place was the Spanish-language film Radical, which earned $2.7 million and pushed Exorcist: Believer to sixth place.