Five Nights at Freddy’s, Blumhouse and Universal’s latest horror flick, is off to a strong start. The movie opened at US$130 million at the global box office.
Five Nights at Freddy’s opened domestically with US$78 million, despite debuting on Peacock simultaneously. It has become the biggest horror film to open in 2023, surpassing Scream VI‘s US$44.4 million.
The movie is also the second-biggest opening of all time for a video-game adaptation, behind The Super Mario Bros Movie (US$146.3 million).
Overseas, Five Nights at Freddy’s earned an additional US$52.6 million from 60 markets, bringing its global bow to US$130 million. It surpassed The Nun II‘s US$88.1 million.
That’s not all, Five Nights at Freddy’s is now Blumhouse’s biggest opening movie of all time too.
“It’s so fun when it works. Thank you all so much for being patient with us on [Five Nights at Freddy’s]. We wanted to get it just right for the fans,” Blumhouse founder Jason Blum wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “And it’s official. Biggest Blumhouse opening movie of all time.”
Currently, Five Nights at Freddy’s has scored 25 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, but has earned an A- on Cinemascore. Geek Culture scored it 6.3 out of 10 – you can read our review here.
Directed by Emma Tammi, Five Night at Freddy’s stars Josh Hutcherson as a washed-up security guard who takes up a job safeguarding a long-shuttered family-themed pizza restaurant. While spending his first night on the job, he realises the late shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through. He’s also trying to maintain sole custody of his 10-year-old sister (Piper Rubio) and prevent her from falling into the clutches of their Aunt Jane (Mary Stuart Masterson).
The movie is rated PG-13. Unfortunately, an R-rated version of the movie will not be happening.
Don’t judge a book by its cover, for behind all this makeup, is a geek just like you. To simply put it, superheroes, Star Wars, Harry Potter and all things gore and creepy makes this girly girl swoon.
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