Box Office USA: The game version rocked movie theaters.  Breaking records in “The Five Nightmares”
Regarding Gran Turismo’s poor results, some people may have concluded that the fashion for game movie adaptations would quickly fade away. Others, after seeing the poor results of The Exorcist: The Confessor, may have begun to doubt Blumhouse’s ability to deliver huge box office hits. “Five Nightmare Nights” disabused those doubters. The opening of the horror film inspired by the game “Five Nights at Freddy’s” exceeded all expectations.

According to current Universal Pictures estimates “Five nightmares” It opened with $78 million. Before the weekend, there was talk of a huge success, with the film expected to earn PLN 50 million.

that it Best opening for a Blumhouse movie (The previous record holder was “Halloween” – $76.2 million.)

that it Second best opening for a movie based on a game (“Super Mario Bros. The Movie” remains undefeated – $146.3 million).

that it Third best horror opening In history (after two parts of “it”). However, since both “It” parts are rated R, “Five nightmares” can boast Best opening for a PG-13 horror movie (beating “The Mummy Returns” – $68.1 million).

But it is too Best opening for a horror film directed by a woman. Here, the currants are not set very high yet. The previous record holder was “Candyman” – $22 million.

This is the best opening of the weekend before Halloween (so far, the best result has been “Puss in Boots” – $34 million).

All of these results are even more impressive because Universal Pictures refused to grant the creators cinematic exclusivity. “Five Nightmare Nights” is now available on Peacockwhere it also broke popularity records.

The result of the film is The second best opening for a title debuting in theaters and on VOD simultaneously. The record holder is “Black Widow” with $80.3 million. But this movie was a disaster during its second weekend. if “Five nightmares” Waiting for a similar ending?

2023 films with revenues exceeding $100 million

# Title earned in total
in public Number of cinemas the first show VOD budget
1 Barbie $635.7 $162.0 4,337 21.07 12.09 $145
2 Super Mario Bros. film $574.9 $146.4 4,371 5.04 16.05 $100 dollars
3 Spider-Man: Through the Multiverse $381.3 $120.7 4,332 2.06 8.08 $100 dollars
4 Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 $359.0 $118.4 4,450 5.05 7.07 $250
5 Oppenheimer $324.1 82.5 dollars 3,647 21.07 21.11 $100 dollars
6 Little mermaid $298.2 $95.6 4,320 26.05 25.07 $250
7 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum Obsession $214.5 $106.1 4,345 17.02 18.04 $ 200
8 John Wick 4 $187.1 $73.8 3,855 24.03 23.05 $100 dollars
9 Freedom’s voice. Freedom’s voice $184.1 $19.7 3,285 4.07 3.11 $14
10 Indiana Jones and the Artifact of Destiny 174.5 dollars 60.4 dollars 4600 30.06 29.08 $329
11 Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part 1 $172.1 $54.7 4,327 12.07 10.10 $291
12 Transformers: Awakening of the Beast $157.1 $61.0 3,680 4.06 11.07 $ 200
13 Creed III $156.2 $58.4 4,007 3.03 31.03 $75
14 The elements are among us $154.4 $29.6 4,035 16.06 15.08 $ 200
15 Taylor Swift: Tour for the Ages $149.4 $92.8 3,855 13.10 b/d $15
16 Fast and Furious 10 $146.0 $67.0 4,088 19.05 9.06 $340
17 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem $118.6 $28.0 3,950 2.08 1.09 $70
18 Scream VI $108.2 $44.4 4,313 10.03 25.04 $35
19 flash $108.1 $55.0 4,256 16.06 18.07 $220

The Blumhouse horror movie isn’t the only big release this week. Angel Studios, distributor of the “Sound of Freedom” series. The studio’s new title is a documentary about people living other lives “after death”. The film, aimed at a faith-based audience, sold well in the Bible Belt, earning a perfect CinemaScore of A-. This resulted in it earning fourth place at the box office and $5.1 million upon opening.

In turn, an action-comedy film with John Cena “Freelance” It may have a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but that doesn’t stop everyone from going to the movies. The film ranked seventh, earning $2.1 million.

US box office October 27-29

# Title He made money over the weekend earned in total A week on screen deep
1 Five nights of nightmares $67.7* $78.0 1 3675
2 Taylor Swift: Tour for the Ages $14.7 $149.36 3 3773
3 Blood moon time $9.0 $40.68 2 3632
4 after death $5.06 $5.06 1 2645
5 Exorcist: Confessor $3.1 $59.37 4 2717
6 PAW Patrol: The Great Movie $2.15 $59.21 5 2746
7 Freelance $2.06 $2.06 1 2057
8 Halloween town $2.0 $85.23 b/d 2185
9 X saw $1.69 50.3 dollars 5 2141
10 Constructor $1.0 $38.85 5 1685

* Opening result from the same weekend

Two big films will premiere in theaters on Friday. The first is the film adaptation “Daughters of the Marsh King” With Daisy Ridley in the lead role. The second is Meg Ryan’s return to romantic comedies “What happens later?”. It will also be widely distributed “Priscilla”, which earned PLN 132,000 in four theaters this weekend. dollars (i.e. only $33,000 is satisfactory for the cinema).

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