Box Office USA: The game version rocked movie theaters. Breaking records in “The Five Nightmares”

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

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

^{* 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).