Do you hear what I hear? May or not it’s the sound of champagne corks popping at Blumhouse HQ? After a 12 months that noticed them climate two of their greatest flops, Wolf Man and M3GAN 2.0, their newest sequel, 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2, simply opened to a gargantuan $63 million. That’s roughly thirty million greater than we predicted, and we weren’t the one ones to undersell it. Nearly nobody anticipated this sequel to return near the unique’s numbers. The evaluations, together with many from followers (together with this one right here), have been universally poor, however the franchise’s die-hards clearly really feel in a different way. Its B CinemaScore score suggests audiences aren’t almost as down on it as critics.
Whereas a $63 million opening remains to be a far cry from the $80 million debut of the primary movie two years in the past—particularly spectacular on condition that the unique opened day-and-date on Peacock—this stays an enormous win for the studio. At this level, a 3rd movie seems like a matter of when, not if.
Elsewhere on the chart, the 2 Thanksgiving holdovers tumbled tougher than anticipated. Zootopia 2, regardless of an A CinemaScore, fell 57% in its second weekend for a $43 million haul. That’s a steep drop for an animated movie. Its home complete now stands at $220 million and it ought to end within the $300 million vary. Superb numbers, however nonetheless effectively in need of the $460 million Moana 2 earned final 12 months. One other sequel struggling to take care of momentum is Depraved: For Good, which collapsed 74% to $16.75 million for a $296 million home complete. It would end far beneath the $474 million that the earlier movie earned, although it stays an enormous moneymaker for Common.
Anime continued its successful streak on the field workplace. Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution—a movie that even confused our resident anime knowledgeable Steve Seigh—earned a superb $10.1 million. Now You See Me: Now You Don’t dipped one other 49% to $3.5 million for a $55.3 million home complete. Abroad, nonetheless, it’s been a blockbuster, crossing the $200 million mark this weekend.
Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Invoice: The Complete Bloody Affair earned a robust $3.2 million in simply over 1,100 cinemas, regardless of solely screening twice a day. Many markets reported sellouts, particularly the 70mm and 35mm displays. I caught a DCP matinee in Montreal yesterday—and even that was bought out. A24’s Eternity continues to carry out modestly, taking in one other $2.76 million for a home complete slightly below $10 million. Chloe Zhao’s Oscar contender Hamnet can also be underperforming in restricted launch. It earned $2.3 million on 744 screens, and appears destined to grow to be one other adult-driven field workplace disappointment—even when it scores awards consideration. Bollywood motion title Dhurandhar, which already has a sequel deliberate for March 2026, impressed with almost $2 million on solely 390 screens. Predator: Badlands rounded out the highest ten with $1.87 million and an $88 million home complete. Strong, if unspectacular—that means its sequel prospects are nonetheless unsure.
Subsequent week brings the discharge of James L. Brooks’s Ella McCay (which is getting tough early buzz), the Silent Evening, Lethal Evening remake, and never a lot else. Will 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2 maintain onto the highest spot? Tell us within the feedback!
