Thriller “Five Nights at Freddy’s”, produced by Universal and Blumhouse, broke expectations at the box office, debuting with $78 million during Halloween, writes Variety magazine, citing News.ro.

These ticket sales are even more impressive because the horror film was simultaneously released on Peacock, one of the streaming services available only in the United States.

It’s the second-best opening weekend for a one-day streaming release behind the film Black widow Marvel released by Disney two years ago ($80 million in theaters). Five Nights at Freddy’s it also became the best Universal and Peacock “hybrid” release of all time, surpassing the sequel Halloween kills from 2021 ($49 million) and Halloween is over from 2022 ($40 million).

This is how the most optimistic forecasts were evaluated Five Nights at Freddy’s will pull in at least $50 million, which would be a big start for a movie like this anyway. But now it’s become the best horror debut of the year, surpassing the opening of better-known franchises such as Cry VI ($44.4 million) and Nun II (32 million dollars).

Critics eviscerated the new leader of the North American box office

Among his many recordings, Five Nights at Freddy’s it also scored the second-best opening weekend for a video game adaptation behind this year’s blockbuster Super Mario Brothers movies ($146.3 million).

Based on the popular video game of the same name, Five Nights at Freddy’s stars Josh Hutcherson as a Chuck E. Cheese-like night watchman at an abandoned facility who discovers that the animatronic mascots are prone to murder.

The film’s critical reviews have been terrible, with an approval rating of only 25% on Rotten Tomatoes, but that didn’t matter to the producers as it has an incredible 88% from the public.

Considering this Five Nights at Freddy’s with a budget of $20 million, it already looks set to become one of the biggest box office hits of the year in terms of price-to-gross ratio.

Martin Scorsese’s latest film continues to play in theaters

Killers of the flower moon Martin Scorsese dropped a whopping 61% in its second weekend. The film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, came in third with $9 million from 3,632 theaters.

To date, it has grossed $40.6 million domestically and $88 million worldwide.

Just like last weekend, right after launch, Killers of the flower moon this is the place after the concert movie Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which added $14.7 million in its third weekend on the big screen.

The result is certainly disappointing for Paramount and Scorsese, who once again assembled an all-star cast for his latest film: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, as well as actors such as Brendan Fraser, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons and John Lithgow. , among others.

Of Tour “Era”.which is distributed by AMC Theatres, has so far taken in $149.3 million in North America and $203 million worldwide despite not being in theaters for a week.

A new film about the life of Elvis was also released

Among the special issues, Priscilla, from independent studio A24, collected a solid $132,139 from four screens ($33,035 per screen) in New York and Los Angeles. Directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Kaley Spaeni and Jacob Elordi, the film follows the life of Priscilla Presley and her relationship with the King of Rock and Roll.

Priscillaa well rated film and very different from a biopic Elvisdirected by Baz Luhrmann in 2022, opens in US theaters on November 3.

In fourth place is a Christian documentary film After death about near-death experiences grossed $5.1 million in its first week.

right behind him An exorcist is a believer raised $3.1 million.

Like the original, the film focuses on characters who have supernatural powers, their faces are covered in wounds, an occasionally disturbing soundtrack, and a cameo appearance by Ellen Burstyn, who starred in the 1973 production.

As always, you can find more new information from the world of film and television, as well as other exciting news in this weekend’s Nerd Alert column:

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