Box Office: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ $80 Million Debut Ties ‘Black Widow’ for Biggest Release in Theaters and Streaming
variety.comRebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Five Nights at Freddy’s” scared up $80 million at the domestic box office in its first weekend of release, above Sunday’s already-huge estimate of $78 million.
Universal and Blumhouse released the film, which landed simultaneously on the parent company’s streaming service Peacock. With Monday’s final figures, “Five Nights” has tied Disney’s 2021 Marvel adventure “Black Widow” ($80 million in theaters and $60 million on Disney+) as the biggest opening weekend for a day-and-date streaming release.
Though Disney reported the initial digital sales for “Black Widow,” which cost an extra $30 to rent on top of the monthly subscription fee, NBCUniversal didn’t share any tangible streaming metrics for “Five Nights.” However, the company claimed that “Five Nights at Freddy’s” has been the most-watched and biggest subscription driver since on Peacock (which has far fewer subscribers than Disney+) since it dropped on Oct.
26. “Five Nights” is available at no extra charge to monthly subscribers. Even with Sunday’s estimates, “Five Nights at Freddy’s” already ranked as the best ever for Universal and Peacock’s hybrid releases, beating the slasher sequels, 2021’s “Halloween Kills” ($49 million) and 2022’s “Halloween Ends” ($40 million).
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