EXCLUSIVE: Here’s an eyebrow raiser in the wake of a zany box office season turned upside down by the actors strike, and ruled by Taylor Swift: Universal/Blumhouse‘s feature take of videogame, Five Nights at Freddy’s, is shaping up for an opening around $40M.
That would be the second-best opening at the fall box office YTD after Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour‘s $92.8M start. The pic hits theaters and Peacock on Oct.
27. Worst case, it’s in the $30M range. That said, there are some big numbers out there, but let’s not go overboard: A year ago tracking had Universal’s theatrical-day-and-date-Peacock release of Halloween Ends north of $50M.
The Jamie Lee Curtis final installment in a trio of David Gordon Green-directed Halloween movies came in at $40M over three-days.
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