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J. Kim Murphy “Evil Dead Rise” might not be able to vanquish the soon-to-three-peat box office champion “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” but the horror entry is still chainsawing off its own solid opening on domestic charts. The Warner Bros. release earned $10.3 million from 3,402 locations on Friday, a figure that includes $2.5 million in previews. It’s an auspicious start for the horror entry, which now has a strong chance of outperforming its projections, which had pegged the film with a $15 million to $20 million debut heading into the weekend. That’s not too shabby of a haul for a production originally slated to release directly on HBO Max. “Evil Dead Rise” is the fifth installment in Warner Bros. and New Line’s outlandish horror franchise, as well as the first in 10 years. “Rise” is tracking slightly behind its predecessor, which scored an $11.8 million opening day in April 2013, on its way to a $25.7 million debut.

Jordan Moreau Nothing can keep the dead down. “Evil Dead Rise,” the latest movie in the horror franchise created by Sam Raimi, has made $2.5 million in Thursday previews at the domestic box office. It’s a strong start for a horror movie in April, but it won’t be enough to stop the mushroom-powered, meteoric rise of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which is projected to earn another massive haul with $45 million to $50 million in its third weekend. Universal and Illumination’s hit Nintendo adaptation already has $724 million globally and will soon pass “Minions: The Rise of Gru” as the highest-grossing animated movie in the post-pandemic era. “Evil Dead Rise” is expected to scare up between $15 million and $20 million in its opening weekend, with some predictions as high as $25 million. It’s the fifth movie in Warner Bros. and New Line’s “Evil Dead” franchise, which began way back in 1981 with Raimi’s original, low-budget horror hit starring Bruce Campbell as zombie killer Ash Williams. The previous entry, simply titled “Evil Dead,” made $97.5 million from a $17 million budget in 2013.

A post-screening Q&A for the Evil Dead Rise briefly turned into a shouting match at SXSW Wednesday evening after the film’s executive producer Bruce Campbell clashed with a heckler in the audience.

The Overlook Film Festival has unveiled the full lineup for its 2023 edition, taking place in New Orleans from March 30-April 2, naming the world premiering Universal horror-comedy Renfield as its opening night film, and Warner Bros’ Evil Dead Rise as its closer.

The trailer for the upcoming horror film Evil Dead Rise was released by New Line Cinema Wednesday, showcasing the fifth chapter in the stalwart horror franchise.The upcoming horror movie - which is was written and directed by Lee Cronin - tells a 'twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons,' according to a synopsis from producers.The demons thrust the family 'into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.' The latest: The trailer for the upcoming horror film Evil Dead Rise was released by New Line Cinema Wednesday, showcasing the fifth chapter in the stalwart horror franchiseAfter the character Ellie, played by Alyssa Sutherland, and her three kids are driven from their home by flesh-consuming demons, she takes up with her sister Beth, played by Lily Sullivan, at her apartment in Los Angeles.Ellie's kids subsequently find an old book in the basement of the building Beth lives in that unleashes a sinister strain of sorcery on the family, subsequently infecting Beth. The cast of the film is rounded out with Morgan Davies, Nell Fisher, Jayden Daniels, Gabrielle Echols, Billy Reynolds-McCarthy and Tai Wano.The franchise includes the films The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987), Army of Darkness (1992) and Evil Dead (2013).