Eight years after a film adaptation ofFive Nights at Freddy’swas announced, the movie has finally made its way to the big screen. And thanks to the audience members who were eager to see live-action versions of Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy, the project has broken multiple box office records during its opening weekend. According toBloody Disgusting,Emma Tammi’s video game adaptation,Freddy’sofficially becameBlumhouse’s biggest global opening in history, going beyond whatHalloweenaccomplished back in 2018. In addition to potentially becoming the most successful project the studio has put out, the movie about a haunted pizzeria still had a couple of tricks up its sleeve.
Five Nights at Freddy’salso had the biggest opening weekend for a horror film directed by a woman, taking in$78 million at the domestic box office. The adaptation scored the biggest domestic opening weekend in Blumhouse’s history, as well as the biggest opening weekend for a PG-13-rated film. The only horror releases that were able to have a better debut than Freddy and his friends were the two chapters ofIt, featuringBill Skarsgårdin the role of the cruel child-eating clown, Pennywise. There’s no stopping the group of musical animatronics who might murder anyone who visits the restaurant after hours.
With a global debut of around $130 million,Five Nights at Freddy’sis clearly a success for the production company, after their last attempt at launching a new franchise for themselves,The Exorcist: Believer, opened below expectations. With this year’s debut ofM3GANand the announcement of a sequel toThe Black Phone, it appears that the studio is looking to consolidate itself with a wide variety of franchises that could deliver one box office smash hit after another one. The future looks bright for the studio led byJason Blum.
The Future ofFive Nights at Freddy’s
While a sequel toFive Nights at Freddy’shasn’t been officially announced, the fact that a couple of plot lines remained unresolved, andthe credits teased more story to come, should be enough indication that Blumhouse andUniversalexpect to continue expanding the world of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza.Matthew Lillardhad previously stated that his contract to play William Aftonincluded multiple films, and with the box office performance the adaptation is establishing around the world, it might only be a matter of time before a second movie is announced.
Five Nights at Freddy’sis currently playing in theaters and streaming onPeacock. You can find ticketshere.
Five Nights at Freddy’s
Can you survive five nights? The terrifying horror game phenomenon becomes a blood-chilling cinematic event, as Blumhouse — the producer ofM3GAN,The Black Phone, andThe Invisible Man— bringsFive Nights at Freddy’sto the big screen. The film follows a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through.
