Horror Report

Category: Box office

  • Fnaf 2 becomes the must see anti holiday movie

    Fnaf 2 becomes the must see anti holiday movie

    Five Nights at Freddy’s Part 2 might not be a Christmas movie, but it’s absolutely the anti-Christmas movie for anyone trying to dodge holiday fluff right now.

    And dodge it they did.
    The fanbase showed up hard and the movie unseated Zootopia 2, pulling in around $63 million domestic and over $100 million worldwide on opening. That’s a lot more than many people expected it to do heading into the post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas window. This movie is hot right now in that weird in-between space where people are kind of done with turkeys but not quite ready for carols.

    Domestically, that’s the second-biggest horror opening of the year for Blumhouse–Atomic Monster, after The Conjuring: Last Rites at $84 million. Yesterday’s numbers were solid too, with a drop of about 33%, which is actually better than the 39% drop the first Five Nights at Freddy’s movie took. It’s always an open question whether a film like this can keep that kind of momentum going, but at least for this weekend, it has absolutely blown past a lot of expectations—and even outpaced its own predecessor.

    So, Merry Christmas to Blumhouse and the whole gang at Freddy Fazbear’s.


    If holiday joy isn’t your thing this year, there’s always a killer animatronic waiting for you in the dark.

  • Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 will be fine even if it is awful

    Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 will be fine even if it is awful

    Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Is About to Chomp Zootopia 2

    Five Nights at Freddy’s Part 2, the sequel to the initial hit, is about to take down Zootopia 2 at the box office this weekend. If you look at the Rotten Tomatoes website, you’d never expect that to happen. Right now it’s sitting at one of the lowest critic scores we’ve ever seen ..just 12%. That’s it. That means the overwhelming majority of movie critics basically despise this film and think it’s a waste of time to watch and maybe even a waste of time to make.

    But this is a tale of two cities and two audiences. While critics hate it, people in general love it, with an 89% audience score from 500+ verified ratings. The original movie made about $297 million on a $20 million budget, and it’s expected that this sequel might actually do even better.

    Is it going to be Oscar-worthy material? Probably not. It might not even be the best movie you’ve ever seen. But it’s doing something critics haven’t really tapped into.

    For a long time, 80s and 90s nostalgia reigned supreme. That era is fading. People now can’t always relate to a time and place that’s long gone, but they can relate to a time when they were playing this game.. or when they were parents of kids who were playing it in the mid-2000s. That’s what we have here: an homage to new nostalgia, something different and unique to this generation of people growing up now, and to Millennials who are older and had kids who downloaded this game. Parents and kids alike enjoyed playing it.

    Remember from in the mid 2000 teens how many Five Nights at Freddy’s–themed birthday parties we saw? That’s the energy showing up at the box office now.

    What this really shows is how little critics matter anymore. There was a time when a movie poster could boast a perfect score with critics or a Roger Ebert quote on the back of the VHS and that meant everything. Those days are so far gone they’ve turned to dust. Now it’s word of mouth, social media, instant reviews, and live theater reactions that matter, and that’s what’s happening here.

    We haven’t seen Five Nights at Freddy’s Part 2 just yet. We will. And when we do, even if it’s the “worst movie of all time,” guess what?

    We will probably enjoy it.

  • Netflix will now own Freddy but also make takedown theaters as we know it

    Netflix will now own Freddy but also make takedown theaters as we know it

    Jane Fonda has been leading the charge, along with the Screen Actors Guild, railing against the Netflix deal that would gobble up Warner Bros. for 43 billion dollars. The emotions in Hollywood have gone from apprehension to anger about this deal, and people are actually worried it could be consequential to the First Amendment itself. Some might say that’s hyperbole, but think about this.

    Netflix is going to be given token releases to theater chains such as AMC, IMAX, and Cinemark. Those stocks fell 8% on Friday because this merger may represent a total consolidation of the industry under a corporate conglomerate. Corporate conglomerates aren’t rare these days. We don’t have many companies like we once did—just big giant corporations eating up the competition and owning it.

    This is also the tech giants owning something as opposed to the old Hollywood elite. Warner Bros owns a lot of horror franchises. Let’s think about Pennywise the Dancing Clown and Freddy Krueger. Let’s think about some of the others you’ve come to love on different streaming platforms. Netflix will now own those rights and distribute them the way they see fit, if this deal and acquisition go through.

    So maybe we all agree with Jane Fonda, and maybe we’re all a little bit worried. And quite frankly, if Netflix really wants to do something here, they can either kill movie theaters—or allow them to thrive.

  • Stranger Things finale in theaters will be a cultural moment

    Stranger Things finale in theaters will be a cultural moment

    Netflix unveiled the full list of cities and theaters participating in fan screenings of the Season 5 finale of Stranger Things, which has been confirmed to have a runtime of 2 hours and five minutes.

    The screenings will take place in over 500 theaters in the U.S. and Canada starting on December 31, 2025 at 5:00pm PT, timed to the finale’s global premiere on Netflix, and run through January 1, 2026. The full list of theaters and RSVP information can be found on Netflix’s website, stfinale.com.

    Shawn Levy stated that the last episode belonged on the big screen..

    This promises to be a pivotal pop culture moment..

    Many theaters are already selling out.. Get tickets now..

  • WEIRD and WICKED wins

    WEIRD and WICKED wins

    So we are all really weirded out by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo making their rounds promoting WICKED FOR GOOD..but hey, maybe weird worked!

    The box office has been thankful for the oddity..

    Universal Pictures‘ musical sequel “For Good” swept up a spectacular $68.6 million across Friday and preview screenings from 4,115 locations in North America. That puts it on pace for a $151.5 million opening weekend through Sunday.

    It’d be the biggest release ever for a Broadway adaptation and the second-biggest ever for a Universal release, only behind “Jurassic World.”

    It’s also well ahead of the $112 million haul that the first “Wicked” debuted to in the same pre-Thanksgiving frame last year. If the Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande film hits its current projections, it’ll rank among the biggest domestic openings of the year, currently led by “A Minecraft Movie” ($162 million) and the “Lilo & Stitch” remake ($146 million).

    So … how about that!

  • Prayers for movies: Pope hosts Hollywood stars at Vatican and laments the fall of cinema

    Prayers for movies: Pope hosts Hollywood stars at Vatican and laments the fall of cinema

    Pope Leo told a group of leading Hollywood actors and filmmakers at an audience in the Vatican on Saturday that cinemas were struggling to survive and that more should be done to protect them and preserve the shared experience of watching movies..

    “Cinemas are experiencing a troubling decline, with many being removed from cities and neighbourhoods,” he said.

    “More than a few people are saying that the art of cinema and the cinematic experience are in danger. I urge institutions not to give up, but to cooperate in affirming the social and cultural value of this activity.”

    You can read more here..

    Full story…

    May God continue to bless movie theaters?

  • Little gremlins will return in 2027

    Little gremlins will return in 2027

    There have been rumors for years—maybe decades—about another Gremlins movie. Every so often, whispers would pop up online and then fade away. Well, it looks like this time it’s actually happening. Several entertainment outlets are now reporting that a new Gremlins film is officially on the way, with a planned release sometime in 2027.

    Chris Columbus is reportedly returning to lead the project, and Steven Spielberg will also be involved, which makes the entire thing feel like a genuine continuation of the franchise rather than a cash-grab reboot. That alone gives fans a reason to be optimistic.

    Details are being kept under wraps for now—no confirmed plot, no confirmed cast, nothing concrete beyond the creative team. But if this is moving forward the way it’s being discussed, we’ll definitely be getting more updates in the coming months.

    Honestly, the biggest shock might not even be that Gremlins is coming back…it’s realizing that 2027 is only two years away. Time is moving fast. Maybe too fast. But hey—if we’re speeding into the future, at least we’re bringing the Mogwai with u

  • From the numbers being seen, there’s a good chance that you did not go to the movies this October

    From the numbers being seen, there’s a good chance that you did not go to the movies this October

    Empty theaters. Empty seats. If you’ve stepped foot into a movie theater lately — or more likely didn’t — you’ve probably noticed that the box office has been looking a little bleak this October. And no, it’s not because there weren’t Halloween movies to go see. Even the horror releases, which usually carry October, are crawling.

    In fact, people just aren’t going to the movies at all.

    Domestic box office revenue for October 2025 is expected to land somewhere around $425 million — which makes this the worst October in 27 years, according to Comscore. The only exception is October 2020, when nearly every theater was closed and the world was in pandemic lockdown, and even then Christopher Nolan’s Tenet still dragged in $55 million on its own.

    But if we remove 2020 from the conversation, the last time October was this low was 1997, when ticket sales landed at $385 million — and remember, that’s not adjusted for inflation. By 1999, October box office had broken the $600 million mark. Back then, movie theaters were packed. Today? We’re looking at showtimes where you could shout across the auditorium and no one would tell you to be quiet.

    So what happened?

    You can’t blame COVID anymore. You can’t say “people just didn’t know what was in theaters.” Everyone knows what’s out — they’re just… choosing not to go. Streaming habits, pricing, quality of films, people not wanting to gamble $17 on something they may not like — it’s a cocktail of issues.

    At this point, AMC might need to call Nicole Kidman back and tell her to film a sequel to the “Heartbreak Feels Good” spot. Maybe this time she’s just sitting in a totally empty theater whispering, “We come to this place… alone.”

    Because right now?

    It’s a ghost town out there.

  • Stranger Things season 5 in theaters will be a monster event .. pun intended

    Stranger Things season 5 in theaters will be a monster event .. pun intended



    Stranger Things Finale Heading to Theaters — For Real This Time

    This is a follow-up to the story we shared the other day about Stranger Things potentially getting a theatrical release — and it turns out, the information is not only true, but unbelievably amazing.

    It looks like a lot of people might be flipping their New Year’s Eve plans straight into the Upside Down.

    Netflix has officially confirmed that the two-hour series finale of Stranger Things, titled “The Rightside Up,” will hit both Netflix and more than 350 movie theaters on December 31, 2025, beginning at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET, and running through January 1, 2026.

    This marks a major milestone — it’s the first time ever that an episode of a Netflix series will also be released theatrically.

    Details on the exact theaters participating will be announced soon, but one thing’s for sure: this finale is going to be a monster event .. at a thwater near you!

  • Sinners gets a Halloween limited re release

    Sinners gets a Halloween limited re release

    You have another chance to see the movie in theaters..

    Starting on October 30 for one week only, Sinners will play in IMAX at select locations across the country, marking the second IMAX re-release of the R-rated horror since its release in April of this year.

    Sinners, currently the biggest original Hollywood movie since Christopher Nolan’s Inception, stars Michael B. Jordan as troubled twin brothers Smoke and Stack, who return to their hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi to start again after almost a decade working for the mob, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.