LOS ANGELES, Oct 30 — New horror film Five Nights at Freddy’s shot to the top of the North American box office this pre-Halloween weekend, taking in an estimated US$78 million...
LOS ANGELES, Oct 30 — New horror filmshot to the top of the North American box office this pre-Halloween weekend, taking in an estimated US$78 million — a frighteningly good opening for a film also available via streaming.
“This opening is fantastic,” analyst David A. Gross said, adding that the film looks likely to rank just behind two Stephen Kingtake, reported by industry watcher Exhibitor Relations, made it an instant winner for Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, which spent just US$20 million to make the video game-based film — which is also streaming on Universal’s Peacock service.
Josh Hutcherson stars as a down-at-the-heels security guard working nights at an abandoned family entertainment centre, where creepy animatronic characters spring murderously to life after dark.Taylor Swift: The Eras TourThe film, chronicling three of the superstar’s concerts, has taken in US$149.3 million in North America and $53 million abroad, making it the first concert film ever to pass the US$200 million mark globally.
In third place, also down one spot from its debut last weekend, was Martin Scorsese’s history-based epic, at US$9 million. Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone star in the dark story about the 1920s murders of Native Americans by evildoers coveting their oil wealth., which looks at people’s near-death experiences, took in US$5.1 million for Angel Studios.