Box-Office Weekend: Freddy Tops Taylor

A new film sits atop the box-office weekend as the Halloween-themed Five Nights at Freddy’s took control of the box office by a margin of $63.3 million.

In its first weekend of release, the latest horror film from Blumhouse Productions easily claimed the number spot of the weekend box-office top ten with an opening of $78.0 million for the Universal release. Last week’s top film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour finished in a very distant second place with $14.7 million. Despite the finish, the film still sports a three-week total of $149.3 million. Meanwhile, Killers of the Flower Moon dropped a spot to land in third place where it added $9.0 million over the weekend, giving the Paramount Pictures product a two-week total of $40.7 million. The second debut of the weekend, Angel Studios’ After Death landed in fourth place with $5.1 million. Dropping two spots to finish in fifth this weekend, The Exorcist: Believer added $3.1 million to bring its four-week total to $59.4 million for Universal Pictures.

Also falling two spots this weekend was PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie which made $2.2 million, giving the Paramount Pictures film a five-week total of $59.2 million. The third, and final, debut of the weekend, Freelance took seventh place with $2.1 million brought in for the Relativity Media product. Last weekend’s number five finisher, the thirtieth anniversary re-release of The Nightmare Before Christmas took eighth place where it added $2.0 million to raise its two-week total to $7.9 million for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Falling three spots to land in ninth place was the Lionsgate Films release Saw X, where it added $1.7 million to bring its five-week tally to $50.3 million. Finally, after five weeks, The Creator has managed to bring in a total of $38.9 million for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, including $1.0 million this weekend.

This weekend saw three films forced from the weekend box office as last week’s eighth, ninth, and tenth-place films were pushed off of this week’s list. After seven weeks, A Haunting in Venice leaves Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures $41.9 million richer than when it premiered. Meanwhile, the Fathom Events offering The Blind departs after earning $15.9 million over the last four weeks. Finally, after eight weeks and bring in $85.9 million for Warner Bros., The Nun II takes its bow from the box-office weekend top ten.

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Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com

An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.

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