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Some phones never stop ringing. The haunting sequel to the critically acclaimed horror phenomenon, BLACK PHONE 2 comes home exclusively on digital* platforms to buy or rent November 4, 2025 and on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD December 23, 2025 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Director Scott Derickson (Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose) continues the nightmare with darker, deadlier, and more terrifying scenes than ever before as Ethan Hawke (First Reformed) returns to his most disturbing role as deranged serial killer The Grabber opposite Mason Thames (How to Train Your Dragon franchise, Incoming) in his breakout feature film role as Finn. Expanding on the original short story by Joe Hill, “the rare sequel that’s scarier than its predecessor” (Gizmodo) and hailed by critics as “a cold blooded masterpiece” (Slasher Reviews) comes home with all-new bonus content when purchased at participating retailers, including seven deleted scenes and in-depth behind-the-scenes featurettes, bringing home even more intensity and shocking new scares and secrets.

True evil transcends death and the black phone rings again as The Grabber (Hawke) torments Finn (Thames) from beyond the grave by menacing his sister Gwen (Madeline McGraw; Toy Story 4, “Secrets of Sulphur Springs”). Haunted by horrific visions, the teens set out to stop their psychological torture only to uncover a disturbing secret as they confront a killer who has only grown more powerful in death.

A Crooked Highway production, BLACK PHONE 2 also features outstanding performances from a talented ensemble cast including Demián Bichir (The Nun, A Better Life), Miguel Mora (The Black Phone), Jeremy Davies (“Justified”), and Arianna Rivas (A Working Man). Produced by Emmy®-winning producer Jason Blum (The Invisible Man, Get Out, M3GAN), co-written and co-produced by C. Robert Cargill (Doctor Strange, The Gorge), and co-written and executive produced by Joe Hill, the film’s supernatural elements and eerie, atmospheric setting at a deserted, snowed-in church camp high in the Colorado mountains, combine to weave a terrifying journey filled with disturbing isolation and terrifying tension.

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Gwen and Ernesto Talk in the Library
Mustang Talks to Group
Mando Talks About the Camp Closing
Mustang and Gwen Talk in the Chapel
Ernesto and Gwen Kiss
Gwen Prays
Ken and Barb Ask Gwen and Finn to Come Back
DIALED IN: THE CAST OF BLACK PHONE 2 – Get to know the actors whose creative decisions and personal connections breathe life into a wide range of characters.
A STORY CARVED IN ICE – From breathtaking stunts to grotesque prosthetic work, a look at the immense creative and technical effort required to bring this visceral, edge-of-your seat thriller to life.
FROZEN IN TIME – Dreamlike settings collide with unnerving terror in this behind-the-scenes look at the frightening set of BLACK PHONE 2.
FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR/CO-WRITER/PRODUCER SCOTT DERICKSON
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FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Mason Thames, Madeline McGraw, Jeremy Davies with Demián Bichir and Ethan Hawke
Casting by: Terri TaylorCSA, Sara Domeier Lindo CSA, Ally Conover CSA
Edited By: Louise Ford ACE
Production Designer: Patti Podesta
Director of Photography: Pär M. Ekberg FSF
Executive Producers: Adam Hendricks, Ryan Turek, Daniel Bekerman, Jason Blumenfeld, Joe Hill
Produced By: Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill
Based on the Short Story ‘The Black Phone’ By: Joe Hill
Written By: Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill
Directed By: Scott Derrickson

TECHNICAL INFORMATION 4K ULTRA HD:
Street Date: December 23, 2025
UPC Number: 191329283509 (US) / 191329283035 (CDN)
Disc Size: BD 100
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 2.39:1 Widescreen
Rating: R
Languages/Subtitles: English, French Canadian, Latin American Spanish
Sound: English (Dolby Atmos for Feature, Dolby Digital 2.0 for Bonus Content), French Canadian (Dolby Digital Plus 7.1), Latin American Spanish (Dolby Digital Plus 7.1)
Run Time: 01:53:13
Bonus Run Time: 00:38:00

TECHNICAL INFORMATION BLU-RAY™:
Street Date: December 23, 2025
UPC Number: 191329275481 (US) / 191329275610 (CDN)
Disc Size: BD 50
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 2.39:1 Widescreen
Rating: R
Languages/Subtitles: English, French Canadian, Latin American Spanish
Sound: English (Dolby Atmos for Feature, Dolby Digital 2.0 for Bonus Content), French Canadian (Dolby Digital Plus 7.1), Latin American Spanish (Dolby Digital Plus 7.1)
Run Time: 01:53:13
Bonus Run Time: 00:39:36

TECHNICAL INFORMATION DVD:
Street Date: December 23, 2025
UPC Number: 191329275597 (US) / 191329275573 (CDN)
Disc Size: DVD 9
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 2.39:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
Rating: R
Languages/Subtitles: English, French Canadian, Latin American Spanish
Sound: English (Dolby Digital 5.1 for Feature, Dolby Digital 2.0 for Bonus Content), French Canadian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Latin American Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Run Time: 01:53:13
Bonus Run Time: 00:39:36

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PREDATOR: BADLANDS feasts at the Box Office with a $37 million opening from 3,725 theatres for 20th Century Studios. It gets 85% on the Tomatometer as well, and is the second-highest debut for the Franchise, following the $38 million 2004’s mashup ALIEN vs. PREDATOR made, but this as its standalone in the Franchise, can be counted as a Franchise best. Elle Fanning stars. Our Dave Baldwin‘s review here.

Second goes to REGRETTING YOU, taking $7.3 million for Paramount Pictures, en route to $38.7 million domestically.

In third is THE BLACK PHONE 2 with $5.2 million, a tally of $70 million for Universal Pictures.

Faith-based film SARAH’S OIL debuts in fourth with $4.4 million for Amazon MGM Studios.

Rounding things out is historical drama NUREMBERG starring Russell Crowe and Rami Malek, with $3.8 million for Mongrel Media/Sony Pictures Classics. This gets 68% on the Tomatometer.

THE BLACK PHONE 2 dials up the thrills again at the Box Office Halloween weekend, re-claiming to spot with $7.6 million from 3,305 theatres for Universal Pictures. Over three weekends, the spooky sequel now has grossed $61 million in North America.

In second is REGRETTING YOU with $6.6 million from 3,425 theatres for Paramount Pictures, a tally of $26 million over two weekends.

Third up is CHAINSAW MAN with $5.5 million for Sony Pictures/Crunchyroll, a two week run of $30.2 million.

Fourth goes to BUGONIA with $4.4 million from 2,043 theatres for Focus Features/Universal Pictures, its first weekend in wide release. The latest from Yorgos Lanthimos gets 84% on the Tomatometer.

BACK TO THE FUTURE gets $3.3 million from 2,290 theatres for Universal Pictures, a 40th anniversary re-release. Its lifetime run now surpasses $22 million at the Box Office.

What a time for Anime! CHAINSAW MAN: REZE ARC debuts with $15 million from 3,003 theatres for Sony Pictures/Crunchyroll and above that it gets 96% on the Tomatometer! This continues the studio’s success with DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE which also dominated in its debut just back in September.

REGRETTING YOU, adapted from the Colleen Hoover novel, gets $13 million from 3,393 theatres for Paramount Pictures. It gets 30% on the Tomatometer.

THE BLACK PHONE takes fourth spot with $12 million for Universal Pictures, a two week tally of $48 million domestically.

Fourth is SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE with $10 million from 3,460 theatres for 20th Century Studios, getting 61% on the Tomatometer.

TRON: ARES rounds things out with $4.7 million for Disney, a three week run of $63 million.

Four years ago, 13-year-old Finn killed his abductor and escaped, becoming the sole survivor of The Grabber. But true evil transcends death … and the phone is ringing again.

Four-time Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke returns to the most sinister role of his career as The Grabber seeks vengeance on Finn (Mason Thames) from beyond the grave by menacing Finn’s younger sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw).

As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, the headstrong 15-year-old Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp known as Alpine Lake.

Determined to solve the mystery and end the torment for both her and her brother, Gwen persuades Finn to visit the camp during a winter storm. There, she uncovers a shattering intersection between The Grabber and her own family’s history. Together, she and Finn must confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.

From returning visionary writer-director Scott Derrickson, Black Phone 2 is written again by Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill, based on characters created by Joe Hill. The film is produced by Jason Blum, Derrickson and Cargill. The executive producers are Joe Hill, Adam Hendricks and Ryan Turek.

The cast includes Oscar® nominee Demián Bichir (The Nun, A Better Life) as the supervisor of the camp, Arianna Rivas (A Working Man) as his niece, Miguel Mora (The Black Phone) as the brother of one of The Grabber’s victims, and Jeremy Davies, returning as Finn and Gwen’s father, Terrence. Other new cast members include Maev Beaty (Beau is Afraid) and Graham Abbey (Under the Banner of Heaven).

Universal Pictures and Blumhouse’s horror phenomenon The Black Phone, released in 2022, received widespread critical acclaim and earned more than $160 million worldwide.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Demián Bichir, Miguel Mora, Jeremy Davies, Arianna Rivas

Director: Scott Derrickson

Written by: Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill,

based on characters created by Joe Hill

Producers: Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill

Executive Producers: Joe Hill, Adam Hendricks, Ryan Turek

MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU shows them who’s boss this Canada Day/Fourth of July weekend, with a record-breaking $108.5 million from 4,391 theatres, Friday to Sunday for Universal Pictures. Previous record was set by TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON with $97.9 million for the three-day Holiday weekend in 2011. This latest installment in the Franchise gets a passing 71% on the Tomatometer.

In second is TOP GUN: MAVERICK, flying high still with $25.5 million from 3,843 theatres for Paramount Pictures. It has grossed $570 million now over six weekends.

Third is last week’s champ, just getting edged-out for second. ELVIS brings-in $19 million from 3,932 theatres for Warner Bros., a total $72.3 million over two weekends.

Fourth belongs to JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION with $15.6 million for Universal Pictures, a total $335 million in its fourth weekend.

At the bottom of the Top Five is THE BLACK PHONE with $12.3 million from 3,156 theatres for Universal Pictures. It reaches just shy of $50 million in its second weekend!

ELVIS reigns king of the Box Office, taking top spot in its debut with $31.5 million from 3,906 theatres for Warner Bros. on a very busy weekend at the Movies with the Top Five Movies each taking $20+ million! Almost unheard of! This latest effort from Director Baz Luhrmann gets 79% on the Tomatometer.

Taking second is TOP GUN: MAVERICK with $30 million from 3,948 theatres for Paramount Pictures. Total date it has brought-in $521 million domestically.

In third is two-week champ JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION with $26.1 million from 4,233 theatres for Universal Pictures, a total of $302 million in its third weekend of release.

Fourth is a debuting THE BLACK PHONE starring Ethan Hawke, with $23.2 million from 3,150 theatres for Universal Pictures. The Horror gets 83% on the Tomatometer.

Rounding things out is LIGHTYEAR with $20 million from 4,255 theatres for Disney in its second weekend out, a total $90 million to date.

Universal Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win Advance Screening Passes to see THE BLACK PHONE.

Screenings take place as follows:

• Toronto: Yonge & Dundas at 7 PM
• Montreal: Scotiabank Theatre at 7 pm 
• Vancouver: Cineplex International Village at 7 pm

Synopsis:

The phone is dead. And it’s ringing.

Director Scott Derrickson returns to his terror roots and partners again with the foremost brand in the genre, Blumhouse, with a new horror thriller. Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

Starring four-time Oscar® nominee Ethan Hawke in the most terrifying role of his career and introducing Mason Thames in his first ever film role, The Black Phone is produced,

directed, and co-written by Scott Derrickson, the writer-director of Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Marvel’s Doctor Strange. 

The film’s screenplay is by Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill (Doctor Strange, Sinister franchise), based on the award-winning short story by Joe Hill from his New York Times bestseller 20th Century Ghosts. The film is produced by Derrickson & Cargill’s Crooked Highway and presented by Universal and Blumhouse. Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill are producers on the film, which is executive produced by Ryan Turek and Christopher H. Warner.

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Universal Pictures Canada release THE BLACK PHONE in theatres June 24, 2022.

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Synopsis:

The phone is dead. And it’s ringing.

Director Scott Derrickson returns to his terror roots and partners again with the foremost brand in the genre, Blumhouse, with a new horror thriller. Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

Starring four-time Oscar® nominee Ethan Hawke in the most terrifying role of his career and introducing Mason Thames in his first ever film role, The Black Phone is produced,

directed, and co-written by Scott Derrickson, the writer-director of Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Marvel’s Doctor Strange.

The film’s screenplay is by Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill (Doctor Strange, Sinister franchise), based on the award-winning short story by Joe Hill from his New York Times bestseller 20th Century Ghosts. The film is produced by Derrickson & Cargill’s Crooked Highway and presented by Universal and Blumhouse. Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill are producers on the film, which is executive produced by Ryan Turek and Christopher H. Warner.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone and Ethan Hawke

Directed by: Scott Derrickson

Screenplay by: Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill

Based on the short story by Joe Hill

Producers: Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill

Executive Producers: Ryan Turek, Christopher H. Warner

THE BLACK PHONE arrives in theatres June 2, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Pictures Canada)