FRIDAY NIGHTS AT FREDDY‘S has a record-smashing debut this weekend, primed right for Halloween next week. This sets a record for best Halloween weekend opening ever, easily surpassing 2011’s PUSS IN BOOTS which opened with $34 million. This Video Game adaptation from Blumhouse, gets $78 million from 3,550 theatres for Universal Pictures, which is even more impressive considering it also already is streaming on American streaming service, Peacock. While Critics didn’t love it with 26% on the Tomatometer, moviegoers are loving it with an A- CinemaScore.
In second is TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR with $16.5 million from 3,773 theatres, taking it to $151.1 million for AMC/Cineplex Pictures.
Third is KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON with $11 million in its second weekend, a tally of $43.6 million for Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures.
Documentary AFTER DEATH gets a $6.1 million opening for Angel Studios in its debut, good enough for fourth.
THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER rounds things out with $3.7 million for Universal Pictures, a total $60 million in its domestic run.
It’s two weeks of Tay-Tay! TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR takes the top spot once again at the Box Office with $32 million from 3,855 theatres for AMC/Cineplex Pictures. Because the experience is primarily playing during the weekend, its two week total is boosted to $130.7 million.
Debuting in second spot is KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON with $22 million from 3,628 theatres for Paramount Pictures/Apple Original Films. This would be Martin Scorsese’s widest opening ever for a film, and he is still in fine form, garnering 92% on the Tomatometer from Critics.
PAW PATROL: THE MIGHTY MOVIE is in third with $5.6 million from 3,364 theatres for Paramount Pictures/Elevation Pictures, a total run of $56.7 million.
Fourth is TIM BURTON’S A NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, re-released to 1,650 theatres by Disney to the tune of $4.3 million, adding to the 1993 classic’s $91.5 million worldwide gross to date.
THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER is hanging-on in fifth spot with $3.9 million, a domestic tally of $52.6 million for Universal Pictures.
She’s on-top of the world! TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR is poised to debut atop the Box Office with a jawdropping $97 million this weekend from 3,850 theatres for AMC/Cineplex Pictures. Previous best for a North American October opening was held by JOKER with $96.3 million. At once, it becomes highest grossing Concert Film ever too! Critics and fans agree this is an amazing experience, nabbing a rare 100% on the Tomatometer.
Second is THE EXORCIST: BELEIVER with $11 million in its second weekend from 3,684 theatres for Univeral Pictures. Thus far it has grossed $44.9 million.
In third we’ve got PAW PATROL: THE MIGHTY MOVIE with $5.7 million from 3,707 theatres for Paramount Pictures/Elevation Pictures, taking it to $48.5 million in weekend three.
Fourth is SAW X with $5.3 million for Lionsgate/Cineplex Pictures, a $41.1 million run now in its third weekend.
THE CREATOR is fifth with $3.3 million, taking it to $33 million for 20th Century Studios.
THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER has converted Moviegoers, taking top spot at the Box Office this weekend in its debut with $28 million from 3,663 theatres for Universal Pictures. This latest installment in the Franchise which brings back Ellen Burstyn from the 1973 original film, gets 26% on the Tomatometer.
Second is last week’s champ, PAW PATROL: THE MIGHTY MOVIE, taking $11.5 million from 4,027 theatres for Elevation Pictures/Paramount Pictures. It totals $38.6 million over two weekends.
Third goes to SAW X with $8.6 million from 3,262 theatres for Lionsgate/Cineplex Pictures, a tally of $33 million weekend over two weekends.
In fourth we’ve got THE CREATOR with $5.3 million from 3,680 theatres for 20th Century Studios, bringing its run to $24.1 million in its second weekend.
THE NUN 2 caps things off with $2.6 million, a total $81 million for Warner Bros. in North America.
Universal Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win passes to an Advance Screening of THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER.
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Synopsis:
Exactly 50 years ago this fall, the most terrifying horror film in history landed on screens, shocking audiences around the world. Now, on Friday, October 6, a new chapter begins. From Blumhouse and director David Gordon Green, who shattered the status quo with their resurrection of the Halloween franchise, comes The Exorcist: Believer.
Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding (Tony winner and OscarĀ® nominee Leslie Odom, Jr.; One Night in Miami, Hamilton) has raised their daughter, Angela (Lidya Jewett, Good Girls) on his own.
But when Angela and her friend Katherine (newcomer Olivia Marcum), disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a chain of events that will force Victor to confront the nadir of evil and, in his terror and desperation, seek out the only person alive who has witnessed anything like it before: Chris MacNeil.
For the first time since the 1973 film, OscarĀ® winner Ellen Burstyn reprises her iconic role as Chris MacNeil, an actress who has been forever altered by what happened to her daughter Regan five decades before.
The film also stars Emmy winner Ann Dowd (The Handmaidās Tale, Hereditary) as Victor and Angelaās neighbor, and Grammy winner Jennifer Nettles (Harriet, The Righteous Gemstones) and two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz (Fosse/Verdon, Bloodline) as the parents of Katherine, Angelaās friend.
When The Exorcist, based on the best-selling book by William Peter Blatty, was released, it changed the culture forever, obliterating box office records and earning 10 Academy AwardĀ® nominations, becoming the first horror film ever nominated for Best Picture.
The Exorcist: Believer is directed by David Gordon Green from a screenplay by Peter Sattler (Camp X-Ray) and David Gordon Green, from a story by Scott Teems (Halloween Kills), Danny McBride (Halloween trilogy) and David Gordon Green, based on characters created by William Peter Blatty.
The film is produced by Jason Blum for Blumhouse and by David Robinson and James G. Robinson for Morgan Creek Entertainment.
The executive producers are Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Stephanie Allain, Ryan Turek and Atilla YĆ¼cer. Universal Pictures presents a Blumhouse/Morgan Creek Entertainment production in association with Rough House Pictures.
Genre: Horror
Cast: Leslie Odom, Jr., Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz, Lidya Jewett, Olivia Marcum and Ellen Burstyn
Directed by: David Gordon Green
Screenplay By: Peter Sattler and David Gordon Green
based on characters created by William Peter Blatty
Producers: Jason Blum, David Robinson, James G. Robinson
Executive Producers: Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Stephanie Allain, Ryan Turek and Atilla YĆ¼cer
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