{"id":422145,"date":"2025-12-03T16:22:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/422145\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:22:16","slug":"sequel-to-debut-behind-zootopia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/422145\/","title":{"rendered":"Sequel to Debut Behind Zootopia 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWill Freddy Fazbear hit the box office jackpot again?<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2,\u201d a PG-13 horror sequel set in the haunted Chuck E. Cheese-esque establishment called Freddy Fazbear\u2019s Pizza, is aiming for $35 million to $40 million from 3,300 North American theaters in its opening weekend. Although those projections are dramatically down from Universal and Blumhouse\u2019s 2023 sleeper hit \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s,\u201d the first film adaptation of the popular video game had punched wildly above its weight with $80 million in its domestic debut. Those ticket sales were especially impressive considering the movie was streaming simultaneously on Peacock.<\/p>\n

\n\tUnlike its predecessor, \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2\u201d is only playing in theaters over the weekend. Despite the massive commercial success of the original \u2014 \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s\u201d ended its run with nearly $300 million globally to stand as Blumhouse\u2019s highest-grossing film of all time \u2014 Blumhouse founder Jason Blum has admitted he\u2019s no longer a proponent of dropping a film in theaters and on streaming at the same time. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI was very wrong. It was not good for the business,\u201d Blum told Variety in October<\/a>. \u201cI learned the hard way, and I would prefer that the windows were at least consistent, because it\u2019s very difficult for the consumer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSimultaneous releases aside, Blumhouse, the horror empire that\u2019s known for low-budget hits, has endured a brutal year at the box office. Other than October\u2019s \u201cBlack Phone 2,\u201d the company has unloaded a string of misses over the last 11 months including \u201cWolf Man\u201d and \u201cM3GAN 2.0.\u201d The \u201cFive Nights\u201d sequel hopes to cement a turnaround. It cost $36 million to produce, an increase from the first film\u2019s $20 million production budget.<\/p>\n

\n\tEmma Tammi returned to direct and video game series creator Scott Cawthon returned to write the second \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s,\u201d which brings back Josh Hutcherson as a former Freddy Fazbear\u2019s Pizza security guard named Mike and gets into the origins of the creepy pizza joint. Reviews are under embargo but if the first film is any indication, critical sentiment won\u2019t mean much in the eyes of the fans. \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s\u201d was a box-office triumph despite a 33% \u201crotten\u201d average on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n

\n\tHollywood tends to avoid releasing major films in early December, so \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2\u201d will help to prevent the first weekend of the month from dead-zone status. That being said, the scary sequel will be no match for Disney\u2019s \u201cZootopia 2<\/a>,\u201d which is primed to rule the box office again in its second weekend of release. The animated adventure is targeting $44 million to $50 million, a 50-55% decline from its $98 million debut. \u201cZootopia 2\u201d landed in theaters the Wednesday ahead of Thanksgiving and earned a dazzling $158 million domestically over its first five days of release, as well as a staggering $559 million globally. Since then, \u201cZootopia 2\u201d has climbed to $163.1 million in North America and $589 million worldwide. At this rate, it\u2019ll become the year\u2019s second movie to join the $1 billion club after Disney\u2019s \u201cLilo & Stitch\u201d in May.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d should slide to third place with $21 million to $25 million, a roughly 60% drop from the prior weekend. So far, Universal\u2019s adaptation of the second half of \u201cWicked\u201d has earned $269 million in North America and $391 million globally after three weekends of release. <\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere, a smattering of new releases are aiming for single digits to start. Gkids\u2019 anime adventure \u201cJujutsu Kaisen: Execution,\u201d a compilation film and early look at the third season of the popular manga TV series, is projected to earn $8 million to $10 million. Quentin Tarantino\u2019s \u201cKill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair,\u201d which unites\u00a02003\u2019s \u201cVolume 1\u201d\u00a0and\u00a02004\u2019s \u201cVolume\u201d 2\u00a0into a single, unrated 275-minute epic, could generate $5 million to $10 million from 1,000 theaters. <\/p>\n

\n\tThen there\u2019s Sony Pictures Classic\u2019s \u201cMerry We Roll Along,\u201d a filmed version of the Broadway production starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez, which should bring in $3 million. Ditto Bleecker Street\u2019s \u201cFackham Hall,\u201d a 1930s-set \u201cDownton Abby\u201d spoof that stars Damian Lewis, Thomasin McKenzie, Katherine Waterston and Tom Felton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will Freddy Fazbear hit the box office jackpot again? \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2,\u201d a PG-13 horror sequel…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":422146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[171,60011,53,67,132,68,105186],"class_list":{"0":"post-422145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-five-nights-at-freddys-2","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us","14":"tag-zootopia-2"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115656559478571725","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}