Jason Blum couldn’t reveal details today about Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 but he brought New York Comic Con attendees the poster for the sequel to last year’s highest grossing horror movie ($137.2M domestic, $291.4M).
The first movie opened during the actors strike, day-and-date on Peacock and defied all hurdles during last fall’s marketplace. The movie based on the hit videogame was an anomaly performing equally well in theaters and on Peacock since it was a hot fan frenzied franchise. Five Night’s Freddy‘s was Peacock‘s most-watched film or series ever in its first five days, besting previous record-holders Halloween Ends, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Bel-Air and The Best Man: The Final Chapters.
Blum gave props to the pic’s screenwriter Scott Cawthon for having the foresight that it would be a hit. The movie won over fans in its faithful-to-the-videogame production design, down to the eyeliner on the stuffed walking animals. Universal’s marketing machine harnessed that to sell to the Freddy faithful.
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Emma Tammi returns to direct off a script she co-wrote with Cawthon, and Seth Cuddeback. Matthew Lillard, Josh Hutcherson, Piper Rubio and Elizabeth Lail star.
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 opens on Dec. 5 next year. While typically a dead zone at the box office post Thanksgiving — a movie like this could defy all expectations. The biggest opening for a movie during the post Black Friday frame is Tom Cruise’s The Last Samurai with $24.2M.
Blum has been wearing shirts during his appearance at New York Comic Con from Wolf Man and The Black Phone. All that merch and more can be bought over at shop.blumhouse.com
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