Believer Eyes $28 Million Opening – Deadline


saturday am writethrough, After Friday’s update 5:02 pm, Universal/Blumhouse/Morgan Creek Exorcist: Believer Currently opening at $28 million. While it is in the average category of successful horror films evil dead ($24.5 million)Smile ($22.6 million) and black phone ($23.6M), and tracking just under $30M, a far cry from David Gordon Green’s $76.2M 2018 opening Halloween, And that’s a start that doesn’t look too good next to the $400 million the studio spent on the franchise, which was in a competitive position, meaning the price was constantly rising. We’re still making heads and tails of it.

I’m told it was a franchise rights purchase this time, not just a deal for three movies, each of which cost $133 million. When have you ever heard of a horror movie costing that much? Never. This is what we told you the Exorcist The reboot was made for $30 million before P&A. Friday grossed $11.9M in 3,663 theaters, including $2.85M from Thursday night previews.

It also turned out to be a bad first step for the studio with the franchise: nobody liked it. In addition to critics giving it a 20% Rotten Tomatoes score, CinemaScore also gave Exorcist: Believer Even worse at 61% with a C, Screen Engine/ComScore PostTrak audience. Almost an equal split between male and female at 51%, 58% of the audience is between 18-34 and the largest demo is 24-34, at 32% and 34% of the crowd is over 35. Latino and Hispanic viewership was 41%, Caucasian 30%, Black 13% and Asian/Other 15%. As is common for a horror film, The Believer performed best in the South Central and West. IMAX and PLF screens are accounting for about 40% of ticket sales so far, while AMC Burbank’s screen is the best in the country with $50K.

  1. The Exorcist: Believer (Uni/Blumhouse) 3,663 theaters Fri $11.9m, 3d $28m/Wk 1

2. Paw Patrol: The Might Movie (Par) 4,027 Friday $2.88M, Day 3 $11.65M, -49%, Total $38.7M/Week 2

3. saw x (LG) 3,262 theaters, Fri $2.4M, 3D $8M, -55%, total $32.4M/Week 2

4.) the creator (New Reg/20th/Dec) 3,680 theaters, Fri $1.73M, 3-day $6.12M, -56% total $24.9M/Week 2

5. nun 2 (NL) Fri $725K (-47%), 3-day $2.6M (-46%), total $81M/wk 5.

The weekend is shaping up to be $76.5 million for all films, which is once again under $100 million. Taylor Swift, save us.

Friday AM: David Gordon Green’s Exorcist: Believer The horror grind continued its run at the box office with $2.85M in Thursday night previews to a potentially high debut of $20M to $30M.

Previews began at 5 pm in 3,050 theaters. Universal has IMAX and PLF on it, with 3,663 theaters booked on it.

‘Saw Axe’

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Exorcist: BelieverPreviews are only $850K more than Lionsgate’s saw x Pulled over last Thursday; That $13M production finished its first week very well with an estimated $24.4M. This is more than 2017 jigsaw alias saw 8, which grossed $22.1 million in its first week. Twisted Pix’s tenth horror film leads its weekday BO despite Paramount and Spin Master PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie Winning last weekend.

The canine cartoon finished its first week with an estimated $27.1 million. Unlike Barbenheimer last summer, it was not saw the patrol-The kind of week in which moviegoers flock to theaters dressed like Jigsaw and Pups Delores and Skype, but this was a fine autumn frame at the top of the charts amid the actors’ strike, when actors can’t promote. Could.

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The Nun 2, Who Exorcist: Believer Looking demo-wise at 18- to 34-year-olds and men older, it took in $3.1M in previews before posting a $32.6M debut.

Whereas saw x Was a franchise-best, $400 million franchise pickup with an 83% fresh certified critics Exorcist: Believer Not only that, 20% on Rotten Tomatoes. But the Exorcist The cost of the package was not that high for Universal, Peacock, Blumhouse and Morgan Creek – Exorcist: Believer The cost of producing a feature before P&A was only $30M. Well, this is not the lowest rank for anyone the Exorcist as a film The Exorcist II: Heretic According to the review aggregator site it was 9% in 1977.

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It’s still a long way from Green’s reboot Halloween In 2018, it was certified 79% with critics. Halloween Earned $7.7 million in previews and became the fourth-highest opening of October with $76.2 million. Exorcist: Believer The franchise sees the return of Ellen Burstyn as the mother of a demon-possessed child; His last appearance was in the late William Friedkin’s original film in 1973.

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson in ‘Kraven the Hunter’

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This past weekend we were originally supposed to see the beginning of Sony’s Marvel franchise, Kraven the Hunter, But the Culver City lot postponed the film to the following Labor Day weekend due to an actors’ walkout. While bad for low product performance, a smart film from Sony that would really need that picture’s cast, which includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Oscar winners Russell Crowe and Ariana DeBose, to support the picture. Originally, Exorcist: Believer AMC was scheduled to open on October 13 Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour The concert film hit schedule, achieving strong pre-sales and acquiring the Uni/Blumhouse title a week early.

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saw x Yesterday saw $1.1 million, down -16% from Wednesday PAW Patrol 2 Was $900K, +7%. In third place was New Regency/20th Century Studios/Disney’s Gareth Edwards sci-fi film the creator, Which posted $814K yesterday, up 20% from Wednesday for a first week of $18.8M. of fathom Blind Was in fourth place yesterday with an estimated $565K, +27% from Wednesday for a $6.5M week and running at $7.3M total. Fathom has another faith-based title over the weekend, Mother Teresa and I, Which moved up to fifth place for the day yesterday with an estimated $348K debut.


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