Summary

Final Destination: Bloodlines is the highest-grossing movie in the franchise, proving a market for gruesome horror content.
The success of Bloodlines suggests a potential audience for another installment in a popular franchise.
Lionsgate's delay and removal of a major movie from the release calendar concern fans, but hints at future content plans.

The decision to bring back the Final Destination franchise after over a decade's absence raised a lot of eyebrows among moviegoers. However, Final Destination: Bloodlines has proven to be a memorable and successful film that showcases New Line Cinema's right decision to put it together.

Final Destination: Bloodlines has been the best-reviewed movie of the franchise to this point, combining a unique horror genre with an interesting storyline to capture people's attention. However, the movie's level of success instantly got horror fans talking about the possibility of a different franchise returning.

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By Timothy McClelland

Final Destination: Bloodlines Has Been A Financial Hit

It Has Grossed Over $100 Million At The Worldwide Box Office

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People weren't sure what to expect from Final Destination: Bloodlines after so many years of the franchise being away. However, the movie has ended up grossing over $121 million worldwide, which has proven that The fact that this has become the third-highest-grossing Final Destination movie in history during a time when attendance to cinemas is genuinely down is impressive. Plus, there's still enough time for the movie to earn even more money to potentially overtake Final Destination 5 and The Final Destination, which sit ahead of it in the box office results. However, the fact that the movie has performed so well is a clear sign that this type of content is something that horror fans actively want to consume, which means there is potential for other slightly darker and more gruesome franchises to tap into.

Final Destination: Bloodlines' Success Proves That There Should Be Another Saw Movie

There Is A Horror Audience Ready For More Blood And Gore

Saw is one of the goriest and most violent franchises in movie history, with the plethora of traps that have been created within those movies being sickening. They provide stomach-churning levels of horror, all while being wrapped up in great psychological and mental horror. That combination has led to the franchise becoming beloved by audiences worldwide, which is why it has grossed more than $1 billion combined. While it is very different in its storytelling when compared to the Final Destination movies, there are some distinct similarities, namely in how brutal many of the deaths are. The Final Destination movies see people killed off one by one in unusual but always violent ways. At the same time, the Saw franchise catches people's attention with the different traps that are created, all of which are designed to cause as much pain as possible. The fact that so many people turned out to see Final Destination: Bloodlines proves there's an audience still ready to see that style of movie in this day and age, and no franchise does it better than Saw.

They're unique movies that aren't to everyone's taste, and that's why there could be some caution in creating a new Saw film when fewer people are attending the cinema. There's always the risk of a movie not repaying a studio at the box office, especially for a niche horror movie that relies upon extreme brutality and gruesome moments. However, box office results of other movies always capture the attention, and that's precisely what Final Destination: Bloodlines would have done, which might just benefit Saw fans.

Saw XI's Future Is Up In The Air At The Moment After Being Pulled From Lionsgate's Calendar

Saw XI Was Originally Set To Be Released In 2025

Originally, Lionsgate had plans for another Saw movie to be released in 2024, but that was pushed back to 2025. Despite those delays, the film was pulled from Lionsgate's release calendar completely, which sparked concerns among fans that the Saw franchise would end without one final game from Jigsaw. Script creator Patrick Melton admitted there had been radio silence regarding the situation, but then Lionsgate released a cryptic message via Billy the Puppet. The message made it clear there is more content planned, as he said, "The game is never over," and that's something that people have clung to. There has been no official announcement regarding a new film, but it's obviously something that fans of the movie series want to see take place at some point in time. There's certainly enough story left to be told within the Saw franchise, and there's a way to capture people's attention by claiming it would be the final Saw movie ever.

There's a chance that a Saw movie could be made in the future, as this story will always be there for development. However, with an active audience ready to accept more gruesome horror due to the success of Final Destination: Bloodlines, now would be a smart time to strike. It's perfect timing for a new Saw movie to drop, mainly since the most recent film also performed well. It feels like the right moment in time, and if done right, then there's no doubt another chapter in the Saw franchise could work, as Final Destination: Bloolines proved.

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