Summary

  • Despite negative reviews from critics, the Five Nights at Freddy's movie is a big hit with audiences, earning an estimated $78 million in its opening weekend.
  • The film adaptation of the popular horror game series has been highly anticipated by fans for nearly a decade and has lived up to their expectations.
  • The success of the Five Nights at Freddy's movie may lead to future sequels and adaptations of other video games from the franchise, thanks to its incredible box office performance.

The new Five Nights at Freddy's movie is a big hit with audiences, but the film is being panned by critics. The Five Nights at Freddy's movie has been nearly a decade in the making, with first mention of a film adaptation of the viral horror game series popping up all the way back in 2015. For many fans, it seems that the Five Nights at Freddy's movie was worth the wait, as audiences have been flocking to theaters to watch it.

The Five Nights at Freddy's movie, starring Josh Hutcherson and Matthew Lillard, is about a security guard working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, a Chuck E. Cheese-like restaurant that just so happens to be terrorized by deadly animatronics. The Five Nights at Freddy's video games haven't exactly earned the best reviews from game critics, but they have still proven to be wildly successful. The same can now be said about the Five Nights at Freddy's film adaptation as well.

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Five Nights At Freddy's Review

The long-awaited horror game adaptation is perfect for superfans and teenagers, but this trip to Freddy Fazbear's won't keep everyone entertained.

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As reported by Deadline, the Five Nights at Freddy's movie is on track to rake in $78 million during its opening weekend against a modest $20 million budget. If the film is as successful as predicted, it will break the records for biggest Halloween opening and biggest opening for a horror movie in 2023. It will also secure Five Nights at Freddy's as the horror movie with the third-biggest opening weekend box office haul, putting it just behind the 2017 It remake and its sequel, It: Chapter Two.

Best Horror Movie Box Office Opening Weekends

  1. It - $123 million
  2. It: Chapter Two - $91 million
  3. Five Nights at Freddy's - $78 million (estimated)
  4. Halloween (2018) - $76 million
  5. The Nun - $53 million
  6. Paranormal Activity 3 - $52 million
  7. A Quiet Place - $50 million
  8. Halloween Kills - $49 million
  9. A Quiet Place: Part 2 - $47 million
  10. Scream 6 - $44 million

Five Nights at Freddy's Movie Review Scores

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All of this success is despite the fact that Five Nights at Freddy's was released on Peacock the same day that it premiered in theaters and that the movie has received largely negative reviews from critics. Five Nights at Freddy's reviews have been largely negative, sticking the film with a 25% rating on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences have been significantly higher on the Five Nights at Freddy's movie, awarding it an 89% rating at the time of this writing.

Will There Be a Five Nights at Freddy's Movie Sequel?

Even if the Five Nights at Freddy's movie were to fall short of the $78 million it's predicted to earn at the box office on its opening the weekend, the film will still be one of the most successful horror movies of all time. Matthew Lillard previously teased that he's signed on for at least three Five Nights at Freddy's movies, and it's been claimed in the past that if the first film were successful, adaptations of the other Five Nights at Freddy's video games could be in the cards. Given this and the movie's incredible box office performance, one has to imagine that the Five Nights at Freddy's movie sequels will be announced sooner rather than later.