‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ tops the office with scary good $78 million
Written by ABC Audio. All rights reserved. on October 30, 2023
Five Nights at Freddy‘s, the movie adaptation of the hit horror game, topped the domestic box office with an estimated 78 million — the biggest opening weekend for a horror title in 2023 and the second biggest for a movie based on a video game behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie‘s $146.3 million. The film, starring Hunger Games vet Josh Hutcherson, pulled in an additional $52.6 million overseas, for a global haul of $130.6 million.
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film took second place, grabbing an estimated $14 million at the North American box office, for a three-week total of $149.3 million. Worldwide, the film — which only plays on weekends — has racked up $203 million.
Martin Scorsese‘s Killers of the Flower Moon — starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, and Jesse Plemons — added an estimated $9 million at the domestic box office, for a two-week total of $40 million. The film has collected $88 million globally.
The faith-based documentary After Death, which explores the subject of life after death, opened with an estimated $5 million at the domestic box office.
Rounding out the top five was The Exorcist: Believer, delivering an estimated $3.1 million, for a four-week total of $59.3 million in North America and $61 million worldwide.
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