CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Deadline reports:

Universal/Blumhouse’s big screen version of nine-year-old videogame Five Nights at Freddy’s has hit an unprecedented $78M opening, $4.4M shy of what Uni wowed with earlier this summer in firing up Oppenheimer ($82.4M).

Yet, while presales indicated a huge hit, the whole Peacock day-and-date of it all, which wound up knocking out projections on Halloween Ends a year ago (projected at $50M+, came in at $40M), was the swing factor here.

On the Peacock side, the studio exclaims that the Emma Tammi-directed Freddy’s had the biggest opening for the OTT service, and it’s the most-watched and most subscription-driving content title since it dropped on Thursday night.

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‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ Has Super Game With $131M Global Bow; Biggest Horror Start Of 2023 – International Box Office https://t.co/L3gi2wt155

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) October 29, 2023