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Topline A horror film adaptation of video game Five Nights at Freddy’s grossed a whopping $78 million in its opening weekend, multiple outlets reported, earning the title of the biggest horror debut of the year and the best showing ever for Halloween weekend despite being panned by critics and simultaneously streaming on Peacock. Promotional art for “Five Nights at Freddy’s.” Associated Press Key Facts Five Nights at Freddy’s grossed much higher than the $50 million originally predicted by industry experts considering it released the same day on the Peacock streaming service, making it the second best-ever opening weekend for a simultaneous streaming/theater release behind Marvel’s Black Widow, according to Variety. The film trumped Scream VI‘s $44.4 million opening weekend to become the year’s best horror release and had the second-best ever opening weekend for a movie based on a video game, trailing well behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s $146.3 million. Freddy’s is Blumhouse’s best-ever domestic opening and is the highest-grossing PG-13-rated horror film, according to the Hollywood Reporter, besting The Mummy Returns’ $68.1 million. Taylor Swift: Eras Tour was the second-highest earning film of the weekend with another $14.7 million grossed, bringing its domestic total earnings to $149.3 million over three weekends, Deadline reported. Killers of the Flower Moon earned another $9 million in third place, followed by After Death with $5 million and Exorcist: The Believer grossed $3.1 million. Key Background Five Nights at Freddy’s is a supernatural horror video game adaptation from Universal Pictures’ and Blumhouse Productions. Directed by Emma Tammi and co-written by video game creator Scott Cawthon, the film joins The Super Mario Brothers Movie as a rare video game film success story—the genre has historically not impressed critics or box office buyers. Freddy’s opening weekend drastically out performed the other highest-earning video game adaptations…

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