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‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ Tops Domestic Box Office With $78M

by Thomas Tuna
written by Thomas Tuna

OK, this proves horror fans love pizza.

Five Nights at Freddy’s–the film adaptation of the 2014 horror video game–scared away the competition in its opening weekend, topping the domestic box office race, according to a report on Deadline.

The Blumhouse feature scooped up $78 million from 3,700 domestic theaters this weekend, posting a CinemaScore of A- and continuing a strong showing for the horror genre in 2023. In addition, the movie enjoyed the best opening for a horror flick–and the most productive opening for a Halloween weekend movie–so far this year.

The film–directed by Emma Tammi from a screenplay she wrote with game creator Scott Cawthon and Seth Cuddeback–follows Mike Schmidt (John Hutcherson), a night security guard at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, who is forced to deal with the building’s animatronic creatures coming to violent life.

The cast is rounded out by Matthew Lillard, Mary Stuart Masterson, Elizabeth Lail and Kat Conner Sterling.

Keep reading Horror News Network for any further updates on Five Nights at Freddy’s.

Thomas A. Tuna is a comic book veteran who began his writing career back in the ’70s with Charlton Comics, contributing to such horror titles as Ghost Manor, Haunted, The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves and Ghostly Haunts. Most recently, he has served as a writer and editor (with more than a smattering of horror yarns) for such comic book websites as Hyper Epics and Red Moon Features. Some of his favorite horror flicks include Jaws, Salem’s Lot, Dracula (with Frank Langella) and Blade. His favorite horror comic books? Tomb of Dracula (by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan) and Swamp Thing (by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson).

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