Terrifying 3 reached a major domestic box office milestone. THE Terrifying 3 box office opened in first place, beating Joker: Folie à Deux from its position in the second weekend of the comic book sequel, during a surprise twist. The horror sequel, which follows the Christmas rampage of Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton), quickly surpassed $60 million worldwide, a total that is 30 times the $2 million budget and nearly four times the $15.7 million that the previous film earned during its success. -hit theatrical run.
Put Deadlinefrom Saturday morning, Terrifying 3 is projected to gross a three-day total of $3.1 million at the domestic box office during its fourth weekend in theaters, bringing its cumulative domestic total to $50.4 million. This makes the 33rd film of the year to surpass the US$50 million markahead of other horror films, including Don’t speak badly ($36.8 million), The Strangers: Chapter 1 ($35.2 million) and Night Swimming ($32.5 million). It is also the first unrated film to reach this milestone, as it became the highest-grossing unrated film of all time on October 28.
What this means for Terrifier 3
He keeps climbing the charts
Upon passing this milestone, Terrifying 3 continued to climb the 2024 horror movie rankings. While Smile 2which opened the following weekend, was slightly ahead in the weekend’s projections, the film Art the Clown, however, is expected to end its fourth round in theaters as the fifth highest-grossing horror film of the year. Below, see how it compares to the year’s other highest-grossing horror films at the domestic box office:
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Classification |
Title |
Domestic Box Office |
|---|---|---|
|
#12 |
A peaceful place: first day |
US$138.9 million |
|
#16 |
Alien: Romulus |
US$105.3 million |
|
#21 |
Long legs |
US$74.3 million |
|
#31 |
Smile 2 |
US$52.2 million (projected) |
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#32 |
Terrifying 3 |
US$50.4 million (projected) |
While it probably won’t surpass any of these blockbuster titles by the end of its run, the Terrifying 3 the launch is already breaking new ground. Now that it’s the highest-grossing unrated film of all time, each milestone reached pushes its revenue even further beyond the previous record holderwhich was the concert documentary Renaissance: a Beyoncé film. That 2023 title grossed just $33.89 million at the domestic box office, though Terrifying 3the company’s domestic revenue even surpassed the worldwide total of US$43.99 million.
Our take on the Terrifier 3 milestone
Another installment seems guaranteed
Given the fact that Halloween is over and early November tends to see diminishing returns for horror releases, Terrifying 3 may not surpass many other national milestones by the end of its implementation. However, the fact that it has more than tripled the gross value of the previous installment in North America alone probably means that the possible Terrifying 4 will be greenlit soon and will have the chance to do even better than the 2024 release, potentially even further surpassing the new installment’s already record-breaking run.
Source: Deadline