Five Nights at Freddy’s Surpasses Split to Break a Record for Horror Studio Blumhouse

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The Five Nights at Freddy’s movie has officially become Blumhouse Productions’ most successful picture ever.

Blumhouse founder Jason Blum announced the news on X/Twitter, saying that the game-to-film adaptation recently passed M. Night Shyamalan’s Split, making it the studio’s “biggest” picture to date. It’s not quite clear exactly what Blum means by “biggest,” but according to Box Office Mojo, it seems he is referring to each movie’s box office performance.

The movie statistics site says that Five Nights at Freddy’s now has a worldwide total of $283,107,340 compared to Split’s global total of $278,454,427.

FNAF is the BIGGEST @blumhouse film of ALL-TIME. Just passed SPLIT. thanks to Emma Tammi, Scott Cawthon, cast & the New Orleans crew, the Henson team, & our partners @universalpics & @peacock. @jhutch1992, @matthewlillard, @Piperrubios, @elizethdlail

— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) November 27, 2023

It’s an astounding feat, especially considering the movie adaptation’s reported budget of $20 million (according to ABC News). Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s successes started when the movie brought in a scary $78 million domestic box office haul on its opening weekend. Viewers continued to head out to check out the adaptation as the weeks continued, with its second weekend in theaters raking in $19.4 million domestically. This is all considering that the film saw a simultaneous streaming release on Peacock, too.

Five Nights at Freddy’s creator Scott Cawthorn reacted to the film’s success a few days after its premiere. At the time, he said, “It was beyond my wildest dreams. I do read the comments and critiques, so while I’m glad most people had a great time at the movies, I’m definitely paying attention, and I wanted you all to know that.”

We saw Five Nights at Freddy’s but didn’t quite get the hype. In our review, we said, “Switch off the monitor, slam the door, or just play the game instead.” Blumhouse has yet to confirm that a sequel is in development, but it would be anything buy a surprise to see a potential Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 eventually make its way to audiences.

Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He started writing in the industry in 2017 and is best known for his work at outlets such as The Pitch, The Escapist, OnlySP, and Gameranx.

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