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Five Nights at Freddy'sFollow

2023 • PG-13 • 1h 49m • Horror, Mystery, Thriller • Universal Pictures

What happened at Freddy's?

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$78.00M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$137.10M

Final

Worldwide total

$297.00M

Global total

Budget$20M

Domestic legs1.8x

2023 rank#19

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Cast & crew

Full Tammi filmography

Emma Tammi

Emma Tammi Director

Josh Hutcherson

Josh Hutcherson Starring

Elizabeth Lail

Elizabeth Lail Starring

Matthew Lillard

Matthew Lillard Starring

ScreenplayScott Cawthon, Emma Tammi, Seth Cuddeback Produced byJason Blum, Scott Cawthon CinematographyPeter Sova MusicThe Newton Brothers Prod. DesignChad Keith

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 27-29 1 $80.0M — 3,675 $21,769 $80.0M

2 Nov 3-5 1 $19.0M −76.2% 3,789 $5,015 $113.2M

3 Nov 10-12 2 $9.0M −52.6% 3,694 $2,436 $127.2M

4 Nov 17-19 6 $3.6M −60.5% 2,829 $1,258 $132.7M

5 Nov 24-26 10 $1.7M −51.4% 1,754 $986 $136.2M

6 Dec 1-3 17 $412.5K −76.1% 732 $564 $136.9M

7 Dec 8-10 28 $105.7K −74.4% 265 $399 $137.2M

8 Dec 15-17 30 $37.5K −64.6% 103 $364 $137.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 27 #1 $39.6M — $39.6M 3,675 $10,788 1

Sat Oct 28 #1 $24.3M −39% $63.9M 3,675 $6,607 2

Sun Oct 29 #1 $16.1M −34% $80.0M 3,675 $4,374 3

Mon Oct 30 #1 $4.1M −75% $84.1M 3,675 $1,114 4

Tue Oct 31 #1 $5.2M +28% $89.3M 3,675 $1,428 5

Wed Nov 1 #1 $2.7M −48% $92.1M 3,675 $746 6

Thu Nov 2 #1 $2.1M −23% $94.2M 3,675 $576 7

Fri Nov 3 #1 $5.5M +158% −86% $99.7M 3,789 $1,444 8

Sat Nov 4 #1 $8.6M +58% −64% $108.3M 3,789 $2,279 9

Sun Nov 5 #1 $4.9M −43% −70% $113.2M 3,789 $1,291 10

Mon Nov 6 #1 $1.2M −75% −71% $114.4M 3,789 $317 11

Tue Nov 7 #1 $1.8M +47% −66% $116.2M 3,789 $466 12

Wed Nov 8 #1 $947.6K −46% −65% $117.1M 3,789 $250 13

Thu Nov 9 #1 $1.1M +14% −49% $118.2M 3,789 $286 14

Fri Nov 10 #2 $3.0M +179% −45% $121.2M 3,694 $820 15

Sat Nov 11 #2 $3.8M +25% −56% $125.0M 3,694 $1,027 16

Sun Nov 12 #2 $2.2M −43% −56% $127.2M 3,694 $589 17

Mon Nov 13 #2 $521.0K −76% −57% $127.7M 3,694 $141 18

Tue Nov 14 #3 $589.4K +13% −67% $128.3M 3,694 $160 19

Wed Nov 15 #4 $441.9K −25% −53% $128.8M 3,694 $120 20

Thu Nov 16 #3 $355.4K −20% −67% $129.1M 3,694 $96 21

Fri Nov 17 #6 $939.1K +164% −69% $130.1M 2,829 $332 22

Sat Nov 18 #5 $1.6M +67% −59% $131.6M 2,829 $556 23

Sun Nov 19 #5 $1.0M −33% −52% $132.7M 2,829 $370 24

Mon Nov 20 #5 $510.0K −51% −2% $133.2M 2,829 $180 25

Tue Nov 21 #5 $529.1K +4% −10% $133.7M 2,829 $187 26

Wed Nov 22 #8 $484.3K −8% +10% $134.2M 1,754 $276 27

Thu Nov 23 #11 $261.5K −46% −26% $134.5M 1,754 $149 28

Fri Nov 24 #10 $646.9K +147% −31% $135.1M 1,754 $369 29

Sat Nov 25 #9 $719.8K +11% −54% $135.8M 1,754 $410 30

Sun Nov 26 #10 $362.5K −50% −65% $136.2M 1,754 $207 31

Mon Nov 27 #12 $86.6K −76% −83% $136.3M 1,754 $49 32

Tue Nov 28 #12 $100.8K +16% −81% $136.4M 1,754 $57 33

Wed Nov 29 #12 $86.9K −14% −82% $136.5M 1,754 $50 34

Thu Nov 30 #13 $58.9K −32% −77% $136.5M 1,754 $34 35

Fri Dec 1 #17 $104.1K +77% −84% $136.6M 732 $142 36

Sat Dec 2 #17 $200.5K +93% −72% $136.8M 732 $274 37

Sun Dec 3 #18 $107.9K −46% −70% $136.9M 732 $147 38

Mon Dec 4 #16 $33.5K −69% −61% $137.0M 732 $46 39

Tue Dec 5 #17 $40.6K +21% −60% $137.0M 732 $55 40

Wed Dec 6 #18 $34.0K −16% −61% $137.0M 732 $47 41

Thu Dec 7 #19 $25.5K −25% −57% $137.1M 732 $35 42

Fri Dec 8 #28 $26.2K +3% −75% $137.1M 265 $99 43

Sat Dec 9 #26 $50.2K +91% −75% $137.1M 265 $190 44

Sun Dec 10 #29 $29.3K −42% −73% $137.2M 265 $110 45

Mon Dec 11 #25 $11.2K −62% −66% $137.2M 265 $42 46

Tue Dec 12 #27 $15.1K +35% −63% $137.2M 265 $57 47

Wed Dec 13 #26 $13.6K −10% −60% $137.2M 265 $51 48

Thu Dec 14 #29 $7.2K −47% −72% $137.2M 265 $27 49

Fri Dec 15 #30 $9.0K +25% −66% $137.2M 103 $87 50

Sat Dec 16 #29 $17.4K +94% −65% $137.2M 103 $169 51

Sun Dec 17 #29 $11.1K −36% −62% $137.3M 103 $108 52

Mon Dec 18 #30 $5.0K −55% −55% $137.3M 103 $49 53

Tue Dec 19 #30 $6.9K +38% −54% $137.3M 103 $67 54

Wed Dec 20 #32 $6.0K −14% −56% $137.3M 103 $58 55

Thu Dec 21 #32 $3.9K −35% −46% $137.3M 103 $38 56

Cumulative total$137.3M

Oct 27Nov 10Nov 24Dec 7Dec 21

Weekend grossWk 8 · $37.5K

$80.0M

$19.0M

$9.0M

$3.6M

$1.7M

$412.5K

$105.7K

$37.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 3,789 → 103 −97.3%

3,675 open103 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · −64.6%

−76.2%

W1→2

−52.6%

W2→3

−60.5%

W3→4

−51.4%

W4→5

−76.1%

W5→6

−74.4%

W6→7

−64.6%

W7→8

Steepest −76.2%Best hold −51.4%

Run milestones

$100M in 9 days

$100M

Day 9

Nov 4

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#5 Biggest horror openingsAll-time $80.0M #5 Biggest October openingsAll-time $80.0M #9 Biggest video game moviesAll-time $137.1M

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