“Freaky,” a body-swap horror movie from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, slashed its box office competition, debuting to $3.7 million over the weekend.
In the age of coronavirus, when audiences are still reluctant to go to theaters and nearly every movie scheduled for theatrical release has been postponed, those ticket sales were easily enough to nab first place on U.S. charts. The film played on 2,472 screens in North America. Overseas, “Freaky” grossed $1.9 million from 20 international markets for a global haul of $5.6 million.
“Freaky” stars Vince Vaughn as a savage serial killer and Kathryn Newton as an under-the-radar high school teen, who inadvertently switch bodies on Friday the 13th. Christopher Landon, who wrote “Disturbia,” three “Paranormal Activity” sequels and directed “Happy Death Day,” helmed the R-rated thriller. The movie, which received overwhelmingly positive reviews, cost $6 million to make.
“It’s going to be very profitable,” said analyst David A. Gross, who...
In the age of coronavirus, when audiences are still reluctant to go to theaters and nearly every movie scheduled for theatrical release has been postponed, those ticket sales were easily enough to nab first place on U.S. charts. The film played on 2,472 screens in North America. Overseas, “Freaky” grossed $1.9 million from 20 international markets for a global haul of $5.6 million.
“Freaky” stars Vince Vaughn as a savage serial killer and Kathryn Newton as an under-the-radar high school teen, who inadvertently switch bodies on Friday the 13th. Christopher Landon, who wrote “Disturbia,” three “Paranormal Activity” sequels and directed “Happy Death Day,” helmed the R-rated thriller. The movie, which received overwhelmingly positive reviews, cost $6 million to make.
“It’s going to be very profitable,” said analyst David A. Gross, who...
- 11/15/2020
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
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