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The newFive Nights at Freddy’smovie is a big hit with audiences, but the film is being panned by critics. TheFive Nights at Freddy’smovie has been nearly a decade in the making, with first mention of a film adaptation of the viral horror game series popping up all the way back in 2015. For many fans, it seems that theFive Nights at Freddy’smovie was worth the wait, as audiences have been flocking to theaters to watch it.
TheFive Nights at Freddy’smovie,starring Josh Hutcherson and Matthew Lillard, is about a security guard working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, a Chuck E. Cheese-like restaurant that just so happens to be terrorized by deadly animatronics. TheFive Nights at Freddy’svideo games haven’t exactly earned the best reviews from game critics, but they have still proven to be wildly successful. The same can now be said about theFive Nights at Freddy’sfilm adaptation as well.
As reported by Deadline, theFive Nights at Freddy’smovie is on track to rake in $78 million during its opening weekend against a modest $20 million budget. If the film is as successful as predicted, it will break the records for biggest Halloween opening and biggest opening for a horror movie in 2023. It will also secureFive Nights at Freddy’sas the horror movie with the third-biggest opening weekend box office haul, putting it just behind the2017Itremakeand its sequel,It: Chapter Two.
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All of this success is despite the fact thatFive Nights at Freddy’swas released on Peacockthe same day that it premiered in theaters and that the movie has received largely negative reviews from critics.Five Nights at Freddy’sreviews have been largely negative, sticking the film with a25% rating on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences have been significantly higher on theFive Nights at Freddy’smovie, awarding it an 89% rating at the time of this writing.
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Even if theFive Nights at Freddy’smovie were to fall short of the $78 million it’s predicted to earn at the box office on its opening the weekend, the film will still be one of the most successful horror movies of all time. Matthew Lillard previously teased that he’s signed on for at least threeFive Nights at Freddy’smovies, and it’s been claimed in the past that if the first film were successful, adaptations of theotherFive Nights at Freddy’svideo gamescould be in the cards. Given this and the movie’s incredible box office performance, one has to imagine that theFive Nights at Freddy’smovie sequels will be announced sooner rather than later.
