'Five Nights at Freddy's' Movie Smashes Box Office Records Despite Negative Reviews

Despite negative critics' reviews and a PG-13 rating, Five Nights at Freddy’s film earned $132 million worldwide in its debut weekend, setting several box office records including the biggest opening ever for a Halloween weekend and the second-largest debut of a video game adaptation.

Despite critical reviews, 'Five Nights at Freddy’s' film earned $132 million worldwide in its debut weekend, setting several box office records.
The success of the film is attributed to its fanbase, predominantly from Generation Z, whereby about 81% of the audience were under the age of 25.
The film has set new records, including the biggest opening weekend total for a horror movie this year, surpassing 'The Nun II' and the highest simultaneous release for Blumhouse, surpassing 'Halloween Kills' and 'Halloween Ends'.
'Five Nights at Freddy’s' is also now the most successful PG-13 horror movie release of all time, surpassing 'The Mummy Returns', and the most successful film to open on Halloween weekend, more than doubling 'Puss In Boots'.
Continued success for 'Freddy's' is expected despite the simultaneous streaming release on Peacock, with 'Freddy's' equalling the opening to Marvel Studio's 'Black Widow' which also had a hybrid release.