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Step aside, Halloween Ends. Sorry ‘bout ya, The Super Mario Bros Movie. There’s a new boss in town, and he’s tall, furry, and reeks of pizza. After a big weekend at the theatrical box office, Five Nights at Freddy’s—which released the same day on Peacock—has also done huge numbers for the streamer.
Making the Freddy Fazbear Pizza Band Come to Life for Five Nights at Freddy’s
According to a Peacock press release, the Emma Tammi-directed Five Nights at Freddy’s is now Peacock’s “most-watched film or series ever in its first five days on the streaming platform, surpassing previous record-holders Halloween Ends, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Bel-Air and The Best Man: The Final Chapters.”
This is just the cherry on the top of good news for Blumhouse, which saw the movie rack up $132.7 million globally this weekend—good enough to be the biggest horror movie opening of the entire year, as well as the studio’s biggest global opening ever. Stateside, it scored the second-biggest opening of all time for a movie based on a video game (in that regard, The Super Mario Bros. still has it beat), as well as the biggest opening for a horror movie with a woman director.
Not bad for a movie about a guy (Josh Hutcherson) so desperate for a job he agrees to be a security guard at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria—a place where the animatronics do not come to play. Presumably the next Five Nights news that doesn’t involve box-office and streaming numbers will be letting fans know when to expect the sequel. Watch on Peacock here.
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