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Horror sequel “Black Phone 2” topped the North American box office charts this weekend with ticket sales of $26.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Not only did it beat the original’s $23.6 million debut, but it’s a much-needed win blumhouse After many disappointments such as “M3GAN 2.0” this year.
Although “Black Phone 2” released according to expectations, the film’s performance in October remains slow – down about 11% compared to last year. comscoreThe total box office is still up about 4% over last year, but a big blockbuster hit that could generate more momentum may not arrive until late November or December.
universal pictures “Black Phone 2” was released in 3,411 theaters in North America on a wave of good reviews. The filmmaker will return in the sequel, coming four years after the original. Scott DerricksonAlso stars Ethan Hawke and Mason Thames. According to exit polls, the opening weekend audience was 63% between 18 and 34, and the largest demographic was Hispanics, who made up 39% of ticket buyers, while Caucasians made up 35%.
With an additional $15.5 million from 71 international territories, “Black Phone 2” was released to a worldwide gross of $42 million, against a reported $30 million production budget.
The first “Black Phone” was a sleeper hit for Universal and Blumhouse in 2021 as theaters began to come back to life following the COVID shutdown. By the end of its run, it had grossed over $161 million worldwide against a budget of $18 million.
2025 has been a very bumpy year for Blumhouse, with a handful of movies including “The Wolf Man” and “The Woman in the Yard.” But the once impenetrable horror hitmaker may reemerge with the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” sequel coming in December. The first film grossed approximately $300 million worldwide.
Despite several choices in wide release, including the R-rated Seth Rogen, “Black Phone 2” was the only film to really succeed this weekend. Aziz Ansari and Keanu Reeves’ comedy “Good Fortune,” which grossed $6.2 million from 2,990 locations, and the expansion of Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield’s drama “After the Hunt,” which grossed $1.6 million from 1,238 theaters.
“Tron: Ares” dropped nearly 67% to $11.1 million in its second weekend in theaters, which was enough to finish second on the chart. It has now grossed $103 million globally.
“Good Fortune”, which opened in third place, received mostly positive reviews, but Ansari’s comedy with social commentary did not generate much enthusiasm in its first weekend. However, with a B+ CinemaScore, it has better chances in the coming weeks than the campus drama “After the Hunt,” which received a very poor C-score.
Next weekend audiences will be treated to another batch of awards-candidates, including Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest Emma Stone collaboration “Bugonia” and the Bruce Springsteen biopic “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” starring “The Bear”‘s Jeremy Alan White.