Five Nights At Freddy's, the film of the popular gaming franchise, could have an impact beyond giving audiences some good scares. The film was released to streaming on Peacock at the same time as it premiered in movie theaters, and that doesn't appear to have damaged its box office at all: according to Blumhouse boss Jason Blum, who posted on X, "FNAF is the BIGGEST Blumhouse film of ALL-TIME". It's also Peacock's biggest ever launch.
Not bad for a movie with a reportedly titchy $20m budget. Variety says it shattered multiple box office records on its opening weekend, making "a killing in its box office debut with $80 million in North America and $132 million globally." According to Boxoffice Pro chief analyst Shawn Robbins, "every studio should be taking note." Maybe we don't have to choose between movies coming to streaming only, or being exclusively at theaters for months.
