Blumhouse’s FREAKY Snags #1 Spot at Box-Office
Mike Sprague
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Even though 17% of all theaters are still closed around the U.S., Blumhouse’s Freaky managed to snag the number one spot at the box-office with $3.7M.
Overseas it nabbed $1.9M from 20 territories for a global start of $5.6M.
It’s the 14th Blumhouse movie to open at #1 with writer-director Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man snagging $28.2M before the pandemic destroyed the box-office.
Weekend Top 10:
- Freaky $3.7M
- Let Him Go $1.8M
- War With Grandpa $1.3M
- Come Play $1.1M
- Honest Thief $800K
- Tenet $735K
- Guardians of the Galaxy $406K
- True to the Game 2 $288K
- Toy Story $222K
- Elf $170K
Freaky is written and directed by Christopher Landon and produced by Jason Blum.
Described as a twisted take on the body-swap genre, it centers on high school student Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton) who becomes the newest target of the Butcher (Vince Vaughn), an infamous serial killer, during her senior year. When the killer’s magic dagger causes her to swap bodies with him, she discovers she has only a day to reverse the switch or remain trapped as a middle-aged murderer hunted by the city, while the real killer targets her classmates at Homecoming.
The film sports an 84% approval rating over on Rotten Tomatoes with a Critics Consensus that reads: An entertaining slasher with a gender-bending, body-swapping twist, this horror-comedy juggles genres with Freaky fun results.
Freaky has a B- Cinemascore.
Rated R for “strong bloody horror violence, sexual content, and language” it co-stars Celeste O’Connor, Misha Osherovich, and Alan Ruck. It’s now playing.
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