Blumhouse has been churning out horror films with a uniquely creative approach. They commit to films with small or medium-sized budgets and the majority of them turn out to be major money-makers at the box office. The year started with a delightfully fun M3GAN which grossed around $180 million at only a $12 million budget. The studio’s approach is clearly working out for them big time.
The success continued with The Exorcist: Believer and Insidious: The Red Door all grossing more than $100 million at the box office. This means that all these films were liked by the audiences. Now the studio has released Five Nights at Freddy’s. According to Jason Blum, the CEO of the studio, this film also seems to have struck a chord with audiences once again.
Jason Blum Thanks Fans for Overwhelming Love for Five Nights at Freddy’s
Blumhouse recently released Five Nights at Freddy’s on October 27, 2023. While many critics were not in favor of the film, the audiences seem to have enjoyed the film a lot. Currently, the movie is scoring a dismal 25% on Rotten Tomatoes, while the audience score is in total contrast with critics, scoring an overwhelming 88% on the site.
CEO of Blumhouse Studios Jason Blum took to X to thank audiences for their overwhelming love and support for the film. He wrote,
“Thank you FNAF fans. You guys are passionate and great.”
Thank you FNAF fans. You guys are passionate and great. pic.twitter.com/J59W8eDM2X
— Jason Blum (@jason_blum) October 27, 2023
The studio is greatly profiting with its approach to making horror films and audiences seem to have lapped up the movie owing to the Halloween atmosphere. It is indeed a cause of celebration for the studio and audiences continue to look forward and hope that future endeavors from the studio continue to enthrall and entertain them.
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Jason Blum Was Made Fun Of For Making Five Nights at Freddy’s
Jason Blum was under a lot of pressure while pursuing to make Five Nights at Freddy’s. People were not optimistic about the potential of the project and many, including folks from his studio, believed that the project wouldn’t be successful. But Blum took up the challenge and went ahead with it. He told IGN,
“I really love a challenge. Scott had been working on it as a movie with a studio for a while and that didn’t work out, this is many years ago. Everyone said we could never get the movie done, including, by the way, internally in my company. I was made fun of for pursuing this, this thing that could never happen, and that always lights a fire under me to say, ‘I bet I can do this’.
It was many, many, many years of development. I’ve grown to know Scott very well over that time, and I’ve become very fond of him. I think he’s a really, really special person, a really creative person, probably more creative than he even gives himself credit for in some ways, I would say. And we had to find a structure that would work for us to make this movie together.”
We finally found it and we finally made the movie,” he said. “And as you can hear by my voice, I’m extremely proud of the movie that we made together.”
Five Nights at Freddy’s is getting a lot of love from audiences, scoring an amazing 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. Fans can experience the film in theatres or stream it on Peacock.
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