{"id":211180,"date":"2025-10-19T14:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T14:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/211180\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T14:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T14:47:10","slug":"the-black-phone-2-on-par-with-the-first-good-fortune-has-a-weak-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/211180\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Phone 2 on par with the first; Good Fortune has a weak start"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blumhouse\u2019s long cold streak at the box office seems to be at an end, with The Black Phone 2 opening more or less in line with the predictions<\/a> we posted earlier this week. While it\u2019s still early, Deadline<\/a> has the much-anticipated sequel opening in the $23 million range, which is fairly close to what the original opened with in 2021 (not adjusting for inflation). While that\u2019s a solid number for a horror sequel, it seems unlikely it will have the same legs the original had, with it tapping out in the $91 million range domestically. It will likely perform similarly to Smile 2 last year and finish in the $50-60 million range. While maybe not enough to pave the way for a Black Phone 3, it\u2019s the best opening Blumhouse has had for quite some time, and the B CinemaScore is actually quite good for a horror flick (the original did a bit better with a B+).<\/p>\n

Sadly, comedies continue to struggle to find a foothold at the box office, with Aziz Ansari\u2019s Good Fortune likely to fall flat with a $6 million opening despite the combined star power of Keanu Reeves and Seth Rogen, and a great B+ CinemaScore. It seems like audiences have been trained to watch comedies at home nowadays. Tron: Ares should easily surpass it for second place, with it on track for an $11.5 million second weekend, meaning it\u2019s facing a steep 65% week 2 decline. This franchise is DEAD<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No word yet on how the Julia Roberts-led After the Hunt is faring, but with a C-minus CinemaScore, it seems like the latest star-led awards-bait movie to misfire commercially, following The Smashing Machine and Roofman. The latter should make about $3.5 million this weekend for a 55% decline in week two \u2013 which is steeper than expected. At least One Battle After Another is still pulling in viewers, with it likely to add in the $3.8 million range to its $61.7 million total.<\/p>\n

What are you seeing this weekend? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blumhouse\u2019s long cold streak at the box office seems to be at an end, with The Black Phone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,57941,2839,87772,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-211180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-good-fortune","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-the-black-phone-2","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}