Five Nights at Freddy's | October 27, 2023 | In Theaters and Peacock simultaneously

[SpiderByte]

Idk why you guys act like it's my fault all these places reported it incorrectly 

[Eric Loves Rey]

Even 110 minutes sounds too high. This really should be an 85 minute kind of deal imo

[Bob Train]

why does the title say Chris Columbus is directing? he left the project.

[Eric Loves Rey]

2 minutes ago, Bob Train said:

why does the title say Chris Columbus is directing? he left the project.

Because I'm lazy and nobody corrected me until now lol

[Boxofficerules]

How does everyone feel about the Peacock release? Why they do it?

[filmlover]

12 minutes ago, Boxofficerules said:

How does everyone feel about the Peacock release? Why they do it?

Have a feeling that the movie stinks (which seems to be a common thread for these Universal hybrid releases, see the Halloween sequels and Firestarter '22) and they want to cushion the blow for when it falls off the face of the planet after the first weekend. Just a feeling though, would like to be proven wrong.

Edited September 9, 2023 by filmlover

[Boxofficerules]

27 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Have a feeling that the movie stinks (which seems to be a common thread for these Universal hybrid releases, see the Halloween sequels and Firestarter '22) and they want to cushion the blow for when it falls off the face of the planet after the first weekend. Just a feeling though, would like to be proven wrong.

I would feel that way but wasn't the Peacock release announced long before they'd even finished filming it? It's seems odd they'd know it's a stinker that early on and not even attempt to fix it.

Edited September 9, 2023 by Boxofficerules

[Bob Train]

I think the DOM run will be like Quantumania. Huge OW, around $100m. Then barely crosses $200m in total DOM.

[eman92]

6 hours ago, Boxofficerules said:

I would feel that way but wasn't the Peacock release announced long before they'd even finished filming it? It's seems odd they'd know it's a stinker that early on and not even attempt to fix it.

The only thing I can find online is a variety article that announced on April 5th 2023 that the movie would simultaneously release in theaters and Peacock.....filming wrapped April 3rd. So it's not a great sign that they announced the Peacock release a few days after filming wrap. The only thing I can imagine is that they do not have faith in the quality of the movie and know it'll do well OW at the Box office but have terrible legs. I really can't think of any other reason they would do this. If they thought it would be successful they'd probably wait at least a month to release on Peacock. We know how Halloween performed with the same day peacock release, it completely demolished any legs it had. 

 

I don't want to act like I know anything about the quality of this film, it could be amazing. I really have no clue, it's really just speculation. But there are signs of potentially this film having issues. This film was in development hell for a while. The rights were acquired in 2015! They scrapped the entire script that was first written (Even though Blum says it was a great script???). And they fired 2 directors, switched production companies etc. This film took basically took 7-8 years to make and then filmed everything in only 2 months. They were supposed to have filmed in 2021 but delayed filming to fix the script....again. 

 

So with all the above, mixed in with the fact that this is a peacock same day release makes me assume things about the quality of the film. 

Edited September 10, 2023 by eman92

[SnokesLegs]

1 hour ago, Bob Train said:

I think the DOM run will be like Quantumania. Huge OW, around $100m. Then barely crosses $200m in total DOM.

It ain’t touching those numbers. $20M-$30M OW, if it’s lucky.

[Bob Train]

12 minutes ago, SnokesLegs said:

It ain’t touching those numbers. $20M-$30M OW, if it’s lucky.

Only $20m for such a popular brand, with huge online hype?

[SpiderByte]

It's a hybrid release. Brand recognition helps but it's not a guarantee 

[Bob Train]

12 minutes ago, SpiderByte said:

It's a hybrid release. Brand recognition helps but it's not a guarantee 

No one has Peacock anyways, so it won't matter

[Speedorito]

Isn’t the whole point of simultaneous release that people sign up for Peacock?

[Bob Train]

Only the diehard fans will watch it on Peacock to see easter eggs, but those guys will also likely watch it in theaters for the experience.

[SpiderByte]

 

[WebSurfer]

Heh, I wonder how wrong everyone will be on the OW predictions once this releases.

[Porthos]

4 hours ago, WebSurfer said:

Heh, I wonder how wrong everyone will be on the OW predictions once this releases.

 

Considering the range of predictions from "everyone" is anywhere from 30m to 100m+, it's gonna be hard for it to be wrong!

 

(that is to say I don't feel there was a consensus on this flick — two or three camps?  Sure.  Consensus?  Nah)

((The three camps being, more or less, "to the moon", "I have no idea", and "day and date = limited potential")

[Claire of Themyscira]

I hope this does well for Josh Hutcherson. ❤️

[SpiderByte]

Edit, wrong thread

Edited October 5, 2023 by SpiderByte