spectacular start at the box office for the nightmare banned for under 18s

Terrifier 3the new nightmare directed by Damien Leone with David Howard Thornton, is going to be a hit at the American box office.

the Clown is back in an early Christmas present, turbo gore Terrifier 3. As generous and funny as it is disturbing and disturbing, the film directed by Damien Leone once again plays with the place of its spectator and the limits of gore to be exceeded or not in these films Terrifier. This last opus also suffered a ban on under-18s in . What could stifle the success of the film? Since Wednesday, Terrifier 3 exploded at the French box office.

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Terrifier 3 arrives in the United States

Also, released this Friday in American cinemas, the new film with David Howard Thornton would have collected around 18 million dollars this weekend in 2,514 dark rooms. A great start for Damien Leone, whose latest nightmare was produced for $2 million according to Variety and a little less than 5 million according to Deadline. In three days in the United States, Terrifier 3 therefore collected more than the 2 on its entire operation worldwide, or 15 million dollars.

Thus, the latest adventures of Art the Clown even compete the figures for the big horror success of 2024, Longlegs. This summer, the film directed by Oz Perkins opened to $22 million, with a production budget of $9 million. Over its entire operation, Longlegs exceeded 74 million in revenue in the United States and 108 million worldwide.

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Is a similar success brewing for Terrifier 3 ? Probably not, the level of violence and gore deployed by the film will certainly target an even more specific audience than that of Longlegs. However, it is clear that Terrifier 3 seems to have succeeded in capturing this niche audience.

The horror film even managed to do better than the second weekend of Joker: Folie à Deux. Joaquin Phoenix’s antics lost more than 80% of their attendance this weekend and collected around 7 million in revenue. As a reminder, Terrifier 3 is available in our French cinemas since October 9.

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