‘Insidious: The Red Door’ Claims Top Spot at Domestic Box Office
Sony took advantage of a short window of quietude between two tent-poles, as it debuted the horror sequel Insidious: The Red Door in over 3,000 domestic theaters this weekend. The film topped the box office on its first day, grossing more than $15 million, which includes the $5 million it grossed in Thursday previews. Insidious 5 is on track to deliver a stunning $30 million-plus opening weekend, coming in way ahead of projections, which were hovering around $25 million.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT This would actually put it slightly above the $29 million opening weekend that its immediate predecessor — Insidious: The Last Key — delivered in 2018. The first Insidious, directed by James Wan, grossed $13 million in its opening weekend, and finished with a hair under $100 million worldwide in 2011.
As you’d expect from the fifth installment of a horror movie franchise, Insidious 5 has received mixed reviews, currently sitting at a “rotten” 36% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Collider’s Nate Richard wrote in his review that even though the movie “might not be the scariest installment in the franchise, but it feels a lot more human than the others before it.” The film marks the directorial debut of series star Patrick Wilson, who also headlines Conjuring franchise.
Like most faith-based films, the Jim Caviezel-starrer Sound of Freedom had a front-loaded debut as it topped the chart on July 4 with over $11 million. The movie appears to have regained energy on Friday, and is eyeing a third-place finish after grossing $4.7 million. Sound of Freedom could hit $36 million by Sunday, which would be a spectacular showing for a niche title that explicitly targets right-wing conspiracy theorists.
Two Animated Movies Rounded Out the Top 5 Coming in at the fourth and fifth spots this weekend are Disney’s Elemental and Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — two animated movies that have performed very differently at the box office. While Elemental showed some sign of life after delivering one of the worst openings in Pixar history — the movie currently sits at $102 million domestically, after a fourth Friday of $2.9 million — Across the Spider-Verse made $2.
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