Historically, the first weekend of December/post-Thanksgiving frame is one of the worst weekends of the year. But if you book it, they will come. Specifically, a tentpole and that’s Universal and Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 which is looking at $35M-$40M+ domestic , and another $30M+ abroad for a global start around $70M .

Even though the sequel, which has Emma Tammi back in the director’s chair, is bound for the No. 2 spot, behind Disney’s second weekend of Zootopia 2 (around $50M, -50%, due to great word of mouth), it’s going to be a very bountiful weekend at the box office, potentially surpassing last year’s first weekend of December record of $137.2M. That’s with the third weekend of Wicked: For Good added in which is eyeing around a -55% hold or $27.7M .

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