This week we had all of two substantial new releases. Sony’s home invasion sequel Don’t Breathe 2 arrived on 103 screens and took $161,000 for the weekend to hold the number four slot. The original film came out on almost the same weekend in 2016 and took $1.38 million, or eight times as much. It ultimately made a modest $5.3 million altogether. Some of that loss may be supercharged by disappointment over the original, but the comparison is still sobering.
One rung down at number 5 supports Candyman, from Universal, also on 203 screens and also a horror film. It took $148,000. It is also a sequel though for a previous generation as the first film made $275,000 on its launch weekend in 1991. [All amounts in 2021 AU$]. Even in those easier times without even Foxtel, we still didn’t much like horror in a cinema.
