Having nearly completed a month of release in theaters worldwide,Final Destination Bloodlinesis wrapping up what has been a textbook theatrical run for a film of its size and shape. The horror movie has more thanquadrupled its reported budget, delivered franchise-best box office results, and, most importantly, gotten a new generation of audiences interested in the series. The movie has nowpassed what could be its final global box office milestone, as it solidifies Warner Bros.’ comeback after a sad start to the year with the back-to-back underperformance ofBong Joon Ho’sMickey 17andBarry Levinson’sThe Alto Knights.
With just under $125 million domestically and another $133 million from overseas markets,Bloodlineshas grosseda cumulative total of $257 million worldwide. The movie wasproduced on a reported budget of $50 millionand has comfortably outperformed every installment of the Scream franchise, which was also reintroduced to a new generation not that long ago. This weekend,Bloodlinesovertook the $240 million lifetime global haul of 2012’sResident Evil: Retribution, the fifth installment ofthe post-apocalyptic franchise, which holds a 28%Rotten Tomatoes score.
During the course of its run,Bloodlineshas also overtaken memorable horror movies such asGet Out($252 million),The Blair Witch Project($248 million),Smile($217 million),Bram Stoker’s Dracula($215 million), andThe Others($207 million). It’s also thehighest-grossing installment ofthe long-running Final Destination series, which has generated a total of over $900 million at the global box office. The series’ previous highest-grossing entry wasFinal Destination 5, which made nearly $190 million 14 years ago.
‘Bloodlines’ Earned Franchise-Best Reviews
Bloodlines opened to excellent reviews; the movie holds a “certified fresh” 92%Rotten Tomatoes scoreand an impressive “verified hot” 88% audience score.In her review, Collider’sEmma Kielywrote that the movie gives fans of the franchise exactly what they want: “gore, atmosphere, and insane methods to kill its characters, nothing more, nothing less.” Directed byZach Lipovsky and Adam Stein,Bloodlinesis headlined byKaitlyn Santa Juana.
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Final Destination Bloodlines
The premonition-based horror franchise returns in Final Destination Bloodlines. This entry acts a relaunch for the series with the formula remaining the same. Each Film’s protagonist is given a vision of a deadly event that takes several lives - by using this information to avoid their own death and the deaths of others, By doing this, death looks to claim those who’ve escaped by orchestrating bizarre accidents that kill them one by one.
