‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ Has Overtaken Three Iconic Horror Films at Global Box Office in Just Three Days

Despite having played in theaters for only three days, Final Destination Bloodlines has already overtaken the lifetime domestic hauls of several memorable horror movies. Bloodlines exceeded expectations in its opening weekend of release, grossing $51 million domestically. This is the biggest opening weekend haul for an R-rated horror movie in the post-pandemic era, and roughly $3 million higher than fellow Warner Bros. release Sinners’ $48 million opening weekend haul. By the end of its first week, Bloodlines is projected to overtake every film in the long-running Final Destination franchise.

Its $51 million haul puts it at the 118th spot on the list of the highest-grossing horror movies in domestic box office history. With $105 million worldwide, Bloodlines has already overtaken the likes of James Wan’s Saw, which spawned 10 sequels; Paul W.S. Anderson’s Resident Evil, which spawned six sequels of its own; and the original Insidious, which has spawned six follow-ups. The Final Destination series itself has generated over $750 million worldwide, after having debuted in the year 2000.

Produced on a reported budget of $50 million, Bloodlines is the first film in the franchise since 2011’s Final Destination 5; it’s also the best-reviewed of the lot, with a 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Bloodlines’ 93% RT score is hardly in the same league as the franchise’s previous best, Final Destination 5’s 63% score. In her review, Collider’s Emma Kiely described it as both a “hybrid sequel and a reboot,” and wrote, “Generational trauma, morality, and the conflict between fighting death or just enjoying the time you have all feel more robustly explored here. It doesn’t necessarily deliver anything overly poignant, but it does provide this movie with layers that previous installments lacked.”

This is Going to Be a Big Year for Horror

Bloodlines is being relied upon to shift the narrative around mainstream horror movies, which have been struggling to perform at the box office over the last year or so. Since Five Nights at Freddy’s at the end of 2023, only a handful of mainstream horror films — A Quiet Place: Day One and Alien: Romulus — have managed to stand out amid a wave of well-received indie films such as Longlegs, Heretic, The Monkey, The Substance, and more. The rest of the year will see the release of films such as 28 Years Later, The Conjuring: Last Rites, Predator: Badlands, M3GAN 2.0, and the I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.