Firestarter
Horror Universal R 1h 34m Released May 13, 2022 Discussed 2023
Opening weekend
$3.8M
3,412 theaters
Per-theater average
$1,122
opening weekend
Domestic total
$9.7M
2.5× its opening
Worldwide total
$15.0M
65% domestic
Production budget
$12.0M
1.3× worldwide
RT critics
10%
RT audience
47%
+37 vs critics
Metacritic
32
Where it turns up
Friday, October 27, 2023 Fourth weekend of October 2023
In the note
But who else didn’t know the handshake? Apparently Universal, since this is day and date on Peacock; similar to what they did on the release of Firestarter last year, and that opened to $3.8 million.
Friday, November 3, 2023 First weekend of November 2023
In the note
And that’s fine if this was Firestarter, but because this was so big, it’s a lot of revenue and this was probably a very expensive action. Along with cutting into the opening box-office, the day and date severely affects the holdover weeks, and the effect is inversely proportional to the quality of the movie.