Terrifier 3: A Low-Budget Slasher's Shocking box office Domination!
Terrifier 3 Slaughters the Competition at the Box Office!
Holy moly, Terrifier 3 is a box office beast! This low-budget slasher flick from writer-director Damien Leone, featuring the gruesome Art the Clown, has totally smashed expectations in its first week. With a budget of just $2 million (cheap by Hollywood standards!), it earned a massive $18.9 million in its opening weekend— beating out even Joker: Folie à Deux for the top spot! This unexpected victory showcases how easily expectations can be completely upended in that world of film.
As of Wednesday, its domestic earnings hit $25.45 million! Adding international grosses, it's already made $28 million globally – which is 14 times its budget. And it's even more insane when you compare this to its predecessor: Terrifier 2 only cost $250,000. That means this latest sequel already grossed over 112 times its budget, within just six days. This is simply bananas!
Terrifier 3's Box Office Triumph: A Killer Success Story
Terrifier 3 is now the 47th movie to pass $25 million domestically in 2024 alone! That’s amazing when you think of all the other big-budget movies released, yet it is totally a reminder of the fact that being the highest-grossing film requires certain types of conditions that would ensure profitability, that some smaller films could easily outperform higher budget releases; creating another moment of triumph that truly sets the scale of its own potential.
It is already the 10th highest-grossing horror film domestically this year. Here's how it stacks up against the top horror films in 2024 (excluding the questionably horror films Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Trap):
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: $277.9 million
- A Quiet Place: Day One: $138.9 million
- Alien: Romulus: $105.2 million
- Longlegs: $74 million
- Speak No Evil: $35.7 million
- The Strangers: Chapter 1: $35.2 million
- Night Swim: $32.5 million
- Imaginary: $28 million
- Abigail: $25.8 million
- Terrifier 3: $25.45 million
It seems Terrifier 3 might even pass Abigail this week and has already generated incredibly significant profits far, far beyond its prior installments; exceeding those kinds of success from previous seasons entirely! It may easily outpace those others soon. While horror films often see major second-weekend drops (50% or more), a lower 65% drop would add another $6.6 million – surpassing even Imaginary and Night Swim!
Our Take: Terrifier 3's Potential is Absolutely Insane!
Terrifier 3 already blew past the $15.7 million total of its predecessor and might just break into those levels usually obtained only through higher-budget projects, reaching 30 times its original budget— similar to another highly successful indie horror hit Longlegs. (Its opening was $22.4 million; total $74 million). This potential is utterly bonkers! And a massive win for low-budget horror and fans who eagerly anticipate the possibility of such surprises! If such an outcome is possible – its potential would certainly be huge! No one really expected that sort of outcome to be achievable!
Conclusion: Terrifier 3's Box Office Massacre Continues!
Terrifier 3's box office success is insane; exceeding all those earlier estimates that anyone might've easily presumed would affect this smaller scale project. This incredibly surprising result completely upends those normal assumptions surrounding small-budget releases compared to large, expensive Hollywood productions, generating profits far greater than the initial estimates suggested. This makes Terrifier 3 a true success story— and that low-budget triumph proves that a great film can conquer, regardless of the initial budget itself!
