The horror is red for most of the 2025. From "sinners" to "weapons", some of the biggest original hits of the year come from the genre. Elsewhere, long -awaited sequels as "28 years later" and "Final Destination Blood Lines" also crashed into box office. But they can not be winners, and not all horror franchises are created equal. As such, we must discuss the very disappointing result for "Foreigners: Chapter 2" by Lyonsgate, which leaves a few questions ahead, especially since the third chapter is already in a can.

The Strangers: Director Renny Harlin's chapter 2 opened at $ 5.8 million at home this weekend. It was at a very low end of projections before posting. Meanwhile, director Paul Thomas Anderson's "one battle after another" has reached the charts with $ 22 million. However, it certainly did not play for the same audience and was not a particularly large opening. After all, nothing was supposed to stand in this movie. The audience, as a whole, has decided to pass or, at least, accept the approach "I will only see it at home".

2024 "Foreigners: Chapter 1" was just a modest hit for LionsGateOpening just $ 12 million on the way to a possible $ 48 million worldwide. That was good enough, as Lionsgate paid approximately $ 8.5 million a movie about the planned trilogy, filming all at once. However, the studio also made quite significant reshaped after the first input response, which /The film is BJ Colangelo called "Slasher by Number of Numbers" in its review.

The trilogy of Harlin is not just a remake of the domestic invasion of Brian Bertino, a horror classic, but an expansion of mythology around these masked masks. Unfortunately, it did not resonate with the audience in the way Lionsgate was hoping. Now, the studio has a third film to do something, even as the Law on Reducing Returns continues to hit hard.

"Foreigners: Chapter 2" gather while the notorious, mysterious masked killers learn that Maya (Madeleine Petz) is still alive. Then, they are trying to finish what they started, leaving Maya surviving another terrible period with these killers (who seem to be guided by the unwavering goal of following her).

Chapter 2 has taken less than half of what his predecessor has done at the weekend, and Chapter 1 earned 73% of his money in North America. Hence, overseas audiences are unlikely to save it in box office, and his prospects are not great. Work in favor of Lionsgate is the fact that the investment for The Ambitious Jarlini Trilogy "Foreigners" It was still relatively low. Even the accounting for everything that was spent on the rest, the sequel still needs to at least succeed even after being invoiced vod/streaming.

But the sequel, as a whole, was not considered an improvement in relation to its predecessor. In his review of "Foreigners: Chapter 2", he called Rafael Motomayor Rafael Motomayor "An unusual survival horror with repetitive pieces, confusing character choices and mythology that feels like deleting the very reason that this franchise exists in the first place." That is, more than likely, Lyonsgate will suffer from even lower yields when Chapter 3 arrives, whenever it is.

Initially, it seemed that the plan was to release the films much closer together. Chapter 1's answer changed it all. Now, lionsgate must weigh what to do with a film that has very minimal commercial prospects. To throw in the platoon? Sell ​​it on a streaming service? Just post it in theaters next year and hope for the best? We see. In any case, this great experiment can now be quite firmly called disappointment. It was a big swing that just didn't connect the way everyone had hoped.

"Foreigners: Chapter 2" is now in cinemas.