Not 28 years have passed since director Dani Boyle's desired zombie film "28 days later" first hit theaters in 2002, but it is long enough to join writer Alex Garland for the long -awaited "28 years later" anyway. It is easy to one of the most anticipated horror films in the summer-if not 2025. It is also a huge risk for Sony Pictures, with the studio sets a significant budget not only for this film but also for a possible trilogy. The question is, will this risky bet pay off?

"28 years later" is currently due to withdraw between $ 42 and $ 50 million at home when it opened next weekend, after Box office theory. That would be an Ellvestic start, to put it slightly. How The deadline He points out that the film is experiencing a record pre-sale for the horror genre, currently surpassing "Final Destination Blood Lines", which opened to the expected $ 51 million Earlier this year. That film made nearly $ 260 million globally, from this writing. If the sequel can make similar numbers abroad, it will be in very good shape.

It is certainly considered, as is the third entrance to the Boyle and Garland franchise in the zombie, a budget that is said to be in the range of $ 75 million, which is extremely expensive for horror film. Part of the horror is generally appealing to the study is that it can be produced in cheap. It is a suggestion with a low risk/high reward most of the time.

Further complication of things is the fact that Nia Dacosta ("Candiman") has already filmed a sequel, "28 years later: Bone Temple", " which is believed to have a similar budget. So, Sony is at least on the hook for two of these, no matter what happens to the first. That's a significant investment given that "28 days later" made only shy of $ 83 million worldwide against a $ 8 million budget in its time. Needless to say, this record needs to do much more to justify its existence.

The film is centered on a group of survivors living on a small island for nearly three decades after the first zombie apocalypse, which were linked to the mainland. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission, it reveals new secrets and horrors. The team includes Aaron Taylor-Nsonson ("Autumn Man"), Ralph Fien ("Menu") and Ododi Komer ("Eve Murder"). Cilian Murphy, which is "28 weeks later", is expected to return to the "bone temple".

Zombie films have been a major part of the horror cinema for decades, but they rarely achieve success in the box office at a level that can justify this big budget. World War Z "acquired disaster to become a hit on $ 540 million box office Against a $ 190 million budget. Fortunately, Boyle and Garland have not prevailed to that extent, but the point is that zombie films are getting out and outside the summer blockbusters is an exception and of course not the rule.

Work in favor of Sony is the fact that 2007 "28 weeks later" was recently moving to Julu's most watched graphs. It is obvious that people get caught up for previous installments before the new entrance arrives. If critics are on the side of this film, Sony's Big Gamble could look very wise in the not -so -distant future.

The question to answer, coming to the opening of the weekend is, will "28 days later" prove these films become general favorites like the "Final Destination" series, paving the way for a strong hit? Or this is more like "Blade Runner 2049", which has largely overestimated the value of the franchise? From now on, the numbers support the former response, which is good news for all involved.

"28 years later" hit theaters on June 20, 2025.