Another week, another disappointing result for a horror sequel to the 2025 summer treasurer. Blumhouse and universal images recently had suffer from the accident that was "M3GAN 2.0", That will not do a third of what the original "M3Gan" did. But although not so bad in the early walk of Sony Pictures, the studio "I know what you did last summer", the legacy of the inheritance opened at the cinema over the weekend and, it is sad to say, fell far from expectations.

"I know what you did last summer" opened for about $ 13 million over the weekend, along with $ 11.6 million abroad. This gives the global start of $ 24.6 million against the $ 18 million reported budget. It is by no means a disaster, but given that Estimates for pre-release were "last summer", taking between $ 16 million and $ 25 million In North America, it's a disappointment. The re-introduction of the once popular movie series in the 1990s was directed by Ennenifer Katin Robinson ("Make Revenge").

While Sony is unlikely to lose a lot of money on this film due to the relatively stunning budget, all hopes that this will revive the franchise on a longer -lasting basis has come out of the window. The audience had previously demonstrated a willingness to appear for the long -awaited renewal of once popular horror properties this year, with "28 years later" ($ 145 million worldwide) and "final destination of blood" ($ 285 million in the world) and both doing big business. SorryAal is that I can say, this one could not catch a similar wave.

There is no reason to believe that the word for the mouth will help here, or because the fourth film in the Franchise "Last Summer" has a bad 38% approval rating Rotten tomatoes to go with a fake C+ cinemascore. Also, it may be worth noting that Amazon's Premier video "I know what you did last summer" TV was canceled after only one season in 2022. Interest just doesn't seem to be there in any important way to keep this company live.

The latest installment in the "Last Summer" franchise centers of five friends who inadvertently cause a deadly car accident that they decide to cover up and keep a secret. However, a year later, it is revealed that you assumed, someone knows what they did last summer, and horror appears. The sequel hit many the same blows as "I know what you did last summer" (1997), and with Freddie Prince Runior and Ennenifer Lion Hewitt play their roles as Ray Bronson and Jululey Jameses, respectively.

In this way, she took a page from Legacy Sequel Playbook, where she serves as a restart of the younger generation while pulling players from the past for nostalgia. Everything from Jurassic World to Ghostbusters: Afterlife has performed this strategy successfully. Unfortunately, in this case, the outcome was quite muted. Meanwhile, the golden standard for horror heritage sequels remains Halloween in 2018, which made a stunning $ 255 million worldwidestarting a profitable trilogy for Blumhouse.

It is clear that Sony hoped that the appetite would be there for this franchise. The original "I know what you did last summer" withdrew at $ 125 million worldwide Against a $ 17 million budget. It was part of the revived trend of the weak trend that began on the eve of Wes Craven's "Scream" in 1996. So, in a way, this franchise has always lived in the shadow of "screaming".

To that end, Paramount recently had a great success with a 2022 scream, which made $ 138 million worldwide, paving the way for Hide VI to become even greater success in 2023 (where it entered $ 169 million). While the brass in Sony certainly had no illusions of "last summer" to have that kind of juice, they also clearly hoped for a stronger result than ending. Those who hope for another sequel à la "I still know what you did last summer" should move forward and calm these expectations.

"I know what you did last summer" is now in cinemas.