“Five Nights at Freddy’s” Made Over $7 Million from Thursday Previews at Domestic Box Office

“Five Nights at Freddy’s” is now playing in theaters and also available on Peacock.

“Five Nights at Freddy’s” earned over $7 million in Thursday previews at the domestic box office, matching “Aladdin,” which reached a global total of over $1 billion with a domestic total of $356.6 million.

We previously reported that “Five Nights at Freddy’s” is expected to make over $50 million during its domestic opening weekend, while the movie was made with a $25 million budget.

The film has received a 27% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, 5.9/10 on IMDb, 29% on Metacritic, and A- on CinemaScore.

Directed by Emma Tammi and co-written by her, Scott Cawthon, and Seth Cuddeback, with a story by Cawthon, the movie is produced by Blumhouse Productions and Striker Entertainment. It’s based on Cawthon’s video game franchise of the same name, and he’s also a producer alongside Jason Blum.

The film follows Mike (Josh Hutcherson; Ultraman, The Hunger Games franchise) a troubled young man caring for his 10-year-old sister Abby (Piper Rubio; Holly & Ivy, Unstable), and haunted by the unsolved disappearance of his younger brother more than the decade before. Recently fired and desperate for work so that he can keep custody of Abby, Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria. But Mike soon discovers that nothing at Freddy’s is what it seems. With the aid of Vanessa, a local police officer (Elizabeth Lail; You, Mack & Rita), Mike’s nights at Freddy’s will lead him into unexplainable encounters with the supernatural and drag him into the black heart of an unspeakable nightmare.

The film also stars Mary Stuart Masterson (Blindspot, Fried Green Tomatoes), as Mike’s icy Aunt Jane; Kat Conner Sterling (We Have a Ghost, 9-1-1) as Abby’s caring babysitter, Max; and Matthew Lillard (Good Girls, Scream) as Steve Raglan, Mike’s smug career counselor.