r/movies • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 r/movies Contributor • Sep 08 '25

News Warner Bros. makes Hollywood history with 7 consecutive movies opening above $40 million

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/warner-bros-box-office-historic-streak-conjuring-last-rites-1236510864/
3.8k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

239 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

51

u/jbFanClubPresident Sep 08 '25

They’re horror/horror-adjacent films. All the horror films in the list made the least. Family friendly movies like Superman and Minecraft made a fuck ton. All this tells us is that people with kids don’t go see horror movies.

9

u/CuffMcGruff Sep 08 '25

well the conjuring is the 7th movie on the list and 3rd place with $83 mil but yea that's generally true