Terrifier 3has hit a huge domestic box office milestone. TheTerrifier 3box officedebuted at No. 1, knockingJoker: Folie à Deuxfrom its perch in the comic book sequel’s second weekend during a surprise upset. The slasher sequel, which follows a Christmastime rampage by Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton), quickly rose past $60 million worldwide, a total that is 30 times its $2 million budget and nearly four times the $15.7 million the previous installment earned during its smash-hit theatrical run.
PerDeadline, as of Saturday morning,Terrifier 3is projected to take in a three-day total of $3.1 million at the domestic box office during its fourth weekend in theaters, bringing its cumulative domestic total to $50.4 million. This makes itthe 33rd movie of the year to pass the $50 million milestone, ahead of other horror movies includingSpeak No Evil($36.8 million),The Strangers: Chapter 1($35.2 million), andNight Swim($32.5 million). It is also the first unrated movie to ever hit this milestone, as it became the highest-grossing unrated movie of all time on October 28.
What This Means For Terrifier 3
It Continues To Climb The Charts
By passing this milestone,Terrifier 3has continued to rise in the ranks of2024 horror movies. WhileSmile 2, which debuted the weekend after, has slightly edged it out in the weekend’s projections, the Art the Clown movie is nevertheless set to close out its fourth round in theaters asthe fifth highest-grossing horror movie of the year.Below, see how it compares to the year’s other highest-grossing horror movies at the domestic box office:
#12
$138.9 million
#16
$105.3 million
#21
$74.3 million
#31
$52.2 million (projected)
#32
Terrifier 3
$50.4 million (projected)
While it will likely not outgross any of those blockbuster titles by the end of its run,theTerrifier 3releaseis already breaking new ground. Now that it is the highest-grossing unrated movie of all time,every milestone it hits pushes its gross even further past the previous record-holder, which was the concert documentaryRenaissance: A Film by Beyoncé. That 2023 title only earned $33.89 million at the domestic box office, thoughTerrifier 3’s domestic haul has even outgrossed its worldwide total of $43.99 million.
Our Take On The Terrifier 3 Milestone
Another Installment Seems Guaranteed
Given the fact that Halloween is over, and early November tends to see diminishing returns for horror releases,Terrifier 3may not pass many more domestic milestones by the end of its run. However, the fact that it has more than tripled the gross of the previous installment in North America alone likely means that thepossibleTerrifier 4is going to be greenlit before long and given a chance to do even better than the 2024 release, potentially further pushing the envelope on the new installment’s already record-breaking run.
Cast
Terrifier 3 follows Sienna and her brother as they attempt to move past the traumatic events of Art the Clown’s Halloween massacre. As they embrace the Christmas season, Art reemerges, intent on turning their holiday into a nightmare, continuing his reign of terror.
