![]() I see a similar fate for Orion’s horror remake when it faces a sequel to a “new” and currently popular franchise. Frankenstein dropped 67% (a huge fall in 1994) against the $36 million launch (a record for an R-rated and non-summer debut) of Interview with the Vampire. Hellboy II dropped 71% in weekend two against The Dark Knight’s record-breaking $158 million debut weekend back in 2008. Point being, Child’s Play won’t even be the biggest killer doll movie in the month of June.Įven if the film opens well, it’s probably going to be a replay of when The Dark Knight opened on the second weekend of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (or when Interview with the Vampire opened on Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein’s second weekend). So, in a skewed way, this is the closest thing we’ll get to “ The Conjuring goes Avengers,” but that’s for another day. The third Annabelle is essentially a kinda-sorta Conjuring movie too since it features Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as the Warrens as the title doll goes after their daughter. Vera Farmiga in Annabelle Comes Home (2019) New Line Yup, despite a cute attempt by Orion to open their evil doll movie on the same day as Toy Story 4, it may have backfired when New Line moved the third Annabelle movie (and sixth Conjuring flick) into the pre-July 4th-weekend slot. ![]() Yet it’s going to be hell convincing folks that Child’s Play is worth the time/money when Annabelle Comes Home opens just one week later. ![]() The key to making a remake like this work is to sell something that appeals to audiences with no vested interest in the IP. Yet, oddly enough, three of them involve evil dolls. It’s one of nine horror movies between Brightburn on May 24 and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark on August 9. Because, in a random coincidence, Child’s Play is just one of three killer doll movies opening between June 21 and July 28. ![]() And yeah, the success or failure of this remake isn’t whether it pleases the fans (who are mostly opposed on principle) but whether it looks decent to general audiences as just a flashy fright flick about a killer doll. I don’t know how many otherwise uninterested moviegoers are going to seek this one out because Hamill is voicing the villain, but I’m more interested in the film because he’s in it than I would be if he were not. That’s slightly unexpected, but I guess they may want something for a third trailer or a different piece of marketing over the next two months. ![]()
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