The box office of ‘Black Phone 2’ confirms that horror is the salvation of the billboard in 2025

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If anything has shown us the box office in 2025 is that horror is the only genre that is managing to maintain a certain regularity within the collection of the box office international. An oasis in the desert of a billboard where superheroes and blockbusters starring stars are no longer a guarantee of large financial amounts for studios. But on the other hand, the good work and the creative variety of these horror stories in recent years have served as an impulse and attraction for some viewers who do find in them the necessary stimuli to see them turned into the center of popular conversation. And it is precisely this trend that has been confirmed again through the box office Black Phone 2 last weekend in the United States.

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taquilla Black Phone 2 ‘Black Phone 2’ (Universal Pictures).

Scheduled to hit Spanish cinemas on October 24, the continuation of the supernatural story directed by Scott Derrickson has performed tremendously well in early American screenings. Black Phone 2 has achieved a box office of 26.5 million dollars in three days in which the general failure of Tron: Areswhose second weekend brought in 11.1 million, representing a drop of 66% in public attendance. Although it should be noted that the expectations around Black phone 2 They were actually quite stimulating given the good critical and financial reception that the first part received.

The box office of ‘Black Phone 2’

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taquilla Black Phone 2 ‘Black Phone’ (Universal Pictures).

Black Phone 2 has surpassed the debut of its predecessor at the box office, whose impact had a creditable 23 million in 2021 within an exhibition field that was still convalescing from the pandemic.

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Taquilla Black Phone 2 ‘Black Phone 2’ (Universal Pictures).

The sequel has once again obtained good ratings from the specialized press, meaning that its presence outside the borders of the United States has functioned as an ideal party for the final stretch towards Halloween. Black Phone 2 has so far achieved 15.5 million in the international market, which added to its numbers on the American billboard, reaches approximately figures of 42 million. The budget for the follow-up has been larger, but even with its $30 million, the starting point of its financing is safe, given the tremendous success of its premiere.

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Netflix horror movie ‘Black Phone’ (Universal Pictures).

What is this terrifying story about?

The official synopsis of Black Phone 2 is as follows: «The Raptor has returned in spirit form to take revenge on Finn and to do so, he chooses Gwen, his teenage sister, as his target. But given her temperamental character, Gwen manages to convince Finn to go to a camp in the middle of a snowstorm to face together a murderer who is now even more brutal given his supernatural powers.

‘Black Phone 2’ (Universal Pictures).

The tape again has Ethan Hawke in the role of the villain and with Mason Thames in the role of young Finn. Madeleine McGraw, Miguel Cazarez Mora, Demian Bichir, Jeremy Davies, Ariana Rivas and Anna Lore complete the supporting cast.

The fantastic opening box office of Black Phone 2 adds to the great numbers achieved this year by bets like The sinners (339 million), Weapons (266 million), The Conjuring: The Last Rite (482 million) or The Monkey (69 million).