The Exorcist follow-up has a strong forecast.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The Exorcist: Believer has a good chance of making back its budget at the box office, but the franchise’s costly rights are another story. Upon its 1973 release, William Friedkin’s The Exorcist quickly garnered a reputation as one of the greatest horror movies ever made, eventually earning over $400 million on its $13 million budget.
The film, from Halloween reboot trilogy director David Gordon Green, will skip over the continuity of the two Exorcist sequels, positioning itself as a direct follow-up to the original film . The movie will see the parents of two demonically possessed children turn to the only living person who has experienced the same thing, Chris McNeil . The film comes from a director and a studio with a proven track record for keeping costs low.
The Exorcist: Believer's Budget Is Estimated To Be $20 Million While an official budget for The Exorcist: Believer hasn’t yet been confirmed, it’s likely in the ballpark of $20 million. This figure comes from an examination of other Blumhouse budgets as well as an appraisal of the film’s franchise potential. Production company Blumhouse’s extremely successful track record comes from keeping budgets low for its horror features.
It’s likely that The Exorcist: Believer, a prestigious legacy IP, will land on the higher end of Blumhouse’s budget scale. Considering the studio’s plan to see The Exorcist: Believer as the first in a trilogy of Exorcist movies, it makes sense to give the film enough money to confidently announce the trilogy’s arrival. Yet the traditionally low production costs of horror movies, as well as Blumhouse’s own fiscal risk aversion, means there’s no reason to suspect it will go over $20 million.
As such, a sequel to The Exorcist: Believer is all but guaranteed; however, there’s even greater pressure on the film to make money. Nevertheless, the film’s box office chances are good, with Deadline forecasting a weekend opening of at least $30 million, a record high for the horror franchise. The Exorcist: Believer is smartly releasing in October, where proximity to Halloween generally drives up horror attendance.
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