Summer is the time for tentpole films like “Captain America: Civil War” and “Finding Dory,” but the real winner this season is the horror genre.
“In a bit of a twist, the most unlikely and unexpected winner of this season is one of the most marginalized genres of all: horror,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior analyst at comScore.
“Lights Out” made $110 million worldwide despite a budget estimated around $4.9 million. “The Conjuring 2” scared up $319 million on a budget of just $40 million. This summer also saw “The Purge: Election Year” bank $102.4 million worldwide on a spend of only $10 million. Even Blake Lively‘s “The Shallows” grossed $84 million although production cost a mere $17 million.
David Sandberg, who directed “Lights Out” and is currently filming “Annabelle 2,” told TheWrap, “Horror movies are the best investment if you look at returns and budget,” “Which is pretty amazing when you see these $100 million movies that made what ‘Lights Out’ did.”
“If we were to reconfigure box office charts based on profitability, movies like ‘The Shallows’ and ‘The Purge: Election Year’ would be right at the top,” Dergarabedian previously told TheWrap.
What explains moviegoers’ consistent hunger for horror? For one, it’s among the only genres to evoke a physical reaction — as Wes Craven once said, “Horror films don’t create fear. They release it.”
“Horror and **** are film genres that elicit a physical sensation,” said West. “It provokes people in so many different ways. What scares me may not scare you. If you like that kind of fear, there is so much litany to choose from.”
http://www.thewrap.com/horror-movies-summer-box-office/
What a great year for horror movie fans after a few years of ****** mediocre mainstream movies we finally got quite a few big box office and also ACCLAIMED something that hasn't happened in years and its always the arthouse/indie horror that is acclaimed while mainstream horror is always trashed but not this year.
This year we've got:
The conjuring 2 80% RT 40 million budget>>> 320 milli WW box office one more milli than the first conjuring from 2013.
Lights out 76% RT 126 milli WW 5 milli budget
Don't breathe 87% RT released last weekend @ #1 opened with 26 expected to be #1 again this weekend. 31 milli so far in less than a week. 10 milli budget
The shallows 77% RT 17 milli budget>> 93 milli WW box office
The purge election year 54%(not so great). 10 milli budget>> 105 milli WW box office
10 Cloverfield Ln 90% RT 108 milli WW
Earlier this year we got the indie acclaimed The witch 91% RT>> budget was around 2 milli and made 40 milli WW
The invitation 88%>> Video on demand
Hush 100% video on demand
Green Room limted release 3 milli 90%
Balir Witch comes out in two weeks as it has 100% so far on RT
even when it was just the woods I thought it'd be really good.
