Heart Eyes
UPDATE: 2025/02/16 08:31 EST BY BRENNAN KLEIN
Heart Eyes Surges Even Higher With Sunday Update
As of Sunday , Heart Eyesprojected week - on - week growth has been adjusted from 18 % to 22 % , a 4 % surge that ameliorate its stature even more , but does not strike the record mentioned in the article .
Heart Eyeshas enroll the slasher pantheon with a workweek 2 pearl that comes closely to bankrupt an all - fourth dimension record book . The movie , which was directed by Josh Ruben from a screenplay by Christopher Landon , Michael Kennedy , and Phillip Murphy , follow a dyad of coworkers ( Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding ) who are being hunt by a killer who stalks couples on Valentine ’s Day . TheHeart Eyesreleasekicked off on February 7 , opening at No . 2 behind the sophomore weekend ofDog Manbut above fellow vacation - themed new releaseLove Hurts .
PerDeadline , as of Saturday morning time , Heart Eyesis projected to earn a 3 - day total of $ 9.8 million by the end of its soph weekend at the domesticated box authority . Although the horror genre typically experiences abrasive week 2 drop of 50 % or more , this aggregate will rather see itrising 18 % from its opening weekend crude of $ 8.3 million .
As revealed byBox Office Mojo ’s chart , this would give itthe third - smallest week 2 drop of all time for any slasher movie that opened in 600 theater or more , falling behind only 2022 ’s surprise hitTerrifier 2(+28 % ) and the 1996 dealership - kickstarting zeitgeist smashScream(+42.8 % ) . There are no other slasher movies among the 200 titles on the chart of the smallest calendar week 2 cliff , which bottom out with the 1994 animated movieThe Swan Princess(-7 % ) .
What This Means For Heart Eyes
It Breaks Longstanding Slasher Tradition
There are probably quite a few reasons that the 2025 slasher movie has insure such an unparalleled revival at the box office . The major reason is likely the fact thatits vacation setting makes it perfect Valentine ’s Day viewing , and the romantic vacation on which it takes place fell on the Friday of its soph weekend . Heart Eyesreviewshave also been broadly superb , earn it a Certified tonic score of 80 % on Rotten Tomatoes with a nearly correspond audience score of 79 % .
Heart Eyesis one in a line of Valentine ’s Day - themed slashers that let in 1981’sMy Bloody Valentineand 2001’sValentine .
However , this is still a singular feat considering the distinctive fate of slasher motion picture . Evensome of the highest - gross slasher movies of all time have collapsed in their second weekends , keep abreast the typical horror moving-picture show release pattern . This include 2018’sHalloween(which fall 58.8 % after a $ 76.2 million debut ) , 1997’sScream 2(-57.7 % after a $ 32.9 million debut ) , 2003’sFreddy vs. Jason(-63.2 % after a $ 36.4 million debut ) , and 2009’sFriday the 13th(-80.4 % after a $ 40.6 million debut , the 25th bragging workweek 2 drop of all sentence ) .
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Our Take On The Heart Eyes Box Office
Week 2 Could Indicate A Bright Future
The 2025 slasher moving-picture show still has a way to mount before it earns a profit . Its reported $ 18 million budget could mean that it needs to take in $ 45 million to break even , a milestone which its cumulative $ 22.5 million domestic total has not yet pass . However , its near - unequalled growth , even during the weekend that the newCaptain Americamovie premier , showed thatit could very well have recollective legs at the box seat officethat may finally vouch that a sequel will before long adopt , continuing the story after the seemingly conclusiveHeart Eyesending .
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Source : Deadline&Box Office Mojo
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