A- Cinemascore


Very rare for a horror film. I guess all the kids really did run out to see it yesterday

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Very good score for a horror film. Goes to show that the movies target audience (younger fans of the game) are really enjoying it.

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Weird since its one of the lamest horror films ever made.


If anyone's interested, I reviewed the movie on my youtube channel. Appreciate any feedback. Trying to improve - https://youtu.be/kXnm1bmsq3M

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It's for kids and teens mate. Not even joking. The video game is massively popular amongst kids, it's one of those blindspots for older users online who are 'out of touch'.

A lot of the people rushing out to see this are big fans of the game, they're happy with what has been served up to them, a competently made FNAF movie hence the high score, the cinema attendees are fans of the I.P. and not entirely representative of the average movie fan.

The 18-24 sweet spot demo repped 45% of the crowd while the 13-24 set repped a massive 75% of the audience.

https://deadline.com/2023/10/box-office-five-nights-at-freddys-1235584788/

Nearly one out of three of the people going to the cinema to see this are 13-18 years old. With 75+% being under 24 years of age.


Anyone who saw FNAF and was expecting anything other than a tame horror flick that kids would be allowed to watch clearly didn't understand the goal here.

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exactly

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The test screenings must have been filled with gamers because better horror movies got worse ratings.

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Wonder if this will be some game changer and sigh for Hollywood.

Its obvious now that there is a place for "horror movies for children". Children would like to go to theater to see something spooky. But not the R Rated horror with blood when they can't sleep afterwards.

The Sixth Sense had PG-13 rating and everyone went to see that.

Hollywood must do more light heart horror movies when kids age 13+ can go. Everything doesn't hate to be super scary.

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