The Exorcist: Believer has passed $50 million at the global box office, despite opening initially to poor reviews.
The Big Picture After an underwhelming opening weekend haul that resulted in a mirthless top-place finish, Universal’s The Exorcist: Believer has passed its first major milestone at the global box office. The legacy sequel crept past the $50 million mark globally in five days of release, as the industry waits to observe just how badly it’ll be impacted in its second weekend.
Directed by David Gordon Green, who most recently helmed a trio of Halloween movies for Universal and Blumhouse, The Exorcist: Believer serves as a direct sequel to The Exorcist, which debuted to record-breaking numbers exactly 50 years ago. The movie is supposed to spawn a trilogy of its own, with a direct follow-up, titled The Exorcist: Deceiver, already lined up for release in 2025. But Universal’s elaborate plans — the studio reportedly secured the rights to the franchise for $400 million — got off to an unsteady start this past weekend, when the movie debuted to $26 million domestically and $45 million worldwide.
Directed by the late, great William Friedkin, The Exorcist was a major critical and commercial success. The film grossed a then-record $441 million worldwide, and scored 10 Oscar nominations. It also earned the unique distinction of becoming the first horror movie to be nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award. Incidentally, Friedkin’s final film, the courtroom drama The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, was released digitally the same day that The Exorcist: Believer debuted in theaters.
The Film's Poor Reviews Might Have Something to Do with This The movie brings back the star of the original film, Ellen Burstyn, alongside series newcomer Leslie Odom Jr. The film’s financial underperformance can majorly be attributed to the toxic reviews that it earned heading into its release. While Green’s last two Halloween movies weren’t exactly well-received either, The Exorcist: Believer is currently sitting at a “rotten” 23% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
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