Josh Ruben’s Heart Eyes brought a brand new original slasher to the box office over the weekend, with the holiday-themed horror movie nearly matching the opening weekend of fellow Spyglass slasher Thanksgiving back in 2023. While that movie opened to $10.3 million, Heart Eyes came up a tad bit short with a domestic opening weekend […]
Josh Ruben’s Heart Eyes brought a brand new original slasher to the box office over the weekend, with the holiday-themed horror movie nearly matching the opening weekend of fellow Spyglass slasher Thanksgiving back in 2023. While that movie opened to $10.3 million, Heart Eyes came up a tad bit short with a domestic opening weekend haul of $8.5 million.
Sony released Heart Eyes into 3,102 theaters across the United States over the weekend, with the slasher/romantic comedy hybrid competing with the Super Bowl on Sunday. But the real test for Heart Eyes will be this coming weekend, with Valentine’s Day Weekend giving the Valentine’s Day-themed horror movie a perfect opportunity to win over more hearts.
Heart Eyes, which comes with a reported $18 million production price tag, is currently in the #2 spot on the domestic box office charts behind the animated family movie Dogman.
The slasher is currently Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with an 80% score from critics. Those critics include Bloody Disgusting’s Meagan Navarro, who was a big fan of the film.
She writes in her 4-skull review, “Heart Eyes walks the fine line between a ’90s slasher with a modern savage edge and a romcom with rare, white-hot chemistry without ever feeling novel or gimmicky. It’s simply a breathlessly entertaining ride that leaves you cheering for love and creative kills in equal measure.”
“Heart Eyes doesn’t shake up the slasher or romcom formulas but seamlessly marries the two and puts its characters first,” Meagan’s review continues. “It’s arguably the best mashup of two seemingly disparate genres yet, and this charming, violent, and romantic slasher feels all but destined for sequel status.”
Whether or not Heart Eyes does indeed get a sequel, of course, depends on how well the film performs at the box office in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more box office reporting.
Josh Ruben (Werewolves Within, Scare Me) directed the Valentine’s Day-themed , with () and (“Cruel Summer”) starring.
