M3GAN 2.0 Is The Summer’s Big Horror Box Office Bummer
The Blumhouse sequel has failed to live up to its predecessor.
M3GAN 2.0 hit theaters over the weekend and, sad to say, the killer doll didn’t exactly slay in her return to the silver screen. Director Gerard Johnstone’s sequel promised a bigger, crazier sequel to 2023’s M3GAN and, for whatever reason, it didn’t resonate with the intended audience. Barring a miraculous turnaround, it now ranks as one of the biggest disappointments the horror genre has faced this summer – if not all year.
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On its opening weekend, M3GAN 2.0 pulled in an estimated $10.2 million at the domestic box office. It landed in fourth place on the charts well behind Brad Pitt’s F1 which took the top spot with $55.6 million. That was well below pre-release projections which not long ago had the sequel pulling in much closer to $20 million. Further complicating matters was last weekend’s big new release 28 Years Later, which made $9.7 million on its second weekend, providing a lot of direct competition in the horror space. Unfortunately, a summer release does mean more competition.
Blumhouse’s latest pulled in another $7 million overseas, giving it a $17 million global start. That’s so-so in light of its reported $25 million production budget but by no means what Universal Pictures or anyone involved hoped for. The sequel sees the tech that created M3GAN abused by a weapons contractor to make a deadlier robot, forcing Gemma to resurrect an upgraded M3GAN to stop her. The cast includes Allison Williams, Violet McGraw and Ivanna Sakhno.
In 2023, Blumhouse’s M3GAN
