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Forbes
3 days ago
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- Forbes
‘Final Destination Bloodlines' Gets Digital Streaming Date, Report Says
Brec Bassinger in "Final Destination Bloodlines." Final Destination Bloodlines is reportedly coming soon to digital streaming and the date has been confirmed by one of the horror hit's directors. Read on to find out when and where you can watch the movie at home. Rated R, Final Destination Bloodlines opened in theaters on May 16. The logline for the sixth film in the Final Destination series that kicked off in 2000 reads, 'Plagued by a recurring violent nightmare, a college student returns home to find the one person who can break the cycle and save her family from the horrific fate that inevitably awaits them.' Directed by Zach Liposky and Adam Stein, Final Destination Bloodlines stars Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Brec Bassinger and the late Tony Todd. Final Destination Bloodlines is expected to arrive on digital streaming via premium video on demand on Tuesday, June 17, according to When to Stream. While When to Stream is typically accurate with its PVOD reports, the streaming tracker noted that Final Destination Bloodlines studio Warner Bros. has not announced or confirmed the release date and it is subject to change. However, Stein confirmed the release date on June 17 on X in response to an errant post about the PVOD release date of the film. When Final Destination Bloodlines arrives on PVOD, it will be available for purchase or rent on a variety of digital platforms, including Apple TV, Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Microsoft, Movies Anywhere and YouTube. Prime Video currently has the film up for pre-order for $24.99, which is also the digital purchase price of the film. Since digital rentals are typically $5 less than purchase prices on PVOD, viewers can expect to rent Final Destination Bloodlines for $19.99 for 48 hours. Final Destination Bloodlines opened at No. 1 in its debut weekend at the domestic box office and has earned $104 million in North American theaters to date. Coupled with the $109.4 million the film has made internationally, Final Destination Bloodlines has a running worldwide tally of $213.4 million against a production budget of $50 million before prints and advertising costs, per The Numbers. Final Destination Bloodlines was also a big hit with Rotten Tomatoes critics, who collectively gave the film a 92% 'fresh' rating based on 193 reviews. The RT Critics Consensus reads, 'Adding some surprising emotional layers onto the ghoulish bones of Final Destination's mythology, Bloodlines ingeniously executes grisly set pieces with precision and turns impending doom into outrageous fun.' The film also earned an 88% 'fresh' score on RT's Popcornmeter based on 5,000-plus verified user ratings. The RT audience summary for the film reads, 'Defibrillating the franchise into one of its bloodiest installments yet while still supplying an emotional punch, Final Destination Bloodlines proves that ingenious death runs through its veins.' Final Destination Bloodlines is expected to arrive on PVOD on June 17.
Geek Girl Authority
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Girl Authority
FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES Spoiler Review
Major spoilers ahead for Final Destination: Bloodlines. You've been warned. * * If you're looking for horror flicks that encapsulate the early 2000s look and vibe, you need look no further than the Final Destination franchise. The five flicks (2000-2011) managed to combine horror and comedy into its own little subgenre. And even though they all share the same story structure, each flick kept us on edge to find out how Death would get its revenge on survivors of tragedy. But does Final Destination: Bloodlines have what it takes to draw an audience in 2025? Read on to find out. RELATED: Sinners Spoiler Review Final Destination: Bloodlines begins in 1969, where a cute young couple named Paul (Max Lloyd-Jones) and Iris (Brec Bassinger) drive to their date destination, a brand-new restaurant called The Skyview. Paul blindfolds Iris so she's surprised by the reveal – but as she looks up at the huge, Space Needle-looking tower, she gets anxious. They see a bratty kid (Noah Bromley) trying to steal coins out of the fountain. And in the elevator ride to the top, the same kid jumps up and down on the floor, making Iris even more nervous. When they get to the top, Paul and Iris marvel at the swanky restaurant, but Paul's reservation gets bumped. They decide to stay and have a drink. Brec Bassinger in Final Destination: Bloodlines Now here we go with the Rube Goldberg mechanics: one of the waiters opens a wine bottle, sending the cork flying up into the chandelier, loosening one of the crystals. The crystal falls and hits the glass floor, creating a crack. Meanwhile, Iris feels nauseous and heads for the bathroom. One of the singers (Natasha Burnett), who's looking after her kid (Jayden Oniah), sees her and asks how far along she is. Iris is surprised that she was able to tell and confides that she hasn't yet told Paul. The singer reassures Iris that she'll be alright, and she shouldn't be afraid to tell Paul the good news. RELATED: Drop Spoiler Review Paul finds Iris and takes her outside to the observation deck, where he proposes. Iris butts in and blurts out that she's pregnant, and Paul couldn't be happier. Everyone out there with them applauds as he gives her the engagement ring. Then Iris sees that same bratty, coin-stealing kid throwing pennies off the tower. A security guard yells at him, but as soon as he walks away, the kid tosses the penny anyway. The penny gets sucked into the ventilation system, causing it to clog a fan and start releasing gas into the restaurant. Paul and Iris hit the crowded dance floor, where the band starts a rousing version of 'Shout.' Everyone stomps on the cracking floor, which then shatters, sending people falling to their deaths – including poor Paul. Then a flambé flame ignites the gas in the air, setting several guests on fire. Everyone rushes for the stairs, but they collapse before Iris can get there. Then, everyone dashes for the elevator, and it plummets. The outside supports break, the whole restaurant tilting, sending people slamming into the windows. Then the infamous penny reappears and lands on the precariously hanging piano. The infinitesimal weight of the penny causes the anchor on the piano to snap, sending it flying into more people – happily, including the bratty, coin-stealing kid. Brec Bassinger in Final Destination: Bloodlines Iris sees the singer's kid and tries to rescue him. The rest of the restaurant gives way, sending Iris and the kid out the window. She gets caught on some rebar – more specifically, she gets caught by her engagement ring, which was tight on her finger. But their combined weight pulls the skin off her finger (eww), and she and the kid both fall to their heinous deaths. Cut to present day, where a college kid named Stefani (Kaitlyn Santa Juana) wakes up screaming, having dreamed the whole thing. She's in the middle of class and is mortified by the teacher and everyone else laughing at her. Then after class, her teacher delivers bad news: her grades are in the toilet, so they're putting her on academic probation. RELATED: The Woman in The Yard Spoiler Review Later, in her dorm room, Stef wakes up screaming again, which also wakes up her roommate. Stef confides that the recurring dream/vision is keeping her from sleeping, hence the bad grades. Her polite but annoyed roommate says she needs to take some time off to resolve whatever issue she's having. So we cut to Stef driving to her Dad, Marty's (Tinpo Lee) house, who's surprised to see her. So is her younger brother Charlie (Teo Briones). Stef asks Marty about Iris, who, as it turns out, is her and Charlie's grandmother. But Marty doesn't want to talk about it, seeing as Iris' insanity is the reason he and Stef's mother Darlene (Rya Kihlstedt) divorced. Charlie wants to go to their cousins' place to hang out, so Stef drives him. All the cousins, Erik (Richard Harmon), Bobby (Owen Patrick Joyner) and Julia (Anna Lore), are also surprised to see her, as are her uncle Howard (Alex Zahara) and Aunt Brenda (April Telek). Stef has a reputation for distancing herself from the family, so she has to deal with their obvious resentment. Katilyn Santa Juana in Final Destination: Bloodlines Stef tries to get information from Howard, but he, too, doesn't want to talk about Iris. All he'll say is that surviving the Skyview accident made Iris severely paranoid and pretty much insane, which made growing up hell for him and Darlene. After he walks out, Stef begs Brenda for help, and she clues Stef into a box of old letters in a cabinet. She gets an address off one of the letters and drives out to Iris' house, which to her shock, is a scary-looking, DIY fortress. Stef announces herself over the speaker on the gate and granddaughter finally meets Grandma (Gabrielle Rose), but she's not at all like a typical grandmother. She explains to Stef that at the time, she trusted her instincts and managed to evacuate the restaurant before the collapse. But after that, she found that people who had been at the Skyview and survived started dying. RELATED: Novocaine Spoiler Review Iris says she became consumed with preventing Death from claiming her and her kids. The fortress has kept her safe for 20 years – but now she's got terminal cancer. She shows Stef a notebook filled with writings, news articles and a flow chart about other similar situations (e.g., Flight 180), and info on all the survivors who became eventual victims. Weirded out, Stef tries to leave. Iris begs her to stay, afraid to step outside the house. But knowing that Stef's in danger, Iris bravely walks outside to give Stef the notebook. And as soon as she does, Death sends a fire extinguisher flying into a broken weathervane, which launches right through Iris' head, and does the signature Final Destination blood splatter all over Stef's face. Ick. At Iris's funeral, everyone's surprised when Darlene shows up. Stef and Charlie aren't happy to see her, as they believe she abandoned them. Uncle Howard and Aunt Brenda invite her to a memorial barbecue at their house. Teo Briones, Tinpo Lee, Kaitlyn Santa Juana, April Telek, Alex Zahara, Richard Harmon, Anna Lore, Owen Joyner in Final Destination: Bloodlines Howard raises a toast to Iris at the barbecue, telling everyone how they need to enjoy the time they have with family. But of course, Death has other ideas, laying several traps to the tune of 'The Piña Colada Song' – a faulty grill venting gas, a rake underneath the trampoline, a shard of glass hidden inside a glass of ice. Meanwhile, back at her Dad's, Stef goes through Iris's notes. Then she gets the feeling something's wrong and rushes over to Howard and Brenda's. Even though Darlene spotted the rake under the trampoline, it rips, sending Bobby falling through it. Then when Erik lights the grill, it nearly explodes in his face. The shard of glass ends up stuck in the grass, where Howard steps on it. He falls, and the rake then falls into the lawnmower – and poor Howard gets mowed. RELATED: Movie Review: Death of A Unicorn After his funeral, Stef gathers the family to discuss Iris' theories. Stef realizes that because Iris survived – and wasn't meant to – that her children and grandchildren weren't meant to be born. So Death's coming for all of them (except Brenda and Henry, who aren't blood relations). But of course, nobody wants to believe such a whacked-out idea, and they all dismiss Stef. That night, as Erik closes up at the tattoo/piercing shop he works at – and while mourning by giving himself a 'Dad' tattoo (and listening to 'All by Myself'), he falls victim to a heinous series of events. He almost gets pulled into the ceiling fan by his nose piercing (yikes), and then a fire started by spilled alcohol rages through the shop. But miraculously, he survives. The next day, Stef tries to convince Erik that he's still in danger, as evidenced by the truck that rushes by and nearly hits him. But he's still not buying it, and neither is Julia, who angrily dismisses Stef again before heading out on a jog. But then, through another series of events, Julia falls into a garbage can that gets picked up by the passing dump truck. Teo Briones, Kaitlyn Santa Juana in Final Destination: Bloodlines While Erik and Charlie try to alert the driver, Stef climbs up onto the truck and tries to grab Julia. But Death has its way and crushes her with the compactor ( really gross). What's left of the family finally believes Stef and they try to figure out who's next on Death's list. Stef finds someone named 'JB' in Iris' notes, and Darlene remembers that he works at a local morgue. Everyone piles into Darlene's RV (which she's been living out of for years), including Erik and Bobby. As they drive, Stef notices that Darlene has photos of her and Charlie, and Darlene says she keeps them close. When they get to the morgue, they meet William John Bludworth (the late, legendary Tony Todd), aka 'JB.' Turns out, he's the son of the singer at the Skyview, and remained friends with Iris. JB knows about Iris' death and isn't surprised to see Stef. RELATED: Movie Review: The Uninvited About to retire, JB clues them in on how to beat Death. You can either kill someone to get the years that person has left, or you can technically 'die' and then be revived. Like Iris, he's survived this long, but now cancer has the final word. He tells them to enjoy life while they have it and wishes them good luck. Then he takes his box of belongings and exits. Aww. We love you, Tony. Erik and Bobby split off from the group to take matters into their own hands. Bobby's next on the list since Death missed Erik. They ever-so-briefly consider killing a baby. But then Erik comes up with the idea that they can cheat Death by having Bobby 'die' from anaphylaxis from his peanut allergy. Then, Erik says he'll resuscitate him, and he'll be okay. Bobby reluctantly agrees, deciding that if he's gonna go, he's gonna die by peanut butter cups. Tony Todd in Final Destination: Bloodlines They duck into an MRI room and unknowingly start it up. It slowly ratchets up to its most powerful setting as Bobby eats the peanut butter cup. By the time anaphylaxis sets in, the MRI's pulling in every metal thing on the entire floor. Erik gets sucked in by all of his piercings (eww) and then gets crushed. Bobby manages to get his EpiPen and stab himself, but then a nurse walks in the door, and a metal coil from a vending machine (where they got the peanut butter cups from) flies right into Bobby's head and kills him. Yow. After that horrifying disaster, Darlene decides she'll go to Iris's fortress and stay there. As long as she survives, Stef and Charlie should be safe. They decide to go with her and stay together. They drive the RV through the gate, but then another series of events causes an explosion, which sends the RV crashing on its side into a pond. RELATED: Movie Review: The Surfer Now underwater, Stef can't get free of the seatbelt. And meanwhile, Charlie's stuck under some debris. Darlene decides to free Charlie first, but as soon as she does, a lamppost falls on her and kills her. Charlie races to rescue Stef, but she's already drowned. Cut to black for a moment – then Stef awakens, resuscitated by Charlie. The chain's broken, and Death's finally defeated. Cut to sometime later. Stef's about to head back to school, and Charlie's headed off to prom. They go to Charlie's date's house, who is dressed remarkably like Iris. Stef sees a car drive over some train tracks – an old car that looks just like Iris and Paul's. Meanwhile, a penny that some lady dropped gets stuck in the track. Kaitlyn Santa Juana in Final Destination: Bloodlines Stef and Charlie talk to one of the guys there for the prom, and he says that even though it's miraculous that she survived, Stef didn't really die. She was just unconscious. Uh-oh. The oncoming train derails and crashes into the neighborhood. Stef and Charlie run from it, nearly escaping – until a ton of logs fly off the train and crush them. Yep. Classic Final Destination. *** I only recently, within the last few years, got into the Final Destination flicks. I didn't watch them before because I figured they were going to be cheesy and goofy – and they are. But after I watched the original and then the sequel, I was hooked. It's hard to describe, but any fan of Final Destination knows that it's its own subgenre, equal parts disgusting, silly and hilarious. It has such a unique story structure – one that definitely isn't art-house, high-brow cinema. It's just fun. And to write a Final Destination flick means being a stickler for tiny details, so it takes its own sort of talent to pull it off. RELATED: Mickey 17 Spoiler Review It's been 14 years since the last flick in the series, and technology has changed so much in that time that trying to reinvigorate the franchise for a new generation is a risky venture. It's entirely possible that Final Destination was so unique to its time that to remake it would just mean turning it into something it was never designed to be. Directors and cast with Tony Todd in Final Destination: Bloodlines Thankfully, the directors and writers of Final Destination: Bloodlines are clearly huge fans of the series. They put a slightly different spin on it by making the doomed heroes descendants of the survivors rather than the survivors themselves. And by taking the initial catastrophe way back in time, they gave the old Final Destination structure a new look and feel without changing it so much that it's unrecognizable. I must also give props to the directors for giving Tony Todd that terrific scene. Tony's been the face and voice of Final Destination since the beginning, so I'm glad that they made sure to include him. It was also incredibly cool that they let Tony improv his final lines of dialogue, so that he could speak to the fans directly and say his goodbyes before his death. So many times, attempts to remake older flicks – or to restart dead franchises – end up delivering nothing but mediocrity. Thankfully, Final Destination: Bloodlines didn't fall into that trap. It's revitalized, reinvigorated and just as gory and darkly, tragically funny as ever. Final Destination: Bloodlines is a gift for horror fans, and I can't wait to see what new disaster they come up with next. Directed by: Zack Lipovsky, Adam Stein Written by: Guy Busick, Lori Evans Taylor, Jon Watts (story) Release date: May 18, 2025 Rating: R Run time: 1hr, 50min Distributor: New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. 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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Final Destination: Bloodlines' - Death gets very messy
The walk home after a Final Destination movie is rife with anxiety. Is that jagged beer can in the street about to be catapulted into my neck by a sudden breeze? And why is that construction worker up ahead… carrying a power tool?! Originally an X-Files spec script by Jeffrey Reddick — inspired by a news story about a woman that got off a plane after her mother had a premonition — each Final Destination film revolves around a bunch of foolish kids trying to outrun death's devious dice rolls. While predictable and gawky in that 2000s teen horror way, the series has always thrived on its paranoia-inducing formula: turning the seemingly mundane into the murderously absurd. If 2011's Final Destination 5 brought us full circle to the first film, directing duo Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein (Freaks, 2018) take us back to where it all began, with an ambitious sixth instalment that's dutifully disgusting. We begin in 1968, where a primped and pregnant Iris Campbell (Brec Bassinger) and her partner Paul (Max Lloyd-Jones) arrive at the newly opened Skyview Restaurant — a space age skyscraper resembling a UFO balanced on a terrifyingly tall Tam Tam stool. We already know this won't end well... Never one to be subtle, death soon sets its plans in motion as windows rattle, glass floors begin to crack, and an insufferable little kid chucks a coin off the roof. The result is all-out fiery carnage in which everyone — including Iris — gruesomely perishes. But unlike the franchise's usual opening premonitions, we next wake up in 2025, as Stefani (Kaitlyn Santa Juana), a college student plagued by recurring nightmares about her estranged grandmother (Gabrielle Rose). After tracking Iris down at a remote safe house in the woods, she learns that her visions are not just echoes of Iris's past, but also a symptom of a family curse that won't stop until their entire bloodline is wiped out. At a time when generational trauma has become a hallmark of horror, you might be tempted to question: have the premonitions always been symbolic of our self-fulfilling cycles of fear and destruction? But don't over analyse this — all Final Destination: Bloodlines really asks of us is to cheer at some heads getting splattered and have a good time. Indeed, this might be the most self-aware franchise entry, with Lipovsky and Stein leaning into the previous films' tropes to pay homage, subvert expectations, and ramp up the gore and goofiness. Central to this are the 'new fear unlocked' death traps, and they're played out here in creatively sick fashion — one involving a super-magnetic MRI machine and nipple piercings easily enters the canon of all-time great deaths. The best thing about Bloodlines, however, is its period-set premonition that develops into an interconnecting, lore-expanding premise. You see, when Iris saved everyone at the Skyview Restaurant on that fateful day, it created one hell of a list for death. Those traps? They take time. And during that time, the doomed survivors had families, and those families had families — some of whom died from plane crashes and log trucks, wink wink. We also get long-awaited context for mortician William Bludworth, played with delicious drawl by the late Tony Todd in his final role. After explaining to Stefani's family that their only options for survival are to take another's life, or to die and be resuscitated, he snarls: 'If you fuck with death and lose, things can get very messy.' Everyone should see the film for this scene alone. But Bloodlines' bold ideas are also its downfall. The plot moves at such a hurried pace to contain it all, the opening spectacle quickly dwindles into slushy shenanigans and rushed exposition — at one point Stefani devours Iris' big scrapbook filled with potential deaths (only one book — seriously?) to create a Pepe Silvia-style timeline of events. By the third act, it feels like death has lost all inspiration, as janky CGI deaths are crammed in quick succession to no real satisfying conclusion. Then again, the strength of a Final Destination film has always rested on the creativity of its death play, and it mostly excels here. It's also always been a very silly franchise — a quality that Bloodlines fully embraces by intensifying death's slasher persona while acknowledging the ridiculousness of navigating the world as a trap: 'Stay away from that tree trimmer!' It's also bolstered by the characters of cousins Bobby (Owen Joyner) and Erik (Richard Harmon), who have some of the funniest asides in the movie — like sipping from a mug that says 'show me your kitties'. Honourable mention must also go to Paco the micro turtle and his stellar pineapple eating. Much like the victims of the films, horror franchises rarely recognise when their number's up. This year alone we've got revivals of I Know What You Did Last Summer, Saw XI, and Idle Hands. But Bloodlines at least tries to do something new while paying fan service, reminding us there's still plenty of laughs (and groans) to be found in its anxiety-inducing chaos. After all, sometimes you just want to scream with an audience at a man's head being chewed up by a lawnmower — because, as William Bludworth reminds us: 'Life is precious. Enjoy every second. You never know when…' is out in cinemas now.
Forbes
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Will There Be A ‘Final Destination Bloodlines' Sequel?
Brec Bassinger in "Final Destination Bloodlines." Since Final Destination Bloodlines made a killing the weekend box office, will it get a sequel? Directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, Final Destination Bloodlines scored an estimated $51 million in its opening Friday to Sunday frame from 3,523 North American theaters and $51 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $102 million. Produced by Warner Bros., Final Destination Bloodlines had a $50 million budget before prints and advertising, per Variety. The official logline for the sixth film in the Final Destination franchise reads, 'Plagued by a recurring violent nightmare, a college student returns home to find the one person who can break the cycle and save her family from the horrific fate that inevitably awaits them.' Rated R, Final Destination Bloodlines stars Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Brec Bassinger and the late Tony Todd. Final Destination Bloodlines, aka Final Destination 6, marks the first Final Destination movie since 2011. The original Final Destination movie was released in 2000. Since it has been 14 years since the release of Final Destination 5, it's not a stretch to classify Final Destination Bloodlines as a reboot of the franchise. While a sequel to Final Destination Bloodlines has not been announced, it seems all but a given that at least another chapter — let's just call it Final Destination 7 for now — will be produced following the film's massive success this weekend. After all, there were five Final Destination movies before Final Destination Bloodlines, so it would be non-sensical restart the franchise only to stop it dead in its tracks following such an overwhelming positive reception by both audiences and critics. Note: Spoilers for 'Final Destination Bloodlines' are discussed in the next section. While there is no after-credits sequence tagged onto Final Destination Bloodlines to give a hint that another Final Destination film could be on the way, directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein still constructed a unique sequence to kick off the end credits that begs some questions about the future of the franchise. It happens when the penny that is pivotal to the entire plot of Final Destination Bloodlines rolls across the newspaper clippings about all the victims that death came to claim after they averted a grisly fate in the Skyview restaurant tower disaster. For context, the film begins with a sequence where the Seattle Space Needle-like structure collapses, but thanks to a premonition by Iris (Brec Bassinger), everyone meant to die in the mishap survives. In the ensuing decades, Iris figures out death's plan by collecting newspaper clippings about the grisly demises of not only the people in the Skyview but also all of their blood relatives. Kaitlyn Santa Juana in "Final Destination Bloodlines." Later on, when the adult Iris (Gabriel Rose) hands over the clippings to her granddaughter, Stefanie (Kaitlyn Santa Juana), to warn her of death's plans, Stefanie traces the bloodlines of all the people who died by constructing what amounts to a family tree of death. In a Zoom conversation with Lipovsky and Stein prior to the release of Final Destination Bloodlines, I asked the directors if the sight of the penny rolling across the newspaper clippings bore any significance. Specifically, I asked if there was more Final Destination mayhem ahead since the coin keeps rolling on into the darkness instead of falling flat onto one of its sides and coming to a rest. 'Yeah, I think that was part of it. I think another part of it was what comes right after that is the dedication to Tony Todd,' Lipovsky said, referring to the iconic actor who died in 2024 at age 69. 'It rolls off into the darkness, you hear the theme from [Final Destination 1]and then it tilts up to 'In memory of Tony Todd.' 'I think for us, the penny rolling off was sort of like riding into the sunset, but into the darkness — and not falling over kind of represented Tony's spirit, living on in some ways instead of the penny coming to a rest,' Lipovsky added. 'It's like he's still out there. He's still out in the dark, haunting us for many years to come. So, that's kind of the emotion we're trying to evoke there just before dedicating the film to him.' When it comes to the idea of another Final Destination film, Lipovsky and Stein like the idea of it, but they also know given their three-year commitment to make Final Destination Bloodlines, Final Destination 7 is something that won't happen overnight. 'In terms of more, death's work is never done. There's always more to do,' Stein said with a smile. 'These movies do take several years to figure out because they are such intricate, twisty Rube Goldberg machines. So, you never know what the future holds, but it was definitely fun to do this one.' Final Destination Bloodlines is playing in theaters worldwide.
Toronto Sun
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Sun
‘Final Destination: Bloodlines' tops box office while The Weeknd's movie falters
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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Its sixth instalment, 'Final Destination: Bloodlines,' drew big crowds to movie theatres this weekend and easily topped the domestic charts with $51 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The movie earned the same internationally, adding up to a $102 million global debut. The same enthusiasm did not meet Abel 'The Weeknd' Tesfaye's experimental thriller 'Hurry Up Tomorrow,' which opened outside of the top five with an estimated $3.3 million. 'It was always going to have a tough time coming up against 'Final Destination: Bloodlines,'' said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. 'There was a lot of buzz.' 'Final Destination: Bloodlines' opened in 3,523 locations riding in on a wave of strong reviews (93% on Rotten Tomatoes) and viral marketing tactics, including a picture of logs on the back of trucks — a callback to one of the more infamous 'Final Destination' death traps. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Final Destination's' win effectively revives a 25-year-old franchise that hasn't had a new film since 2011. It also continues a hot streak for Warner Bros., which has had near back-to-back hits in Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' and 'A Minecraft Movie.' All three were in the top five this weekend. Disney's 'Thunderbolts' landed in second with $16.5 million, pushing its global total to over $325 million. 'Sinners' placed third with $15.4 million, bringing its global total to $316.8 million. 'A Minecraft Movie,' which has made $928.6 million globally, added $5.9 million. Amazon MGM Studios' 'The Accountant 2' rounded out the top five. 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' opened in sixth place. The film, which Tesfaye co-wrote and Trey Edward Shults directed, is a kind of companion piece to his album and tour. He plays a fictionalized version of himself as an insomniac musician. Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan also star. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Neither critics nor audiences greeted it kindly: It carries a 13% on Rotten Tomatoes and was slapped with a C- CinemaScore. AP music writer Maria Sherman wrote that it's 'an exciting vanity project with surrealist imagination but stiff writing, no stakes, limited emotional weight and an unclear narrative.' Lionsgate only handled the release of the R-rated film, which opened on over 2,000 screens and its $3.3 million was enough to make it a profitable deal for the studio. Next weekend could be a big one for movie theatres as 'Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning' and the live-action 'Lilo & Stitch' both open nationwide. The overall domestic box office remains up nearly 15% from last year. 'This weekend is the perfect opening act for what could be one of the biggest Memorial weekends at the box office ever,' Dergarabedian said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Comscore: 1. 'Final Destination: Bloodlines,' $51 million. 2. 'Thunderbolts,' $16.5 million. 3. 'Sinners,' $15.4 million. 4. 'A Minecraft Movie,' $5.9 million. 5. 'The Accountant 2,' $5 million. 6. 'Hurry Up Tomorrow,' $3.3 million. 7. 'Friendship,' $1.4 million. 8. 'Clown in a Cornfield,' $1.3 million. 9. 'Kiki's Delivery Service,' $1.1 million. 10. 'Until Dawn,' $800,000. Toronto & GTA Editorial Cartoons Sports World Sunshine Girls
