Blumhouse has just crossed an impressive 2024 box office milestone thanks to the continued box office success ofSpeak No Evil. Serving as an English-language remake of the 2022 Danish film of the same name by director Christian Tafdrup, James Watkin’sSpeak No Evilfollows a family as they go to spend the weekend at another family’s countryside home, soon finding that something sinister is going on. The film, which stars James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, Aisling Franciosi, hit theaters in mid-September, earing mostly positive reviews.
A new report fromCollidernow reveals thatSpeak No Evilhas grossed $43 million worldwide, comprising $22 million domestic and $21 million from overseas territories. This total doesn’t just make the film, which is budgeted at $15 million, a success, but it meansBlumhouse, led by CEO Jason Blum, has now crossed $150 million grossed worldwide in 2024. Though not all of the company’s 2024 films have been hits on their own, they’ve evidently come together to make for a stellar year for the company.
What Speak No Evil’s Success Means For Blumhouse
How The Film Compares To 2024’s Other Blumhouse Horrors
Speak No Evilreviewshave been generally positive from critics, and the film, as a result, sports an 83% onRotten Tomatoes, with the audience score coming in even higher at 85%. Though not all of Blumhouse’s 2024 movies have been as warmly received as this, most have been financial successes.
The company started the year off withNight Swim, which grossed $54 million on a $15 million budget, despite overwhelmingly negative reviews.Imaginarywas another critical dud, but it grossed $43 million on a $13 million budget. The release ofAfraidin August marks Blumhouse’s only major flop of the year so far, with that film tapping out at $11.5 million against a $12 million budget.
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Blumhouse’s only remaining release this year isHouse of Spoils, which will be a Prime Video exclusive.
Blumhouse continues to excel because it works almost exclusively in the horror genre and with lower budgets. Unlike a $150 million blockbuster,a Blumhouse horror likeSpeak No Evilonly really has to gross between $30– $37 million to reach profitability. With the audience for horror being fairly reliable in terms of theater turnout year-after-year, consistently hitting these types of numbers is much more possible. The company has evidently dialed in a formula that’s working and will likely continue to pay dividends.
Our Take On Blumhouse’s Successful 2024
The Company Has Found A Great Strategy
Though not allBlumhouse moviesare good,the company has certainly shown that building a slate of four of five smaller movies can be just as effective, if not more so, than building one based around one giant blockbuster. The company always has a release on the horizon, meaning there’s always a horror or thriller movie that audiences can look forward to.
Blumhouse already has a strong slate for 2025, and it includes movies likeFive Nights at Freddy’s 2,The Black Phone 2,andM3GAN 2.0.
Speak No Evilis one of the better Blumhouse movies in recent years, and it would be refreshing if the theatrical landscape got more movies budgeted around $15 million with recognizable stars and strong scripts. It remains to be seen whether 2025 will bring the same level of success for Blumhouse, but the company’s consistency thus far would suggest that there’s another strong year ahead.
Speak No Evil
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Speak No Evil is a 2024 horror-thriller film by writer-director James Watkins. A remake of the 2022 movie Speak No Evil follows a family who head to the country for a much-needed vacation - but the situation quickly deteriorates, thrusting them into a horrific nightmare.
