Wolf Manhas had an unpromising global debut. The Universal monster remake follows a man (Christopher Abbott) whose lycanthropic transformation threatens the lives of his wife (Julia Garner) and daughter (Matilda Firth), who are trapped in a house with him. The Blumhouse movie was directed by Leigh Whannell, who previously helmed the 2020 remakeThe Invisible Manto great critical and commercial success. TheWolf Manreleasebegan during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend, taking No. 3 at the domestic box office behind the 2024 hitMufasa: The Lion Kingand the comedyOne of Them Days.
PerVariety, as of Sunday morning,Wolf Manis projected to close out its opening weekend with a worldwide box office gross of $15.3 million. This total comes from an underwhelming $4.83 million haul from 53 international markets, combined with a roughly $10.5 million 3-day domestic total. While the MLK Day holiday weekend sees its domestic projections hit $12 million by the end of Monday, the U.S. holiday will not affect its overseas grosses. This global debut pales in comparison to Whannell’sThe Invisible Man, which earned $28.2 million during its domestic opening weekend alone in late February 2020.
What This Means For Wolf Man
It May Never Catch Up
Thenew movie debuting belowThe Invisible Manmakes sense, considering their vastly different critical receptions. MixedWolf Manreviewsearned the movie a middling Rotten Tomatoes score of 53% while the 2020 film maintains a Certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes score of 91%. That may have kept some viewers away from theaters, but its future may be just as grim.Its audience score is 58% at the time of writing, compared toThe Invisible Man’s 88%, showing that the new movie will probably be unable to rely on word of mouth.
More than 500 verified users have already ratedWolf Manon Rotten Tomatoes.
WhileThe Invisible Manwas hampered by worldwide theatrical closures amid the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, it was still able to gross $144.5 million worldwide before the end of its run. At its current trajectory, it seems unlikely that theWolf Manremakewill even be able to hit a worldwide gross of more than $65 million. This could be immensely damaging, asits $25 million budget is a huge increase fromThe Invisible Man’s $7 million, likely placing its break-even point somewhere around $62.5 million.
Our Take On The Wolf Man Debut
Blumhouse Can Still Turn 2025 Around
Wolf Manhas not lived up to its potential to redeem Blumhouse’s lukewarm 2024, which saw the releases of the profitable but poorly reviewed titlesImaginaryandNight Swimas well as the out-and-out flopAfrAId. However, 2025 could still turn around for the production company. Their 2025 roster includes the franchise moviesM3GAN 2.0,The Black Phone 2, andFive Nights at Freddy’s 2,all of which have the potential to become solid hitslike their predecessors and boost Blumhouse’s prospects after the Universal monster remake’s misfire.
Wolf Man
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Wolf Man, released on Jul 18, 2025, follows Blake and his wife Charlotte as they visit his secluded childhood home in rural Oregon. After a mysterious animal attack, they become trapped inside, and Charlotte is forced to confront Blake’s disturbing transformation amidst growing tension and fear.
