{"id":290014,"date":"2024-10-14T17:19:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T15:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=342136"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:51:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:51:42","slug":"this-halloween-phenomenon-is-killing-it-again-at-the-american-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/this-halloween-phenomenon-is-killing-it-again-at-the-american-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"This Halloween phenomenon is killing it (again) at the American box office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Terrifier 3<\/strong>, the fourth installment of the independent horror saga directed by Damien Leone (yes, there is one before the first), has made a strong debut in U.S. theaters this weekend, crowning itself as <strong>the big Halloween hit of 2024<\/strong>. This confirms it as one of the most successful horror sagas of recent years, which came from complete obscurity and B-movie status to achieve one hit after another.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/newsletter.png?GoogleAccessId=wp-stateless%40kubertonic.iam.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1790992122&Signature=ciloFzsTCuVHXUH6M63adn4KafbBfDWT3k84Rw4g%2Fm%2FUqHaBoI6hqFHQNBapfzW5NTINQZPvMV5zqisBS%2Focl2b3YkXxiYgynYG2sC4yNmPl4v51FLo0Cc6nvubm8jWnmVNuHtiaKGIbcYqI8q93ByaiMmZX8ldLiDwazS3bxJHhk%2F8%2BdwYtUmBnB8K3WBmIqqrK0dJXccI7A738rDWwVEkPO8utn4syipIDt%2FbkvheMnFT6mC8RpGdYffSHWT2PqavMilcrp9Kw4HBxPndtzWbsg9%2FxyceGmW1p4iYLCYToea2dDYRqqN8DhGO8M0RAkFnqNlN7sA1P71zZgtzBVg%3D%3D\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">Subscribe to the Softonic newsletter and get the latest in tech, gaming, entertainment and deals right in your inbox.<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/softonic.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">Subscribe (it's FREE) \u25ba<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/softonic.beehiiv.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starring the macabre Art the Clown, <strong>Terrifier 3 has grossed 18.3 million dollars in its opening<\/strong>, surpassing all expectations and establishing itself as the highest-grossing in the franchise to date. Considering its budget was only 2 million dollars, the success is even more remarkable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TERRIFIER 3 Official Trailer (2024) Red band\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zaPcin5knJk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A modern Freddy Krueger<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One of the greatest achievements of Terrifier 3 has been surpassing major productions like Joker: Folie \u00e0 Deux<\/strong>, which has suffered a brutal box office drop, falling 82% in its second weekend. Thus, while the Joker sequel has barely managed 7 million, Leone&#8217;s visceral slasher has raked in 18.3 million, making it clear that Art the Clown has secured his own throne in modern horror cinema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/terrifier-3-broma.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-342140\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This phenomenon, nevertheless, has been around for a while. The second film in the saga, Terrifier 2, surprised audiences in 2022 <strong>thanks to its brutality and excess, reaching completely unexpected audiences<\/strong>. But what is happening with Terrifier 3 is a true cult phenomenon that is succeeding worldwide. 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This confirms it as one of the most successful horror sagas of recent years, which came from complete obscurity and B-movie status to achieve one hit after another. Starring the macabre Art the Clown, Terrifier 3 has grossed $18.3 million in its opening, surpassing all expectations and establishing itself [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9257,"featured_media":290016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":2},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-290014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311190,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290014\/revisions\/311190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290014"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=290014"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=290014"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=290014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}