Emblematic killers, legendary girls and millions in cash: knowing what are the 5 franchises that have transformed the slasher into success at the box office
A few weeks after the success of Premonition 6: Blood Ties at the world box office, it is now the turn of the new I know what you did last summer hit the theaters and show that the slasher Continue to attract the public.
Taking advantage of these recent previews, we listed the 5 franchises slasher This has raised more to the box office around the world. What is your hypothesis for the sample? Check:
5th Friday 13th (12 films*): about $ 446 million
With 12 films released, including a restart and the crossover with franchise The hour of the nightmare (Freddy vs. Jasonconsidered for both franchises), Friday 13th contributed to consolidating the booklet of slasher: Unlawable teenagers, death behind death, threatening soundtrack and an “immortal” bad guy who never walks but always reaches. Jason Voorhees He became a pop icon with his hockey mask, his machete and his total lack of empathy. The franchise has collected millions and, even without the recent previews, is still strong in pop culture, in cosplay and among the 5 that have raised the most.
4th The hour of the nightmare (9 films*): around US $ 459 million
The franchise The hour of the nightmarestarted in 1984 by Wes CravenHe brought a surreal layer to the genre: here, the mind of the characters was the scenario of the horror and fled from the murderer Freddy Krueger It was literally impossible. Over nine films (including the crossover with Friday 13th and one remake), Freddy has become one of the most charismatic and film speakers, balancing sadism and bad jokes like no other. With each new nightmare, the public knew that blood, creativity and a touch of madness came – and they loved it for this. Just like our 5th place, even without recent versions, is still stopped among the most millionaires slasher.
3rd Halloween (13 movies): around US $ 843 million
It was with Halloweenlaunched in 1978 by John Carpenterthat the slasher It really was born as we know today. Michael MyersWith his white mask and silent steps, he became the mold of almost all the killers who would arrive later: unstoppable, without speech, pure bad. The original film cost little, has earned a lot and opened a franchise that adds 13 films today, between sequels and a trilogy restore recent. Even with ups and downs, the essence remained: the clash between absolute evil and a finished girl (lived by Jamie Lee Curtis) who refuses to fall. Michael is the type of villain who does not run, he does not hesitate and never dies and the public, of course, continues to return to see who remained in the end.
2nd Panic (6 films): about 909 million dollars
When Panic hit cinemas in 1996, the slasher He seemed to have already taken the last stab. But then Wes Craven It all succeeded with a metalganguage cutting edge and a masked villain who became the Halloween costume. The franchise brought something new: characters who knew the rules of horror films and yet died trying to break them. Over six films (so far), Panic He kept the tension, acid humor and suspicion game, always updating terror for each new generation. Ghostface It is not an supernatural monster, but someone ordinary behind the mask and this, somehow, scares – or animates – even more. The second place on our list speaks for itself.
1st Premonition (6 films): about 952 million dollars
Premonition It started as a supernatural thriller half an alternative in the year 2000, but was growing with a absurd creativity in the death scenes, and in the end it became the franchise slasher This has raised more in the box office in the world. With the debut of Premonition 6which has become the largest box office of the franchise, the series has passed Panic And he took the top of the podium. Here, the killer is the death itself, which is charged the account in the form of brutal accidents, unexpected and extremely well choreographed. Each new film is almost a bloody ballet of destination and paranoia, where the audience goes only to see how every character will die; And this became the signature of the franchise. Premonition He showed it in slasher You don’t always have to have someone who runs after the victims.
The numbers are based on the data of the box office shop of the box office box office
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