Horror has been red hot for much of 2025. From "Sinners" to "Weapons," some of the year's biggest original hits have come from the genre. Elsewhere, long-awaited sequels like "28 Years Later" and "Final Destination Bloodlines" have also crushed it at the box office . But they can't all be winners, and not all horror franchises are created equal. As such, we must discuss the very disappointing result for Lionsgate's "The Strangers: Chapter 2," which leaves some questions in its wake, particularly since a third chapter is already in the can.

Director Renny Harlin's "The Strangers: Chapter 2" opened to $5.8 million domestically this past weekend. That was at the very low end of pre-release projections. Meanwhile, director Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" topped the charts

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