Over the holiday last weekend, kids flocked the theaters again for the world of Zootopia. This weekend, it was back to the defunct pizza place with the killer animatronic robots. Many figured the numbers would be on the lower side, given how the first film trailed off and wasn’t particularly liked. But apparently not, because even while critics made their voices heard, Freddy’s fans were just not listening.

KING of the Crop: Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Scares up a Massive $63 Million Opening

Though we were pretty much through the pandemic, Universal still made the decision to let Five Nights At Freddy’s go day-and-date on Peacock the same time it was in theaters. That decision did not hurt its opening weekend, when it made $80 million, the fifth-best opening ever for an October release

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