Hollywood has an addiction to sequels and reboots — and “Don’t Breathe” won’t be the cure.
Produced by Sony for roughly $9.8 million and marketed for less than $20 million, the story of a gang of teenagers who make a deadly mistake by picking on the wrong blind man, debuted to a smashing $26.1 million this weekend. It will be one of the rare major studio releases this summer to make back its budget in a matter of days. It also extends a string of economical horror hits — building on the success of “The Purge: Election Year,” “The Shallows,” “The Conjuring 2” and “Lights Out,” four recent winners that carry an average budget of $17.9 million, a fraction of what it costs to reassemble the Avengers every summer. Success like that leads to the obvious question: why aren’t there more “Don’t Breathes”?
After all, “Don’t Breathe” will certainly enjoy more...
Produced by Sony for roughly $9.8 million and marketed for less than $20 million, the story of a gang of teenagers who make a deadly mistake by picking on the wrong blind man, debuted to a smashing $26.1 million this weekend. It will be one of the rare major studio releases this summer to make back its budget in a matter of days. It also extends a string of economical horror hits — building on the success of “The Purge: Election Year,” “The Shallows,” “The Conjuring 2” and “Lights Out,” four recent winners that carry an average budget of $17.9 million, a fraction of what it costs to reassemble the Avengers every summer. Success like that leads to the obvious question: why aren’t there more “Don’t Breathes”?
After all, “Don’t Breathe” will certainly enjoy more...
- 8/28/2016
- by Brent Lang
- Variety - Film News
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