Summary

• The Exorcist: Believer, the latest entry in the franchise, will be released digitally on October 24.
• Despite negative reviews, the sequel performed decently at the box office during its opening weekend.
• The sequel made $26.5 million during its box office opening weekend, while the budget was roughly $30 million.

The Exorcist: Believer’s digital release date is revealed, and it is coming soon. From director David Gordon Green, The Exorcist: Believer is the most recent entry in the Exorcist franchise, which takes on a new story within the world of the original 1973 movie. The sequel has been met with largely negative critical reviews but fared decently well at the box office during its opening weekend.

Now, The Exorcist: Believer’s digital release date has been revealed by Discussing Film. The Exorcist: Believer will be available digitally starting on October 24.

The Exorcist: Believer’s VOD release date will give viewers a chance to catch the sequel right before Halloween. This date also means that The Exorcist: Believer will have just 18 days, including three weekends, exclusively in theaters before becoming digitally available.

Why Is The Exorcist: Believer’s VOD Release Date So Soon?

The Exorcist: Believer has had a complicated run so far in theaters. While The Exorcist: Believer has been critically panned, the latest entry has seen moderate financial success, coming in on top of the domestic box office during its opening weekend. Still, The Exorcist: Believer fell just short of its projected $30 million opening weekend box office predictions, taking home $26.5 million. This also meant that The Exorcist: Believer vastly underperformed Green’s 2018 remake of Halloween, showing its weakness in comparison to the previous reboot.

It is somewhat surprising that The Exorcist: Believer would be booted to digital release that soon after its release. Even at the $26.5 million mark, the sequel has almost made back its $30 million production budget. Thus, with more time exclusively in theaters, The Exorcist: Believer could have the opportunity to grow its revenue as the spooky season gets into fall swing.

There are many reasons why Universal Pictures might want to shift The Exorcist: Believer to a digital release, including encouraging audiences to rent the movie before Halloween. However, it will also not be the first horror film to shift to digital that quickly this year, as The Nun 2 also received a digital release date less than one month apart from its theatrical release. Between The Nun 2 and The Exorcist: Believer, it seems shorter theatrical runs are a rising trend for horror this year.

Source: Discussing Film