Terrifier 3 beat Joker: Folie à Deux, taking No. 1 at the domestic box office in a surprise upset by earning $18.9 million.

Per The Numbers' Wednesday update, Terrifier 3 has already crossed the $25 million milestone at the domestic box office, earning $25.45 million in North America as it approaches the end of its first week in theaters. Its international grosses have additionally pushed its global gross to $28 million, which is 14 times more than its budget. Because it cost eight times more than the previous installment, which only cost $250,000, this means it has grossed more than 112 times Terrifier 2's budget in the span of just six days.

What This Box Office Total Means For Terrifier 3

It Is Performing Well In The 2024 Horror Sphere

Terrifier 3 has now become the 47th movie to the $25 million milestone at the domestic box office in 2024 so far. While it is performing extremely well for its budget level, there is still a lot of room to grow, though it is already the 10th highest-grossing 2024 horror movie at the domestic box office. Below, see how it compares to the highest-grossing horror movies of the year so far, not counting the comedy-forward horror-comedy Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire or the serial killer thriller Trap, both of which are only questionably horror movies:

Title

Domestic Gross

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

$277.9 million

A Quiet Place: Day One

$138.9 million

Alien: Romulus

$105.2 million

Longlegs

$74 million

Speak No Evil

$35.7 million

The Strangers: Chapter 1

$35.2 million

Night Swim

$32.5 million

Imaginary

$28 million

Abigail

$25.8 million

Terrifier 3

$25.45 million

It seems likely that the Terrifier 3 release will outgross Radio Silence's Abigail by the end of Thursday, as the salsher sequel has consistently grossed more than $1 million each weekday so far. It seems poised to climb more slots up the chart during its second weekend, as well. While the horror genre typically sees harsh second-weekend drops of 50% or more, even a harsh 65% drop would earn it an additional $6.6 million, which would see it race past the Blumhouse horror offerings Imaginary and Night Swim.

Our Take On The Terrifier 3 Box Office

Its Domestic Gross Could Continue To Climb

David Howard Thornton's Art the Clown sits and eats cookies in a Terrifier 3 promo

There is no telling how high Terrifier 3 will be able to climb by the end of its run. It has already outgrossed the entire $15.7 million run of the previous installment and become more than profitable, likely ing its break-even point at around the $5 million mark. If it continues to rise proportionally to the indie horror hit Longlegs, which opened to $22.4 million and grossed $74 million domestic, it could eventually gross more than $60 million in North America alone, which would be a whopping 30 times its budget.

Source: The Numbers

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Terrifier 3
Not Rated
Horror
Release Date
October 11, 2024
Runtime
125 Minutes
Director
Damien Leone
  • Headshot Of Lauren LaVera
    Lauren LaVera
    Sienna
  • Cast Placeholder Image
    David Howard Thornton
    Art the Clown

WHERE TO WATCH

Terrifier 3 follows Sienna and her brother as they attempt to move past the traumatic events of Art the Clown's Halloween massacre. As they embrace the Christmas season, Art reemerges, intent on turning their holiday into a nightmare, continuing his reign of terror.

Writers
Damien Leone
Franchise(s)
Terrifier
Studio(s)
Dark Age Cinema, Fuzz on the Lens Productions
Distributor(s)
Cineverse
Main Genre
Horror