"Final Destination Bloodlines" Opens at #1 w/ $51M

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Final Destination Bloodlines Scares Up $51 Million Debut, The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow Misfires with $3.3 Million
by Rebecca Rubin
May 18, 2025


Final Destination Bloodlines, the sixth installment in the long-running horror property in which people die in increasingly insane incidents, collected a bloody-good $51 million in its opening weekend.

The Warner Bros. and New Line film towered over domestic box office charts, overtaking the No. 1 spot from reigning champion, Marvel’s Thunderbolts*, and trouncing fellow newcomer, the Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow, which crash-landed in sixth place.





Buoyed by positive word-of-mouth and the best reviews of the series, the R-rated Final Destination Bloodlines shattered the benchmark for the franchise’s biggest debut, outstripping the record held by 2009’s The Final Destination with $27 million.

Bloodlines earned another $51 million from 74 overseas territories for a remarkable global start of $102 million. Moviegoers granted the movie a “B+” grade on CinemaScore exit polls and it boasts a stellar 93% average on Rotten Tomatoes.

It’s been 14 years since the latest film, 2011’s Final Destination 5, opened in theaters.





Sinners landed in third place with $15.4 million from 3,518 theaters in its fifth weekend of release. The R-rated vampire thriller has generated a mighty $240.8 million domestically and $76 million internationally for a global tally of $316 million to date.

At No. 4, A Minecraft Movie added $5.9 million from 3,357 venues in its seventh frame. The PG video game adaptation has grossed $416 million in North America and $501 million overseas, bringing its worldwide haul to a mammoth $928 million.





Hurry Up Tomorrow, from Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, wasn’t able to overcome terrible reviews and bad buzz, as it misfired with $3.3 million from 2,020 cinemas. The movie was saddled with a lousy 14% Rotten Tomatoes average and terrible “C-” grade on CinemaScore.

The film is a companion piece to the singer’s studio album of the same name where he stars as a fictionalized version of himself, an insomniac musician on the verge of a mental breakdown as he’s pulled into an existential odyssey.





Thunderbolts* slid to second place with $16.5 million from 3,523 theaters in its third weekend, declining 50% from its prior outing. The comic book adventure has grossed $155.4 million domestically and $325 million globally.

Despite enjoying far better reviews than most recent Marvel entries, Thunderbolts* looks like it’ll still struggle to get out of the red. That’s because theater owners get to keep half of ticket sales, and the tentpole cost a hefty $180 million to produce and roughly $100 million to market.

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May 16-18, 2025: Weekend Studio Estimates

1. Final Destination: Bloodlines $51,600,106
2. Thunderbolts* $16,646,774 / $155,538,417
3. Sinners $15,202,248 / $240,572,795
4. A Minecraft Movie $5,950,054 / $416,720,013
5. The Accountant 2 $4,778,283 / $58,891,629
6. Hurry Up Tomorrow $3,312,692
7. Friendship $1,400,280 / $2,043,436
8. Clown in a Cornfield $1,355,202 / $6,351,981
9. Until Dawn $811,159 / $19,634,190
10. The Amateur $724,688 / $40,161,775