How much Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 needs to make at the box office to break even

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is already one of the biggest horror movies of the year, but how much does the sequel have to make to break even? We’ve got all the facts and figures below.

2025 has been a big year for horror, with scary movies boasting blockbuster numbers throughout the summer months.

The Conjuring: Last Rites closed out that franchise with a whopping $494 million haul, while Sinners made $367 million and Weapons $268 million.

Now Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is dominating in theaters, while also setting multiple box office records.

How much Five Nights at Fredy’s 2 needs to make to break even

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The production budget for Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is reported as approximately $36 million, meaning it needs to make around $90 million to break even. Anything on top of that is profit. 

If you’re wondering where these estimates come from, the general rule is that new movies need to make around 2.5 times their original budget to break even due to additional costs such as fees to exhibitors, merchandising, and taxes. 

The $36 million sum is the estimated production budget, meaning there are also marketing costs to consider, as well as the fact that studios only keep about 50-60% of box office revenue (and even less from international markets). 

FnaF 2 box office performance

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It’s early days for the horror sequel, but Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 opened to $63 million domestically. That’s the biggest debut ever for the post-Thanksgiving weekend – which is traditionally something of a cinematic graveyard – and the highest December horror debut, ahead of 1997 release Scream 2. 

It’s also much more than the $35-$40 million that box office analysts were predicting, and much less than the $80 million that it’s predecessor opened with. And that was in spite of the first Five Nights at Freddy’s launching on Peacock the same day.

Part 2 also opened with $46 million internationally, making a global total of $109 million, and meaning that the movie has already rocketed past that break even number.

The first film ultimately made $300 million (from a $20 million budget) – making it Blumhouse’s biggest ever hit – and while the sequel might not make as much, it’s likely to stick around in cinemas throughout the holiday period, so plenty more profit will be incoming.

How it compares to other 2025 horror movies 

While we can’t truly compare until Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 leaves cinemas and heads to streaming, we can still look at how much other 2025 horror sequels performed in their first weekend vs their final haul.

Black Phone 2 made $27 million during its opening weekend and has taken $131 million thus far. 28 Years Later opened with a $30 million haul and ultimately grossed $151 million worldwide.

While Final Destination: Bloodlines kicked off with a debut weekend of $51.6 million, and tapped out with a whopping worldwide total of 315.8 million. Meaning there’s clearly much more money on the table at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza…

For more FNaF action, here’s why director Emma Tammi believes Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 isn’t for critics, plus the biggest challenge she faced when making the movie.