Summary
- A Quiet Place: Day One
earns $6.8 million on opening night and has an 84% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes. - The prequel film is on track for a franchise-best opening, outpacing other movies like
Horizon
and potentially holding well at the box office. - A Quiet Place: Day One
‘s success highlights audiences’ appetite for big-screen experiences, including atmospheric horror films.
A Quiet Place: Day One looks to be doing as well with general audiences as it is with critics. Variety reports that the film roared on Thursday night with a whopping $6.8 million opening from preview shows. And, as mentioned, critics are taking to it as well, which is certainly a rarity for the third installment of a horror IP. As of right now, the prequel film is, like its two predecessors, certified “fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes.
A Quiet Place: Day One currently holds an 84% Tomatometer score on the aggregate site, which is below the first film’s impressive 96% score and the second film’s 91%. However, the trajectory is already proving to be inversed for its financial prospects, as its Thursday evening preview shows were a record-setter for the franchise. For context, the 2018 original film had previews amounting to $4.3 million on its way to a $50.2 million opening, while the pandemic-era sequel made $4.8 million en route to a $47.5 million three-day launch and $57 million four-day launch.
A Quiet Place: Day One
3/5
A Quiet Place: Day One is a spin-off of the A Quiet Place franchise conceived by John Krasinski. The film is set at the beginning of the invasion as humanity scrambles to survive, before the events of the original film, with Lupita Nyong’O leading the cast, directed by Michael Sarnoski.
- Release Date
- June 28, 2024
In other words, Day One is quite possibly on track for a franchise-best opening. Considering A Quiet Place: Part II outgrossed its predecessor in the long run (outstanding, given it was released in the COVID era and opened slightly lower), the upwards trajectory could very well continue with Day One.
That result would be impressive considering the new film is a prequel with a new lead cast, and it certainly bodes well for the next sequel, which is already in development. Despite going up against Kevin Costner’s heavily publicized Western movie Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One, A Quiet Place: Day One is easily outpacing that movie, but whether it can overtake Disney Pixar’s Inside Out 2, which has very quickly cemented its place as one of the biggest movies of the year, is yet to be seen.
Can A Quiet Place: Day One Beat Inside Out 2?
The film’s commercial prospects are quite bright. The first two films more than tripled their three-day openings, and it’s not at all unreasonable to expect the same for A Quiet Place: Day One. Firstly, the reviews are reassuring to any potential ticket buyers on the fence, unsure due to the lack of Emily Blunt in front of the camera or John Krasinski behind it. Secondly, there’s not much in the immediate future that could take the wind from its sails. July 3’s Despicable Me 4 will do far more damage to Inside Out 2 than A Quiet Place: Day One while the same week’s MaXXXine is bound to be a far more niche product. The same goes for Fly Me to the Moon, hitting screens on July 12.
It’s possible the film doesn’t open in the number one spot should Inside Out 2 experience another fantastic hold. And, given Despicable Me will undoubtedly win next weekend, it stands to reason A Quiet Place: Day One will never see the top spot, but even if that’s the case, those behind the film can rest assured it will be considered far from a failure.
In short, it’s a movie that has a high likelihood of holding well at the box office, not unlike The Fall Guy. But, in contrast to The Fall Guy, Day One is impressing right out the gate. It also goes to show that not only are audiences still hungry for movies on the big screen, they’re willing to make themselves readily available for atmospheric, dialogue-light screamers.
