Scene from “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2.”
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Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, Blumhouse Pictures’ sequel to the hit movie adaptation of the video game series, is new in theaters. What are the chances of a third movie happening?
The first Five Nights At Freddy’s movie was released in 2023 and became a global smash. The film earned $137.2 million domestically and nearly $160 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $297.2 million against a $20 million budget before prints and advertising costs, according to The Numbers.
Directed by Emma Tammi, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 opened in theaters nationwide on Friday. The official synopsis for the film reads, “One year has passed since the supernatural nightmare at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. The stories about what transpired there have been twisted into a campy local legend, inspiring the town’s first-ever Fazfest.
Former security guard Mike (Josh Hutcherson) and police officer Vanessa (Elizabeth Lail) have kept the truth from Mike’s 11-year-old sister, Abby (Piper Rubio), concerning the fate of her animatronic friends. But when Abby sneaks out to reconnect with Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy, it will set into motion a terrifying series of events, revealing dark secrets about the true origin of Freddy’s, and unleashing a long-forgotten horror hidden away for decades.”
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 introduces Freddy Carter, Wayne Knight, Mckenna Grace and Skeet Ulrich to the cast, while Theodus Crane and Matthew Lillard reprise their roles as Jeremiah and William Afton, respectively, from the 2023 movie.
Jason Blum And Matthew Lillard Are Game For Another ‘Five Nights At Freddy’ Movie
While Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 earned a “rotten” 13% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 78 reviews, scores on the review aggregator mean very little to movie franchises and prospects of future installments.
After all, the first Five Nights at Freddy’s movie earned a 33% “rotten” critics’ score based on 215 reviews, which clearly did nothing to prevent the sequel from going into production.
Instead, sequels are generally determined by how well a film does at the box office, and clearly, ticket sales for the first Five Nights at Freddy’s movie merited the second chapter in the movie franchise. As such, producer Jason Blum and star Matthew Lillard said during a panel discussion at the 2025 San Diego Comic Con that ticket sales for the sequel will determine if there will be a Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 — and they’re both game to do it.
“If it’s a hit, they’re gonna make a third movie, and if they make a third movie, I get to kill Mike Schmidt … it’s going to be cinematic magic,” Lillard said during the panel (via Screen Rant), referring to Mike’s fate in the video game canon.
In additon, Blum added during the SDCC panel (via Screen Rant), “If enough people go … we’d be very excited to make a Five Nights at Freddy’s 3.”
Given the big reception of Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 at the domestic box office out of the gate, it appears that Blum and Lillard are already making their dreams of filming Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 a reality.
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is projected to open with $56.5 million in North American ticket sales this weekend after scoring $29.8 million on Friday (including Thursday previews), according to Deadline. The sequel had a production budget of $36 million before prints and advertising, the trade publication noted.
Universal Pictures and Blum’s Blumhouse Pictures clearly had aspirations for a third Five Nights at Freddy’s film even before opening weekend, given that the film has an end-credits scene and post-credits teaser (via Games Radar) that leaves a pair of plotlines open for a potential second sequel.
Rated PG-13, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is new in theaters.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2025/12/06/will-there-be-a-five-nights-at-freddys-3-heres-the-encouraging-news/
