The Exorcist: Believer‘s producer, Jason Blum, addresses its launch date change, which was made to keep away from coinciding with the discharge of Taylor Swift’s upcoming live performance movie. After initially being slated to launch on October 13, The Exorcist: Believer will now premiere per week earlier on October 6. It marks the sixth entry within the Exorcist franchise and is a direct sequel to the unique 1973 movie. Within the film, the mother and father of two possessed ladies search assist from Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), the mom of The Exorcist‘s unique topic, Regan (Linda Blair).
In an interview with Leisure Weekly, Blum opened up about The Exorcist: Believer‘s abrupt launch date change. In August, Swift shocked followers by revealing that Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour was coming to theaters on October 13. Although Blum would possibly’ve hoped to see if there could be double characteristic hype between his film and Swift’s, like Barbie and Oppenheimer, he determined to desert the date. Take a look at his assertion under:
The Exorcist: Believer wasn’t the one film to bow to Swift and her fan energy. What Occurs Later and Dumb Cash, amongst others, additionally switched launch dates after the singer’s shock announcement. Swift’s reputation has been skyrocketing just lately, along with her Eras Tour proving sufficiently big to spice up the entire U.S. financial system. Therefore, it’s predicted that her live performance movie may garner not less than $100 million on the field workplace on opening weekend. It appears probably there’s going to be little room on the field workplace for anybody else on the weekend of October 13.
Whereas October 13 was an ideal date for The Exorcist: Believer, its field workplace efficiency probably would’ve been impacted by attempting to compete with Swift. Fortunately, shifting up solely per week doesn’t do a lot to vary its prospects. If it proves a worthy sequel, The Exorcist: Believer may nonetheless break a field workplace file within the franchise. The franchise has confronted sporadic film releases, and because of this it appears attainable for The Exorcist: Believer to nab the most important opening weekend because the unique movie; it’s the primary installment in over ten years, and comes with some buzzworthy expertise hooked up.
Believer is taking a danger by serving as a direct sequel to The Exorcist, an acclaimed film in its personal proper. On the identical time, the danger additionally comes with alternatives for enchancment and to outdo the horror and shock that The Exorcist initially went down in historical past for inducing. Early reactions to The Exorcist: Believer seems to substantiate its deeply chilling premise. With sturdy buzz and Chris MacNeil’s return, anticipation for the movie may be very excessive. Simply because The Exorcist: Believer bowed to Swift when it got here to launch dates doesn’t imply it has to surrender its field workplace ambitions.
Supply: Leisure Weekly