Paramount’s monster movie sequel A Quiet Place 2 is projected for a bigger U.S. box office opening weekend than its predecessor. Directed by John Krasinski (who also costarred), A Quiet Place was a surprise smash-hit back in 2018, earning terrific reviews and grossing $341 million worldwide on a $17 million budget. Unsurprisingly, Paramount confirmed A Quiet Place 2 was in development just a few weeks after the original film hit theaters, with Krasinski returning as a writer and director and reprising his role as Lee Abbott (who died in the first movie) in flashbacks only. Based on the sequel’s early projections, there’s a vey good chance A Quiet Place 3 will eventually come to pass too.

Deadline is reporting A Quiet Place 2 is tracking to open with $60 million in the U.S. during its first weekend of release. That would be a $10 million increase from A Quiet Place’s opening two years ago and could potentially put the sequel in the black - or close to it - within its first three days of release. Of course, that will depend on its official budget, which is expected to be higher than A Quiet Place’s, though not excessively so.

While a $60 million opening would obviously be disappointing for something like an Avengers or Star Wars movie, it’s a great start for a far more modestly-budgeted production like A Quiet Place 2. The monster movie sequel should also benefit from its placement on the 2020 release schedule; Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man (which opens this week) will have already done the vast majority of its damage by the time A Quiet Place 2 arrives, so it shouldn’t really affect the latter’s commercial performance. Similarly, Universal’s postponed satirical thriller The Hunt is due to open a week earlier, but it isn’t projected to leave much of a dent at the box office. As a result, A Quiet Place 2 will more or less have moviegoers who’re in the mood for something on the scarier side all to itself.

Here is the official synopsis for A Quiet Place 2: Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

Source: Deadline

  • A Quiet Place 2 Release Date: 2021-05-28