Box office update: Insidious: The Red Door beats Indiana Jones 5, earns over $32 million opening

Sony’s latest film, Insidious: The Red Door, has brought back the footfalls in theatres for the horror genre. Red Door’s opening box office collections stand at $32.65 million, which is the second-best opening in the Insidious franchise’s history. Insidious: Chapter 2 is still the first, with a $40.2 million opening 10 years ago.

Red Door has beaten Harrison Ford’s swan song Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, taking it to second place with a $26.5 million second weekend. Red Door also boasts of the best opening for a PG-13 horror movie post-lockdown.

Sony/Marvel film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, also beat Disney/Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 as the highest-grossing movie of the summer, $357.6 million to $357.5 million.


Insidious: The Red Door has the cast of the original film, including Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, Leigh Whannell and Lin Shaye, with direction by Wilson as his debut. The original factor cast has worked for the audience.

Here’s the BO Report with the first Sunday figures:

1) Insidious: The Red Door by Sony/Blumhouse Productions, released in 3,188 theatres. BO – Friday $15.22m, Saturday $10.1m, Sunday $7.3m. Three-day Total $32.65m – Week 1.

2) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny by Disney, released in 4,600 theatres. BO – Friday $7.6m (-68%), Saturday $10.9m, Sunday $8m. Three-day Total $26.5m (-56%). Total $121.2m – Week 2.

FAQs

Q1:Which Insidious film has the biggest opening?
Insidious Chapter 2 (2013) has so far had the biggest opening in the horror franchise. with $40.2 million. Insidious: The Red Door (2023) has the second biggest opening in the franchise, with $32.65 million.

Q2:Will Insidious be on Netflix?
Insidious: The Red Door will be streaming on Netflix since it has a deal with Sony. The streaming release date of Insidious: The Red Door is not out yet.