Jason Blum was recently asked about the possibility ofHappy Death Day 3,something that fans of the franchise will be curious to hear about. In the first two movies, Jessica Rothe played Tree Gelman, a college student who finds herself in a time loop of the day of her death. After delving into the mystery of Babyface, Tree is back in another time loop in the sequel.
Happy Death Dayjoined a long list of exciting and interesting Blumhouse horror releases, and while several have seen many sequels, fromInsidioustoThe PurgetoHalloween,Happy Death Dayhas two movies so far.
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In an interview withScreen RantaboutThe Black Phone, Jason Blum talked aboutHappy Death Day 3and said, “I’m glad you did, because guess who I had lunch with yesterday? Mr. Christopher Landon. And guess what we discussed?Happy Death Day 3.We discussed it. I’m not saying we’re doing it, but we discussed it.
It was very much on the top of our minds. I’m not saying we’re doing it, but I’m not saying we’re not doing it.”
Happy Death Daywas released in 2017 and the sequel,Happy Death Day 2Ucame out in 2019. The first film grossed $125,479,266 worldwide and the sequel grossed $64,600,152 worldwide. The sequel continues the questions surrounding the killer Babyface, who wears a black cloak and a plastic mask that looks like a baby, and Tree finds herself in another dimension. The sequel delves more into the conventions of time travel.
The movies are not onlyfun horror comediesbut they also feature agreat horror movie romancebetween Tree and Carter Davis (Israel Broussard). After starring inHappy Death DayandHappy Death Day 2U, Jessica Rothe moved on to some genres besides horror. The actor played the romantic lead in the 2018 filmForever My Girl,Julie in the 2020 movieValley Girl, Jenn Carter in 2020’s tearjerkerAll My Life, and Samantha on the Amazon Prime TV seriesUtopia.
According toForbes, while the first movie was a box office success, the sequel grossed less.Happy Death Daymade $55.683 million domestically and had a great opening with $26 million its first weekend in theaters and $11.6 million on day one in theaters.Happy Death Day 2Umade $9.5 million its opening weekend and $14.7 million during the first five days in theaters.
While fans are still waiting for aHappy Death Day 3, there are several exciting2022 Blumhouse horror releases, fromFirestarterto the forthcomingHalloween Ends. They/Them, which features Kevin Bacon in a starring role, will be released in August 2022.
