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Universal has set a February 14, 2019 wide release date for Happy Death Day 2U, the title of the sequel to the 2017 horror hit from Blumhouse. The studio had staked out the date previously for a Blumhouse horror project and now has made it official. The original Happy Death Day raked in close to $123 million…

EXCLUSIVE: While it’s been inevitable that Blumhouse would go forward with Happy Death Day 2 after the first installment raked in close to $123M worldwide, casting is in place for a production start on May 10. Jessica Rothe is returning for the Christopher Landon-directed sequel as well as Israel Broussard. Fans could…

The hits keep coming for Universal and Blumhouse with Happy Death Day celebrating a $100M global milestone. Including yesterday’s grosses, the latest collaboration between Uni and Jason Blum’s micro-budget specialist Blumhouse has taken in $55.5M domestically and $44.6M at the international box office. Directed by…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: Alcon/Sony's Blade Runner 2049 leads studio movies abroad this session, although it again has butted heads with Chinese comedy success Never Say Die coming in slightly ahead to win the international box office weekend. BR2049 grossed a Sony estimated $29.3M in 64 markets this session, taking its…

Sunday AM writethru after Friday/Saturday post:  A microbudget horror film, Blumhouse/Universal's Happy Death Day, is beating the very expensive sci-fi Alcon Entertainment/Sony sequel Blade Runner 2049‘s second weekend, respectively $26.5M to $15.1M. On some level, the mere result of that has to be a studio marketing…

Universal Pictures and Blumhouse’s new thriller, previously titled Half to Death will be released Friday, the 13th (in Oct. of this year) under the new name Happy Death Day. The film is about a college student (Jessica Rothe) who relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end…