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Winnie The Pooh: Blood & Honey's Box Office Already Continues 1 Big Trend
Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey is in theaters, and it's already continuing one huge box office trend. Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey is one of the weirdest movies of 2023, with the film's bizarre and dark premise making it the topic of loads of conversations online. Surprisingly, Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey has actually been a pretty big success, with its box office showing that one major box office pattern is still going strong.
First announced in May 2022, Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey has captured the minds of the internet due to the film taking the family-friendly Winnie the Pooh franchise and turning it into a gory R-rated horror movie. Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey takes Disney's classic series in a whole new direction, taking advantage of the fact that Pooh and the cast of the Hundred Acre Wood have entered the public domain. Despite the film seeming like a joke at first glance, Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey's box office returns have far exceeded its budget after only a few weeks.
Winnie The Pooh: Blood & Honey Continues Horror's Box Office Success
Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey is only the latest entry in a long line of horror films that have been massive successes throughout 2022 and 2023. Smile, X, Pearl, Nope, Barbarian, The Black Phone, and 2022's Scream are just some examples of the incredibly successful horror films that have dominated 2022's box office, with these films filling in the gaps between tent pole blockbuster releases. The quantity and success of these horror movies have ramped up significantly, with Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey releasing at the perfect time to capitalize on these box office successes.
Unlike some of these larger-budget films, Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey was made on a budget of less than $100,000, making its popularity and success quite surprising. The film is in good company, though, as it comes fresh off the heels of Terrifier 2 and Skinamarink, two successful films that had budgets of $250,000 and $15,000 respectively. Although low-budget movies used to succeed regularly, this has become a rarity in the modern movie industry, making the successes of these horror movies impressive as well as inspirational. Horror is big money right now, and Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey shows just how big it can be.
Why Horror Movies Are Performing So Well At The Box Office
The Winnie the Pooh horror movie exemplifies not only how successful horror movies are, but also why they are successful. Horror movies like Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey, Terrifier 2, Skinamarink, and Barbarian didn't become popular because of massive ad campaigns. Rather, they became popular due to word of mouth. Some of these films have gone viral on social media, with Skinamarink being particularly big on TikTok. These films have relied on strong premises and high-quality filmmaking to capture the minds of some who will then spread it to other potential viewers - and it's paying off.
On top of that, the movie business is just now getting back into full swing post-pandemic, which is another reason that horror movies are doing so well. Horror movies are unique due to them typically having low budgets and quick turnaround times. So, while big blockbusters are making up for COVID delays, Scream 6 is following up Scream 5 after just over a year of production. Many movie studios rely on horror movies for quick easy money, and in an environment where studios are trying to recover from big COVID losses, horror movies come in handy. Luckily, they're paying off big time.
How Much Money Could Winnie The Pooh: Blood & Honey Actually Make?
As of writing this article, Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey has currently made around $550,000 at the box office. However, the film has yet to even have a wide theatrical release, meaning that it will probably make far more money in the future. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey's box office potential has just barely been tapped with its limited release and considering that it's a recognizable franchise, it could be massive when it finally comes out worldwide.
Although it's hard to pinpoint exactly how big Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey will be, but there are some estimates based on other low-budget horror movies. As of writing, Terrifier 2 has made back nearly 60 times its production budget, while Skinamarink has made $2 million on a $15,000 budget, which means that the film has made a whopping 133 times its budget back. Considering that the film is already so hyped, Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey could easily exceed this, possibly having box office numbers in the tens of millions.
