Variety

Box Office: ‘The Black Phone 2’ Makes $2.6 Million in Previews

“The Black Phone 2” is ringing in at the box office this weekend. Blumhouse and Universal’s terrifying sequel has made $2.625 million in Thursday previews. It’s estimated to open with $23 million to ...
Cinema Blend

Black Phone 2 Review: The Grabber Returns For A Scary, Standout Sequel That Gets Better The More I Think About It

Rating: R for strong violent content, gore, teen drug use, and language. Runtime: 114 minutes In fact, Black Phone 2 is Derrickson’s most mature film to date and sits among the few horror sequels that ...
TheWrap

‘Black Phone 2’ Should Snap Blumhouse’s Box Office Losing Streak

Every October brings a major studio horror film, and this year’s offering will be Universal/Blumhouse’s “Black Phone 2,” the sequel to director Scott Derrickson’s 2022 low-budget summer hit that ...
NBC Los Angeles

Horror sequel ‘Black Phone 2' dials up a No. 1 opening at $26.5M

The horror sequel “Black Phone 2” topped the North American box office charts this weekend with $26.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Not only did it surpass the ...
collider

Audiences Hang Up on ‘Black Phone 2’ as Sequel Falls Short of Original at Box Office

Rahul Malhotra is a Weekend News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once. He has been writing for Collider for over two years, and has covered everything ...
New York Post

‘Black Phone 2’ buzzing at the box office — takes first place with over $10M in revenue on opener

It’s off the hook. “Black Phone 2” was all the buzz at the box office this Friday, taking first place with $10.78 million in earnings for its opener, according to The Numbers. The supernatural ...
GameSpot

Walmart's Exclusive 4K Steelbook Edition For Black Phone 2 Looks Incredible

Black Phone 2 releases in theaters this weekend (October 17), but if you already know you want to add it to your physical media collection, Walmart has opened preorders for an exclusive Steelbook ...
GamesRadar+

When is The Black Phone 2 on streaming? Speculation on the potential Peacock release date

Horror Movies New horror sequel The Black Phone 2 just unveiled its popcorn bucket – and it might just be the weirdest (and creepiest) one we've seen yet Horror Movies New horror sequel The Black ...
AZFamily

‘Black Phone 2′ Review: The Grabber returns with a vengeance in this scarier, bloodier sequel

As much as I love to champion original filmmaking, I love me a good sequel idea. Even if it’s all fictional, there’s just something alluring about the thought of “there being more to the story.” No ...
The Daily Beast

‘Black Phone 2’: Ethan Hawke’s Masked Psycho Goes Full Freddy Krueger

The Grabber (Ethan Hawke) is resurrected for more kid-stalking mayhem in Black Phone 2. Yet Scott Derrickson’s icy sequel plays by considerably different rules than its 2021 predecessor. Taking a ...
GamesRadar+

The Black Phone 2 director says there was "a lot of pressure" when creating the Grabber's backstory, and that going more into his history "felt disrespectful to the true ...

Horror Movies Black Phone 2 director says the upcoming sequel is more than just another horror allegory for trauma: "What's more interesting to me are people who've been traumatized" Horror Movies The ...