A Quiet Place Part II, the horror sequel about a family evading sound-hunting creatures, earned less than the original worldwide. The original finished near $341M worldwide, while Part II finished near $297.4M. The gap reflects timing, cost, and release strategy more than opening demand. The original opened in April 2018, while the sequel waited a full year through the pandemic for Memorial Day 2021.
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- How did the release dates differ?
- Did opening demand match the original?
- What were the final box-office totals?
- Why was the profit gap larger than the gross gap?
How did the release dates differ?
The original premiered at SXSW on March 9, 2018 and opened in U.S. theaters on April 6, 2018.
Wikipedia places that spring launch as the baseline for the series in the original film overview. Part II premiered in New York on March 8, 2020, then paused for a full year during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rotten Tomatoes dates its eventual release to May 28, 2021 for Memorial Day weekend in the Rotten Tomatoes report.
Did opening demand match the original?
Part II earned about $47.5M in its 3-day domestic opening and about $57M over the 4-day Memorial Day frame. ScreenCrush called that result the largest opening weekend of the pandemic era at the time. That start nearly matched the original's $50.2M 3-day domestic opening in April 2018.
Bounding Into Comics, citing Box Office Pro reporting, presented the comparison as evidence of similar initial demand despite pandemic capacity limits. The closeness matters because theaters were still restricted in many markets in 2021. Strong sequel interest overcame smaller auditoriums and cautious moviegoing.
- Original: about $50.2M in 3 days, April 2018
- Part II: about $47.5M in 3 days, about $57M in 4 days, May 2021
What were the final box-office totals?
The original earned about $188.0M domestically and $341.0M worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo. It did so on a reported $17M production budget, making it a high-return horror release.
Part II finished with $160,072,261 domestically and $297,372,261 worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo in the Box Office Mojo totals. That leaves the sequel about $28M behind domestically and about $43M behind worldwide.
Why was the profit gap larger than the gross gap?
Part II cost a reported $55M to $61M to produce, roughly three times the original budget. Wikipedia summarizes both budgets and grosses in its franchise table. Lower revenue on a much higher cost means a materially smaller margin for Paramount and theater owners.
Paramount also shortened the theatrical run with a 45-day exclusive window before Paramount+ streaming. TheWrap reported that plan as half the traditional 90-day window in TheWrap report. Paramount put Part II on Paramount+ after 45 days, cutting the traditional 90-day exclusive run in half.