Jason Blum was recently asked about the possibility of Happy 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 Day joined a long list of exciting and interesting Blumhouse horror releases, and while several have seen many sequels, from Insidious to The Purge to Halloween, Happy Death Day has two movies so far.
In an interview with Screen Rant about The Black Phone, Jason Blum talked about Happy Death Day 3 and 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 Day was released in 2017 and the sequel, Happy Death Day 2U came 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 only fun horror comedies but they also feature a great horror movie romance between Tree and Carter Davis (Israel Broussard). After starring in Happy Death Day and Happy Death Day 2U, Jessica Rothe moved on to some genres besides horror. The actor played the romantic lead in the 2018 film Forever My Girl, Julie in the 2020 movie Valley Girl, Jenn Carter in 2020's tearjerker All My Life, and Samantha on the Amazon Prime TV series Utopia.
According to Forbes, while the first movie was a box office success, the sequel grossed less. Happy Death Day made $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 2U made $9.5 million its opening weekend and $14.7 million during the first five days in theaters.
While fans are still waiting for a Happy Death Day 3, there are several exciting 2022 Blumhouse horror releases, from Firestarter to the forthcoming Halloween Ends. They/Them, which features Kevin Bacon in a starring role, will be released in August 2022.
Source: Screen Rant, Forbes