Blumhousemay have just released its first box office success of 2025. The production company first rose to prominence as the team behind theParanormal Activityfranchise, a series of found footage movies that has collectively grossed more than $890 million worldwide. Since then, they have become best known for their horror offerings that typically offer solid return-on-investment from slim budgets such as thePurgemovies, theInsidiousfranchise, and Jordan Peele’sGet Out, which won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
In recent years, otherBlumhouse movieshave become major hits, includingM3GAN($181 million against a $12 million budget),Halloween Kills($133.4 million against $20 million), andFive Nights at Freddy’s($297.1 million against $20 million). However,their track record is not perfect, and they have also put out flops likeAfrAID($13 million against $12 million). They kicked off 2025 with one of these flops, as the Universal monster remakeWolf Man, which was helmed byThe Invisible Man’s Leigh Whannell, only grossed $34.9 million against its $25 million budget.
The Movie Has A Slimmer Budget Than Wolf Man
The Woman in the Yardcould become Blumhouse’s first box office hit of the year. The new movie, which washelmed byOrphanandHouse of Waxdirector Jaume Collet-Serra, follows widowed mother Ramona (Danielle Deadwyler), whose post-car-accident recovery is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious, menacing woman draped in black who sits in her yard and announces that “today’s the day.“TheWoman in the Yardreleasekicked off on a busy weekend at the box office, opposite other new releases such asA Working ManandDeath of a Unicorn.
Jaume Collet-Serra recently directed the smash hit Netflix thrillerCarry-On, which also starred Danielle Deadwyler.
PerDeadline, as of Saturday morning,The Woman in the Yardis projected to earn a 3-day opening weekend total of $9 millionat the domestic box office. It is projected to debut at No. 4 on the domestic chart for the weekend, behindThe Chosen: Last Supper Part 1($12 million),Snow White($13.7 million in weekend 2), andA Working Man($15.6 million). While this opening weekend gross falls belowWolf Man’s debut of $10.9 million, the movie is nevertheless potentially on track to become a solid success because it only comes with a reported $12 million budget.
What This Means For The Woman In The Yard
It Could Have A Bright Future
BecauseThe Woman in the Yardonly cost $12 million and movies typically need to earn back two-and-a-half times their budgets, thismost likely places its break-even point somewhere around $30 million. If it follows the trajectory ofWolf Man, it will most likely earn $28.8 by the end of its run, which would fall just short of that milestone. However,Wolf Manhad an unusually catastrophic week 2 drop of 70.2%, which is something that the new movie could potentially avoid, putting it on track to turn a profit.
