Saw X has earned the best opening weekend for the franchise in over a decade. The movie, which opened in theaters on September 29, is the tenth entry in the horror franchise, which originally ran from 2004’s Saw through 2010’s Saw: The Final Chapter before it was resurrected in the 2017 legacy sequel Jigsaw and the 2021 soft reboot Spiral: From the Book of Saw. Set between the events of Saw and Saw II, it follows Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) exacting bloody revenge on a team of medical scammers.
Per Deadline, the Saw X box office is projected to earn an opening weekend of $18.6 million. While this is slightly below expectations, it still outgrosses the openings of Spiral ($8.75 million) and Jigsaw ($16.6 million) as well as 2009’s Saw VI ($14.1 million). If these projections hold, it will also open higher than the original Saw ($18.3 million), giving it the sixth-best opening in the franchise overall.
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