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NYCC 2026: Blumhouse partners with IDW Publishing for new IDW Dark comics

Posted on October 9, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team Leave a comment

Blumhouse is partnering with IDW Publishing to bring even more spine-tingling terror to the comic book horror imprint IDW Dark.

A stylized letter 'D' with the word 'DARK' integrated into the design, featuring a cracked texture and sharp edges.

The petrifying partnership tears into comic shops late 2027 with the fan-favorite The Purge. Eisner Award-winning writer Dan Watters and artist Juan José Ryp brings the dystopian and compelling premise – a world in which any and all crime, especially murder, is legal one night a year – to the pages of the comics with a gripping new chapter that features all the action, tension, and emotion that fans crave from the thrilling franchise. Following The Purge will be more unforgettable hits from Blumhouse making their comic book debuts with all-new stories, including M3GAN and New York Times best-selling writer Tim Seeley taking a stab at Happy Death Day.

A darkly comedic slasher with a sci-fi twist, Happy Death Day made an undeniable impact on pop culture with its mystery about a murder victim being forced to relive the day of their death over and over again to discover the shocking truth and unmask their killer.

Happy Death Day was written by Scott Lobdell known for writing numerous comics for Marvel, DC, and more. He generally has left the comic industry and was embroiled in controversy for past behavior and comments. Lobdell wrote the original film script though not its sequel Happy Death Day 2U.

Text graphic reading 'HAPPY DEATH DAY' in a dripping red font.

Packed with chills and twisted humor with rich themes, the beloved sci-fi horror M3GAN is the saga of an advanced A.I. doll which takes its good-intentioned programming to extreme and bloody measures.

Jigsaw Wins the Weekend Box Office

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Brett

Did Netflix’s Stranger Things beat the weekend box office? That’s a theory for the down earnings. Which saw one of the worst weekends of the year and $18 million less than last year.

Lionsgate‘s Jigsaw won the weekend earning an estimated $16.25 million. The film is the latest in the Saw franchise. The film has just a $10 million budget so the debut was good but the franchise isn’t debuting with the strength it once had. Internationally the film earned $9.5 million from 46 markets. It still has to debut in Italy, France, Belgium, Australia, and South Korea.

The film had a “B” CinemaScore and was 51% female audience and 52% under the age of 25. Expect the film to drop quickly as far as dollars in but it’ll be a success for Lionsgate.

Lionsgate also had the number two spot with Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween which earned an estimated $10 million. The film has earned $35.5 million domestically on a $25 million budget. The first film had earned $52.5 million at the same point in its run.

Geostorm was in third place and earned an estimated $5.7 million with a domestic total of $23.5 million. The film has also earned $113.4 million at the foreign box office for a total of $137 million from a $120 million budget.

In fourth place was Happy Death Day with an estimated $5.1 million. The film has earned $68.6 million worldwide on a $4.8 million budget. Comic writer Scott Lobdell who penned this film should be very happy with these results.

Rounding out the top five was Blade Runner 2049 which earned an estimated $4 million to bring its domestic total to $81.4 million and $223.4 million worldwide on a $150 million budget. The film debuted in China and didn’t receive the boost it hoped earning just $7.6 million. The film also debuted at #1 in Japan with an estimated $2.7 million.

Thank You For Your Service opened at #6 with an estimated $3.7 million, Suburbicon opened at #9 with a disappointing $2.8 million from 2,046 theaters and Let there be Light debuted at #11 with an impressive $1.9 million from 373 theaters.

The big news though is the debut of Thor: Ragnarok which opened in 36 international markets with $107.6 million. That opening is 4% above Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and 22% above Doctor Strange. The film opens in North American theaters this coming week as well as Germany, Russia, China, Japan, Mexico, Austria, and more (almost 100% of the global marketplace).

In other comic adaptations….

Kingsman: The Golden Circle came in at #14 adding $1.6 million to its total.

We’ll be back in an hour for a deeper dive into this year’s comic adaptations!

Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween Wins the Weekend Box Office

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Brett

Earning an estimated $21.7 million, Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween won the weekend box office with easy, besting the next film by over $8 million. It’s not too surprising at how well the film did as this is the creator’s films tend to open with over $20 million and this is the seventh of eight to do so. It’s unknown how well this film will do as it opened in the middle of the pack for the director’s films. All together, the director’s films have earned almost $1 billion collectively.

In second place was the $120 million budgeted Geostorm which brought in just $13.3 million in its debut weekend. At the foreign box office the film has earned $49.6 million. With poor reviews from both audiences and critics, the movie will need to rely on the foreign box office to make up ground. It opens in China next weekend followed by France and Italy on November 1. The movie’s life hangs in the balance and will likely be decided by the Chinese box office.

Happy Death Day dropped to third place with a 64% drop from its debut weekend. The movie earned an estimated $9.4 million to bring its domestic total to $40.6 million. The film has also earned $12.9 million at the foreign box office for a worldwide total of $53.6 million on a $4.8 million budget.

Blade Runner 2049 came in fourth place adding in $7.2 million to its domestic run to bring it to $74 million. Worldwide the film has earned $194.1 million on a $150 million budget. Adjusting for inflation, domestically the film is about $9 million behind the 1982 original. It debuts in China and Japan next weekend where I expect it to do quite well.

Wrapping up the top five was another new film Only the Brave which opened with an estimated $6 million on a $38 million budget. This was despite positive reviews and an “A” CinemaScore.

Another big opener, The Snowman, opened at #8 with just $3.4 million. Bad reviews all around probably have killed this film.

This past weekend was a week one earning $30 million less than the same weekend last year. October is down about 13% compared to last year.

In comic adaptation news….

Kingsman: The Golden Circle added $3 million to its total to come in at #10 and bringing its domestic total to $94.6 million and $344.8 million worldwide. The film opened in China with $40.3 million an improvement over the original film. The first film brought in about $75 million from the market overall. The sequel lags the first film by about $70 million worldwide but doesn’t open in Japan until January 5. The first film brought in $7.5 million there.

We’ll have a more detailed look at this year’s comic movie releases in an hour.

Scott Lobdell’s Happy Death Day Wins the Weekend Box Office

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Brett

It was a happy weekend for Happy Death Day which topped the box office dethroning Blade Runner 2049, last weekend’s winner. Written by comic writer Scott Lobdell and directed by Christopher B. Landon, the $4.8 million budgeted film earned an estimated $26.5 million at the domestic weekend box office and an additional $5 million at the foreign box office. The film scored a “B” CinemaScore and was 54% female and 46% male of which 63% were under the age of 25. The film should do well and make Universal and Blumhouse a decent amount of change before its run is done.

Blade Runner 2049 dropped to second in its second week adding $15.1 million to its domestic total to bring that to $60.6 million. That film added $29.3 million to its international earnings to bring that to $98 million for a worldwide total of $158.6 million after two weeks on a $150 million budget. The film has yet to open in China and Japan and both of those are on October 27. Expect a big boost that weekend.

The Foreigner debuted in third place with $12.8 million beating expectations. The film has already been open overseas where it has earned $88.4 million on a $35 million budget.

In fourth place was It which added $6.1 million to its domestic total. The film has brought in a monster $314.9 million domestically and $630.6 million worldwide on just a $35 million budget. When 2017 wraps, this will be one of the films people will be studying and trying to repeat.

Rounding out the top five was The Mountain Between Us which added $5.7 million to its domestic total bringing that to $20.5 million. The film has earned $30.2 million worldwide.

Of note for comic fans…

The controversial “biopic” of the creator of Wonder Woman, Professor Marston & the Wonder Women crashed and burned with just $737,000 from 1,229 theaters. That’s just $600 a theater and the 18th worst debut of all-time. The audience was 52% female and 70% over the age of 25. Distribution rights for the US went for $1 million. So… yeah.

We’ll have a deeper dive into this year’s comic adaptations in an hour.