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The Big Picture There’s a silver lining to The First Omen’s otherwise disappointing box office run after all. This weekend — its fourth in theaters — the sixth installment in the long-running horror series passed its first real milestone at the global box office, as it nears the end of its run domestically. The well-reviewed film was originally designed as a streaming project before the positive internal response convinced Disney-owned 20th Century Studios to give it a theatrical debut.
The First Omen has proven to be an even bigger box office under-performer, which is slightly disappointing, considering how well it was received. A prequel to Richard Donner’s classic 1976 The Omen, the film holds an 81% approval rating on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. In his review, Collider’s Ross Bonaime wrote that the film “gets under your skin with uncomfortable scenes that won't leave you any time soon.
It’s always difficult to gauge the success of films that are part of legacy franchises because inflation plays a key role in box office success. But that being said, Donner’s classic made more in 1976 dollars than The First Omen has now. In fact, the 2006 reboot, starring Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles, remains the series’ top-grossing installment, with a global box office haul of $120 million, against a reported budget of $25 million.
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