With the Thanksgiving holiday very much in the rearview at this point, TriStar Pictures has made the decision to bring Eli Roth’s slasher Thanksgiving back to theaters this weekend.
Why, you ask? Is it an attempt to drum up interest in the sequel that’s headed our way? Or does TriStar just really, really want the movie to hit $50 million worldwide at the box office?
The likely reason for the post-holiday season re-release is that Roth’s Thanksgiving comes to DVD and Blu-ray on January 30, so a return to theaters could help drum up some additional interest in that physical media release. The film has thus far slashed its way into $31.8 million domestically and $46 million worldwide, so we’ll see how much it gains this weekend.
The film will be playing in a reported 511 theaters across the country this weekend. If you missed it last year on the big screen and regretted it, be sure to correct that mistake!
In Thanksgiving, “After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts – the birthplace of the infamous holiday.”
The cast for Roth’s return to the horror genre includes Patrick Dempsey, Addison Rae, Jalen Thomas Brooks (“Walker”), Milo Manheim (Zombies), Nell Verlaque (“Big Shot”), Gina Gershon (“Chucky”), Tim Dillon and Rick Hoffman (Hostel).
The film is of course a feature length expansion of Roth’s faux Grindhouse trailer.
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