While Damien Leones horror 3 is only hitting theaters here in the United States tonight – get your tickets now! – The film is already causing a stir after its premiere in France. In fact, it made headlines before its actual release because the classification committee in France literally banned minors from watching horror 3.

As we told you earlier this week, this is the first time since director Darren Lynn Bousman’s release that a horror film has been banned for minors under 18 Saw 3 back in 2006!

The film’s French distributors told us: “We can only regret this unexpected final decision, which will seriously hamper the release of the film, which tens of thousands of French viewers have been waiting for and which is scheduled (and of course kept) for October 9th.” “ horror 3 is an auteur film in the purest tradition of the slasher genre, with completely “grand-guignolesque” and unrealistic violence. The film never takes itself too seriously and we know viewers will have the distance and maturity needed to understand and appreciate this artistic approach.”

Despite all that, Bloody Disgusting learned from it this morning horror 3The French distributors (ESC Éditions, Shadowz Films and Factoris Films) have announced that the ultra-slasher film had a huge premiere in France last night and topped the box office charts at number 1!

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The film recorded 45,000 admissions in France last night on just 126 prints, which Daily Pop says is “a remarkable achievement for a film banned for under-18s.”

horror 3 Top films included The Wild Robot, Joker 2And When autumn comes last night at the French box office, with first-day admissions surpassing previously released horror hits including titanium (13,000 on the first day), Saw X (35 km on the first day) and Smile (33,000 on the first day).

Here in the United States, horror 3 takes up the fight Joker: Folie à Deux The film opens in theaters nationwide tonight, with many networks predicting that the unrated, entirely unrelated slasher sequel will dethrone the film joker Continued at the box office. Stay tuned to know more about it.

In horror 3once again directed by Damien Leone (Terrible, terrible 2), type of clown (David Howard Thornton) will unleash another round of chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they fall asleep peacefully on Christmas Eve.

“After surviving Art the Clown’s Halloween massacre, Sienna and her brother struggle to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to feel the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind them. But just when they think they’re safe, Art the Clown returns, determined to turn their Christmas joy into a new nightmare.

“The holiday season quickly unravels as Art unleashes his twisted brand of terror, proving that no holiday is safe.”

The recurring cast includes Lauren LaVera (Sienna), Samantha Scaffidi (Victoria Heyes), Elliot Fullam (Jonathan Shaw) and AEW Superstar Chris Jericho (Burke), with Daniel RoebuckMakeup effect legend Tom Savini, Jason Patric, Antonella Rose, Krsy Fox, Clint HowardAnd Jon Abrahams also appears in Bloody Disgusting & Cineverse’s horror 3.