A sequel/reboot of “Final Destination: Bloodlines” relaunches a 25 year old horror franchise in style. Warner Bros/New Line is looking at an over $40 million opening weekend, based on a robust Thurdsay night ($5.5 million) and hefty Friday ($15.5 million more) opening day. Good reviews may give it a boost.

The final tally, provided by The Numbers on Sunday, is a whopping million opening weekend.

The other wide release — “Hurry Up Tomorrow” — isn’t in the same class as that, as pop singer The Weeknd (billed as Abel Tesfaye in the film) rolls out his critically-drubbed Perils of Pop Stardom star vehicle (with Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan) and just over $3 million in ticket sales Wed/Thursday through Sunday.

That won’t crack the five. “The Accountant 2” is still earning nearly $5 million . “Hurry”won’t hit $4 million. Pretty humbling for the self-described “cinephile” Canadian pop star who sang “Call Out My Name.” “Accountant” will probably finish its run @$70 million, all-in. The Weeknd won’t even reach $10 million, serving up the biggest bomb on Jenna Ortega’s resume, I dare say.

The underwhelming “New Avengers” “Thunderbolts*” is still making money, fading at a steady but somewhat steep and predictable rate. It sold another $16.6 million in tickets to take second place, just ahead of “Sinners” ($15.4) which has been out weeks longer.

No way will it match the original, non-comic book derived“Sinners” overall, as “Thunderbolts*” is in Marvel’s “Eternals” territory for underperforming comic book superhero movies. “*” just cleared the $150 million mark. “Sinners” will end Sunday night with over $240 million in the bank.

That stupid “Minecraft” movie cleared another $5.8. “Chicken Jockey” fans have pushed that over the $400 million mark and are still showing up as it finishes its second month in release.

Horror movies used to be money in the bank for even the smallest distributors. The bigger ones — franchise installments — would open in the $25-30 million range, but even middling titles would hit the teens.

This past year saw that reliable audience seem to lose interest, en masse, in visiting the cineplex. A few outliers performed. And then “Sinners” backed into the genre (the vampires are the stupidest element of that) and blew up. And now throwing a decent amount of money and adding horror icon Tony Todd to the “Final Destination” franchise is paying off.

I’ve always had a soft spot for “Final Destination” as a franchise. The original film’s focus on the “I’m going to live forever” heedlessness of youth and “Death’s grand design” as it introduced the elaborate coincidences which the grim reaper sets in motion to take out those perceived to have “cheated death” made it stand out.

Remember how the kids who skipped a class trip that ended in a plane crash? One of them heard a John Denver song on the airport’s Muzak system and noted, “Didn’t John Denver DIE in a plane crash?”

This latest “Final” is more of a comedy, earning decent reviews and I hope to get around to it this weekend myself. But I’m still shaking off the ugly aftertaste of that Weeknd wank of a “Hurry Up and END Already” movie.

Horror has lost some of its audience, but horror franchises go on and on — “Insidious” to “Annabelle,” “Saw” to “Halloween” to “Final Destination.” People like knowing what they’re coming to see more than being shocked and surprised.