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That laughter you hear? It’s not some animatronic bear lurking in the darkness, waiting to scare the snot out of you. It's the sound of a fanbase vindicated. Despite widely withering reviews (including this one from The Daily Beast, and, uh, also this one) and the simultaneous opportunity to stream the film on Peacock, the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie scared up big business over the weekend, earning an unexpectedly robust, record-breaking $78 million in American theaters.