Blackening brings some elements of blaxploitation with him during the Juneteenth Celebration. Not too shabby at all. The film earned $1 million on Thursday alone and then started to push that over the weekend.

The end result was an impressive $7 million made in a fairly short amount of time. Surely, Lionsgate is happy with what the slasher managed to scare.

Synopsis for Blackening it goes like this:
The Blackening centers around a group of black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize that this is no damn game. Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like A Man, Barbershop) and written and story by Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip, Harlem) and Dewayne Perkins (The Amber Ruffin Show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), The Blackening weaves together genre tropes and asks the sardonic question: If the entire cast of a horror film is Black, who dies first?

The film stars Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, X Mayo, Dewayne Perkins, Antoinette Robertson, Sinqua Walls, with Jay Pharoah and Yvonne Orji.

Blackening it’s in theaters now!