Returning Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 Star Celebrates Release Date Announcement With Crossover Post

Summary

• December 5, 2025 is announced as the release date for
  Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
  .
• Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
  confirmed to feature Matthew Lillard’s return as a leading cast member.
• The first film in the series earned $291.4M despite a 32% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 star Matthew Lillard celebrates the movie’s release date announcement. Based on the popular video game franchise of the same name, the first Five Nights At Freddy’s movie hit theaters in the fall of 2023. That film featured a leading cast including Lillard, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lali, Piper Rubi, and Mary Stuart Masterson.

Now, Lillard celebrates Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 in a new post. Using the hashtag “#fnaf,” Lillard wrote “I ALWAYS COME BACK,” confirming his return. He also confirmed the release window for Five Nights At Freddy’s 2, writing “December 2025.”

Instead of posting a picture of him in Five Nights At Freddy’s for the post, Lillard decided to make a crossover reference to one of his most notable previous roles. While the actor still wore an outfit that looked close to the Five Nights At Freddy’s creepy animatronics, his getup was fashioned to look like Scooby-Doo. This point was emphasized by Lillard standing next to a Scooby-Doo statue. One of Lillard’s most notable roles was playing Shaggy in the live-action Scooby-Doo films Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, and voiced the character in a number of the animated entities.

Can Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 Match The Success of the First Film?

Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 just confirmed its release date this week, setting it for December 5, 2025. The film was officially announced in April 2024, several months after the release of the 2023 horror film Five Nights at Freddy’s. The first movie came out on October 27, 2023, so there will have been just over two years between the first and second films.

Five Nights At Freddy’s was a huge box office success when it released in 2023. Despite getting a 32% score on Rotten Tomatoes, Five Nights At Freddy’s had massive box office returns. The film brought in $291.4 million worldwide, which represented grand returns on its estimated $20 million budget. An additionally impressive fact about its theatrical run was that the film was released synchronously on Peacock, thus managing to draw big crowds despite being available on streaming.

Given how well the first Five Nights At Freddy’s film did in theaters, there will be a lot of pressure to perform for Five Nights At Freddy’s 2. The film is positioned in an interesting place, as the critical failure of the first movie would suggest that its sequel should spend the time over the next year to make a better-crafted horror film. That said, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 does not want to risk losing the campy and ridiculous qualities that brought audiences to theaters for Five Nights At Freddy’s.

Source: Matthew Lillard / Instagram