<P> Filming began in June 2017 in Covington, Kentucky, and concluded on July 10, 2017 . </P> <P> On October 12, 2017, Collider reported the film would be released on March 9, 2018, by Aviron Pictures . A teaser trailer for the film was released on November 16, 2017 . The official trailer debuted on January 5, 2018 . </P> <P> In the United States and Canada, The Strangers: Prey at Night was released alongside The Hurricane Heist, Gringo and A Wrinkle in Time, and was projected to gross around $7 million from 2,464 theaters in its opening weekend . It made $4 million on its first day, including $610,000 from Thursday night previews . It went on to debut to $10.4 million, finishing third at the box office behind Black Panther and A Wrinkle in Time . </P> <P> On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 35% based on 86 reviews, and an average rating of 4.8 / 10 . The website's critical consensus reads, "The Strangers: Prey at Night may appeal to fans of the original who've been jonesing for a sequel, but its thin story and ironic embrace of genre tropes add up to a bloody step back ." On Metacritic, which assigns normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 48 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale, down from the "B --" given to the first film . </P>

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