Overview

• M3GAN 2.0 opened June 27 to $10.2 million domestically and about $20 million globally, far below the original’s $30.4 million debut and $181.8 million total.
• The film holds a 58 percent critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes and was widely dismissed as uninventive, though it garnered an 82 percent audience score.
• Jason Blum publicly acknowledged that shifting from horror to action-sci-fi and moving into a crowded summer window overestimated the character’s draw.
• Director Gerard Johnstone said an unrated cut with additional footage will arrive when M3GAN 2.0 reaches home media.
• A spin-off titled SOULM8TE remains set for January 9, 2026, even as the future of further mainline sequels remains uncertain.