Final Destination Bloodlines

{{Short description|2025 American supernatural horror film}}

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| image = Final Destination Bloodlines (2025) poster.jpg

| alt = A poster depicting the skull erupting in a fiery explosion atop the tower. A title and the release date is shown, underneath a small tagline reading: "Death runs in the family."

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| based_on = {{based on|Characters|Jeffrey Reddick}}

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  • Sheila Hanahan Taylor
  • Jon Watts
  • Dianne McGunigle
  • Toby Emmerich

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| cinematography = Christian Sebaldt

| editing = Sabrina Pitre

| music = Tim Wynn

| runtime = 110 minutes{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2025|title=Final Destination: Bloodlines (15) |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/final-destination-bloodlines-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdi3otax|access-date=April 2, 2025 |publisher=BBFC|archive-date=April 3, 2025|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20250403094704/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/final-destination-bloodlines-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmdi3otax|url-status=live}}

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| language = English

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| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures

| released = {{Film date|2025|5|16}}

| budget = $50 million{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=May 14, 2025 |title=Box Office: 'Final Destination Bloodlines' Aims for $40 Million Debut, The Weeknd's 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' May Fizzle With $5 Million |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/final-destination-hurry-up-tomorrow-box-office-opening-1236396593/ |access-date=May 15, 2025 |archive-date=May 14, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514163842/https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/final-destination-hurry-up-tomorrow-box-office-opening-1236396593/|url-status=live|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

| gross = $234.9 million{{Cite Box Office Mojo |title=Final Destination Bloodlines|id=9619824 |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=June 4, 2025 |archive-date=May 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520232307/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt9619824/ |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite The Numbers |title=Final Destination Bloodlines (2025) – Financial Information |id=Final-Destination-Bloodlines-(2025) |website=The Numbers |access-date=June 4, 2025|archive-date=May 26, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250526222027/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Final-Destination-Bloodlines-(2025)|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}

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Final Destination Bloodlines is a 2025 American supernatural horror film directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein from a screenplay by Guy Busick and Lori Evans Taylor, based on a story by Jon Watts, Busick, and Evans Taylor. It is the sixth installment in the Final Destination film series. The film stars Kaitlyn Santa Juana as a college student who inherits visions of a previous premonition that averted a deadly structural failure in 1968 from her dying grandmother and is warned that Death is coming for her family. Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Brec Bassinger, and Tony Todd appear in supporting roles.

After the commercial success of Final Destination 5 (2011), a new film entered development, described as a "re-imagining" of the franchise. In March 2020, series producer Craig Perry said the film would be set "in the world of first responders" and in October that year, series creator Jeffrey Reddick confirmed it was the sixth film in the franchise. In January 2022, the film was planned to be released on the streaming service HBO Max, with Lipovsky and Stein as directors and Busick joining Taylor as co-writer for the film. In March 2024, Warner Bros. Pictures announced that the film would instead receive a theatrical release. Filming took place in Vancouver from March to May 2024, following delays due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Final Destination Bloodlines was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on May 16, 2025. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and has grossed $234.9 million worldwide, becoming the best-reviewed and highest-grossing installment in the franchise, and the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2025.

Plot

In 1968, Iris Campbell and her fiancé Paul attend the opening ceremony of the Sky View, a high-rise restaurant tower. At the dance party, Iris has a premonition of a chandelier's shard cracking the glass floor beneath the guests while a gas leak ignites, collapsing the tower and killing everyone.

In the present, Iris's granddaughter, college student Stefani Reyes, suffers from recurring nightmares about the collapse. Realizing that the nightmares are linked to Iris, she returns home seeking answers and is greeted by her father Marty and estranged brother Charlie. The siblings visit their uncle Howard, aunt Brenda, and cousins Erik, Julia, and Bobby. When Stefani asks Howard about Iris, he explains that Iris subjected him and Stefani's mother Darlene to an overprotective upbringing and became reclusive, causing Darlene to abandon the family. Brenda helps Stefani find letters from Iris, which leads her to a fortified cabin where Iris now lives.

Terminally ill, Iris tells Stefani she disrupted Death's design by preventing the tower's collapse, saving the lives of everyone there that night. As a result, Death began killing the survivors in the order they would've died at the Sky View, along with their respective descendants. Paul later died in an accident, prompting Iris to document Death's behavior in a book and live in isolation to prevent it from going after her family. Though Stefani is skeptical, Iris leaves the cabin to give her the book and allows herself to be impaled by a weather vane to prove her claims.

After Iris' funeral, Darlene returns, but Stefani resents her for being absent since childhood. Stefani reads Iris' book and sees a reference to "JB", who found someone that defeated Death. During a family barbecue, a chain reaction causes Howard to be killed by a lawnmower. After Howard's funeral, another chain reaction causes a fire at Erik's tattoo shop, but he survives due to his leather clothing. Stefani and Charlie meet Erik on the road the following day to try and protect him, but Julia is then crushed to death by a garbage truck's compactor. The family realizes that Death is coming for them in order of age, starting with Howard's branch of the family before moving onto Darlene's. Marty and Brenda are spared, as they are not blood relatives, and Erik was spared due to being the result of Brenda's adultery and therefore not a member of Iris's bloodline.

Darlene suggests visiting "JB" at a hospital, who turns out to be William Bludworth. Present at the Sky View as a child and the last to die in the premonition, he reveals that he has spent most of his life exchanging ideas with Iris to learn Death's rules. He explains to the family that there are two ways to defeat Death: taking another life{{efn|As depicted in Final Destination 5 (2011)}} or dying and being revived, citing Kimberly Corman as a successful example.{{efn|As depicted in Final Destination 2 (2003)}} Retiring from his job as the mortician, Bludworth leaves the hospital expecting to succumb to his own illness after Iris' bloodline dies, and wishes the family luck before departing.

Erik convinces Bobby to employ Bludworth's second strategy, giving Bobby a snack containing nuts to trigger a fatal allergic reaction and be subsequently revived. The plan backfires when a malfunctioning MRI machine rips out Erik's piercings, pulls him in, and impales him with a wheelchair. A coil from a vending machine is then launched and drilled into Bobby's head. Despite Erik seemingly being safe, Stefani reasons that his intervention trying to help Bobby put him on the list too. Stefani, Charlie and Darlene decide to drive to Iris's cabin, intending to hide from Death. The RV crashes, and Stefani's seatbelt jams. The cabin explodes after a chain reaction, sending the RV into water as Stefani begins to drown. Darlene saves Charlie and pleads with him to rescue Stefani before a lamp post crushes her. Charlie breaks the seatbelt and successfully resuscitates Stefani with CPR.

One week later, the father of Charlie's prom date tells the siblings that Stefani's heart never stopped, meaning she was not dead when Charlie revived her. Soon after, a log-carrying train derails into the neighborhood, and its cargo crushes and kills Stefani and Charlie.

Cast

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  • Kaitlyn Santa Juana as Stefani Reyes, a college student haunted by nightmares of a 1968 tower collapse{{Cite web |last=Montemayor |first=Cece |date=March 25, 2025 |title=The Scariest & Most Iconic Final Destination Death Sequence Is Officially Back After 22 Years |url=https://screenrant.com/final-destination-bloodlines-log-truck-reference-factoid/ |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=ScreenRant|archive-date=March 25, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250325235047/https://screenrant.com/final-destination-bloodlines-log-truck-reference-factoid/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=May 9, 2025 |title=Making Of Final Destination Bloodlines - Behind The Scenes (2025) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt4zjmVhfM4 |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=YouTube |archive-date=May 14, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514101208/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Mt4zjmVhfM4&list=PLxpM3Pm2eHogqU2mg9JjVyFzn8GVEE9pp&index=168&pp=gAQBiAQB |url-status=live }}
  • Teo Briones as Charlie Reyes, Stefani's younger brother{{Cite web |last=Cruz |first=Hazel Jane |title=Final Destination: Bloodline releases spine-chilling trailer |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/lifestyle/news/121206/final-destination-bloodline-releases-spine-chilling-trailer/story |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=www.gmanetwork.com|archive-date=March 26, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250326122155/https://www.gmanetwork.com/lifestyle/news/121206/final-destination-bloodline-releases-spine-chilling-trailer/story|url-status=live}}
  • Richard Harmon as Erik Campbell, one of Stefani's cousins
  • Owen Patrick Joyner as Bobby Campbell, one of Stefani's cousins
  • Rya Kihlstedt as Darlene Campbell, Stefani and Charlie's estranged mother and Iris's daughter
  • Anna Lore as Julia Campbell, one of Stefani's cousins
  • Gabrielle Rose as Iris Campbell, Stefani's grandmother who had a premonition in 1968
  • Brec Bassinger as a young Iris{{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Ridhika |date=March 26, 2025 |title=Final Destination Bloodlines Official Trailer: Release Date |url=https://www.takeonedigitalnetwork.com/final-destination-bloodlines-official-trailer/ |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=Take One|archive-date=March 26, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250326121711/https://www.takeonedigitalnetwork.com/final-destination-bloodlines-official-trailer/|url-status=live}}
  • Tony Todd as William Bludworth
  • Jayden Oniah as a young William
  • Tinpo Lee as Marty Reyes, Stefani's father
  • April Telek as Brenda Campbell, Stefani's aunt
  • Alex Zahara as Howard Campbell, Stefani's uncle and Iris's son
  • Max Lloyd-Jones as Paul Campbell, Iris's husband
  • Brenna Llewellyn as Val, Stefani's college roommate

Yvette Ferguson, Mark Brandon, Natasha Burnett, Travis Turner, Bernard Cuffling and Noah Bromley appear as survivors of the Sky View tower collapse.{{Cite magazine |last=Miller |first=Mike |date=May 5, 2025 |title=Final Destinations Bloodlines directors say they broke the world record for oldest person set on fire |url=https://ew.com/final-destinations-bloodlines-directors-broke-world-record-oldest-person-set-fire-exclusive-11726408 |access-date=May 7, 2025 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=May 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250507050623/https://ew.com/final-destinations-bloodlines-directors-broke-world-record-oldest-person-set-fire-exclusive-11726408 |url-status=live }}

Production

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| footer = Filmmaker Jon Watts produced and conceived the story for the sixth installment, and chose directing duo Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein to helm the film from over 200 candidates.

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Before the release of Final Destination 5 in 2011, Final Destination series actor Tony Todd said that if the film were to be successful, two sequels would be filmed back-to-back.{{cite web |date=January 31, 2011 |author=thehorrorchick |title=Exclusive: Tony Todd Talks Final Destination 5! Parts 6 and 7 Already in the Cards? |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/22053/exclusive-tony-todd-talks-final-deatination-5-parts-6-and-7-already-in-the-cards/ |work=Dread Central |access-date=December 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241118015558/https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/22053/exclusive-tony-todd-talks-final-deatination-5-parts-6-and-7-already-in-the-cards/ |archive-date=November 18, 2024 |url-status=live}} In January 2019, New Line Cinema announced a new installment was in development.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/final-destination-reboot-works-saw-writers-1175489/ |title=Final Destination Reboot in the Works With Saw Franchise Writers (Exclusive) |date=January 11, 2019 |first=Borys |last=Kit |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627221305/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/final-destination-reboot-works-saw-writers-1175489/ |url-status=live}} Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan wrote the initial script, described as a "re-imagining" of the franchise; they ultimately received off-screen credits for additional literary material.{{Cite web |date=October 15, 2024 |title=Final Destination: Bloodlines |url=https://directories.wga.org/project/1211341/final-destination-bloodlines |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215045309/https://directories.wga.org/project/1211341/final-destination-bloodlines |archive-date=December 15, 2024 |access-date=November 14, 2024 |website=Writers Guild of America West}} In March 2020, series producer Craig Perry said the film would be set "in the world of first responders" and feature EMTs, firefighters, and police officers. When asked if it was in the same canon as the previous installments, he said, "Reboot is probably too strong of a word ... it makes it sound like they're going to change everything, but it's definitely a Final Destination movie".{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a31401903/final-destination-6-plot/ |title=Final Destination producer teases details about new movie |date=March 14, 2020 |first=Ian |last=Sandwell |website=Digital Spy |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131031059/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a31401903/final-destination-6-plot/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://culturedvultures.com/interview-final-destination-jeffrey-reddick-dont-look-back/ |title=Interview: Final Destination Creator Jeffrey Reddick Discusses Don't Look Back |date=October 5, 2020 |first=Natasha |last=Alvar |website=Cultured Vultures |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-date=October 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014225132/https://culturedvultures.com/interview-final-destination-jeffrey-reddick-dont-look-back/ |url-status=live}}

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In October 2021, Lori Evans Taylor was reported to be the new writer for the film.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/melissa-barrera-bed-rest-thriller-movie-stx-1234861977/ |title=STX Takes Global On Melissa Barrera Thriller Bed Rest From Lori Evans Taylor |date=October 25, 2021 |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211113402/https://deadline.com/2021/10/melissa-barrera-bed-rest-thriller-movie-stx-1234861977/ |url-status=live}} In January 2022, HBO Max announced it would distribute the film, Jon Watts joined the project as a producer, and Taylor was confirmed to have written the screenplay alongside Guy Busick.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/final-destination-relaunch-hbo-max-spider-man-director-jon-watts-1235072801/ |title=Spider-Man Director Jon Watts to Produce Final Destination Relaunch for New Line, HBO Max |date=January 11, 2022 |first=Borys |last=Kit |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131003746/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/final-destination-relaunch-hbo-max-spider-man-director-jon-watts-1235072801/ |url-status=live}} That July, Reddick revealed the film would differ from the franchise's formula.{{cite web |last=Mantilla |first=Ryan |url=https://collider.com/final-destination-6-formula-jeffrey-reddick-comments/ |title=Final Destination 6: Jeffrey Reddick Reveals Film Won't Follow Usual Formula |date=July 2, 2022 |website=Collider |accessdate=September 23, 2022 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923211010/https://collider.com/final-destination-6-formula-jeffrey-reddick-comments/ |url-status=live}} In September that year, Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein were selected from over two hundred candidates to direct the film. During a meeting with executives and producers from New Line to make their pitch, Lipovsky and Stein staged a freak accident like the ones in the films at the end of the call; insiders said the joke, which featured a combination of prerecorded footage and visual effects and demonstrated the filmmakers' passion for the film, got them hired.{{cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/final-destination-6-directors-found-1235226307/ |title=Final Destination 6 Finds Its Directors in Freaks Filmmakers (Exclusive) |date=September 23, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=September 23, 2022 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923195734/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/final-destination-6-directors-found-1235226307/ |url-status=live}} In September 2023, Todd officially signed on to reprise his role as William Bludworth. The film explores the character's backstory.{{Cite web |last=DiVincenzo |first=Alex |date=September 13, 2023 |title=Final Destination 6 – Horror Icon Tony Todd Will Return! |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3778611/final-destination-6-horror-icon-tony-todd-will-return/ |access-date=September 13, 2023 |website=Bloody Disgusting |archive-date=February 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214033147/https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3778611/final-destination-6-horror-icon-tony-todd-will-return/ |url-status=live}} Despite Todd's death in November 2024, Warner Bros. confirmed that he had shot all of his scenes for the film.{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=John |date=February 4, 2025 |title=Final Destination Bloodlines – Tony Todd Confirmed for Franchise Return |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3853391/final-destination-bloodlines-tony-todd-confirmed-for-franchise-return/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208234549/https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3853391/final-destination-bloodlines-tony-todd-confirmed-for-franchise-return/ |archive-date=February 8, 2025 |access-date=February 5, 2025 |website=Bloody Disgusting}} In March 2024, it was announced that the film would be released in theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures in 2025.{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Ryan |title=Final Destination: Bloodlines Begins Filming |url=https://www.fangoria.com/original/final-destination-bloodlines-begins-filming/ |website=Fangoria |date=March 5, 2024 |access-date=March 5, 2024 |archive-date=March 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306013832/https://www.fangoria.com/original/final-destination-bloodlines-begins-filming/ |url-status=live}} Most of the cast was also revealed.{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=March 28, 2024 |title=Final Destination: Bloodlines Finds Cast with Brec Bassinger, Teo Briones, Kaitlyn Santa Juana (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/final-destination-bloodlines-cast-revealed-1235862115/ |access-date=March 28, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328212459/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/final-destination-bloodlines-cast-revealed-1235862115/ |url-status=live}} 71-year-old stuntwoman Yvette Ferguson came out of retirement for a fire stunt in the premonition scene, which director Lipovsky believes to be a world record for the oldest person set on fire on camera.

Principal photography was scheduled to take place in Vancouver, British Columbia, from July to October 2023,{{Cite web |title=British Columbia In Production |url=https://www.creativebc.com/services/provincial-film-commission/in-production/ |access-date=May 18, 2023 |website=Creative BC Film Commission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519022719/https://www.creativebc.com/services/provincial-film-commission/in-production |archive-date=May 19, 2023}} but in mid-July, production was delayed due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.{{Cite web |last=Nemiroff |first=Perri |date=August 3, 2023 |title=Final Destination 6 Is Ready to Go After the Strike, According to Franchise Creator |url=https://collider.com/final-destination-6-update-jeffrey-reddick-comments/ |access-date=August 4, 2023 |website=Collider |archive-date=January 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113000602/https://collider.com/final-destination-6-update-jeffrey-reddick-comments/ |url-status=live}} With Christian Sebaldt as cinematographer, filming instead took place in Vancouver from March 4 to May 13, 2024.{{Cite web |date=April 19, 2024 |title=DGC BC Production List |url=https://www.dgc.ca/en/british-columbia/productions |access-date=May 8, 2024 |website=Directors Guild of Canada |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419000000/https://www.dgc.ca/en/british-columbia/productions |archive-date=April 19, 2024 }} [https://sadgcprod.blob.core.windows.net/public/britishcolumbia/production%20list2024-04-19T23-45-20-377Z.pdf Alt URL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109043033/https://sadgcprod.blob.core.windows.net/public/britishcolumbia/production%20list2024-04-19T23-45-20-377Z.pdf |date=November 9, 2024 }} Tim Wynn was hired to compose the score by December 2024.{{cite web |date=December 17, 2024 |title=Tim Wynn Scoring Zach Lipovsky's & Adam B. Stein's Final Destination: Bloodlines |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/12/17/tim-wynn-scoring-zach-lipovskys-adam-b-steins-final-destination-bloodlines/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241219101720/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/12/17/tim-wynn-scoring-zach-lipovskys-adam-b-steins-final-destination-bloodlines/ |archive-date=December 19, 2024 |access-date=December 26, 2024 |website=Film Music Reporter}}

Music

= Soundtrack =

The soundtrack to Final Destination Bloodlines was released by Lakeshore Records on the same day as the film's release. The soundtrack contains 32 tracks composed by Tim Wynn. It is the third Final Destination soundtrack album to be released.

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(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

| type = Film score

| artist = Tim Wynn

| cover = Final Destination Bloodlines OST cover.jpg

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| released = May 16, 2025

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| length = 65:58

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| prev_year = 2011

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Commercial songs from the film, but not on the soundtrack{{Cite web |last=Starkey |first=Adam |date=May 15, 2025 |title=Every song on the 'Final Destination Bloodlines' soundtrack |url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/final-destination-bloodlines-soundtrack-3862277 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515194319/https://www.nme.com/news/film/final-destination-bloodlines-soundtrack-3862277 |archive-date=May 15, 2025 |access-date=May 20, 2025 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}

= Score =

The album contains 32 cues composed by Tim Wynn.{{Citation |title=Final Destination: Bloodlines (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Tim Wynn on Apple Music |date=May 16, 2025 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/final-destination-bloodlines-original-motion-picture/1811448086 |access-date=May 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250518205351/https://music.apple.com/us/album/final-destination-bloodlines-original-motion-picture/1811448086 |archive-date=May 18, 2025 |url-status=live |publisher=Apple Music |language=en-GB}}

  1. "Bloodlines (End Titles)" (1:45)
  2. "Elevator Ride" (1:46)
  3. "The MRI" (2:25)
  4. "We Can't Give In" (1:46)
  5. "Bludworth's Goodbye" (2:45)
  6. "Bludworth" (2:43)
  7. "Escape to the Compound" (1:36)
  8. "Two of Us" (2:30)
  9. "The Plan" (1:45)
  10. "Waterworld" (2:44)
  11. "Seeing is Believing" (1:50)
  12. "The Skyview" (1:29)
  13. "Lawnmower Man" (2:00)
  14. "Drive to Iris" (1:34)
  15. "Meet Bludworth" (1:08)
  16. "I See You" (1:33)
  17. "Decoding Iris' Book" (1:23)
  18. "Connecting the Dots" (4:13)
  19. "Resurrection" (3:19)
  20. "I Screwed Up the Order" (3:03)
  21. "Tower of Terror" (2:21)
  22. "Tempting Death" (1:43)
  23. "Technically You Weren't Dead" (1:15)
  24. "Graveyard" (2:02)
  25. "Recycling" (1:11)
  26. "Your Plan is Nuts" (2:06)
  27. "Premonition" (1:01)
  28. "The Book" (1:42)
  29. "Psycho Grandma" (1:46)
  30. "The Collapse" (1:05)
  31. "Look After Paco" (1:38)
  32. "The Compound" (2:02)
  33. "End Credits Suite" (5:13)

Release

Final Destination Bloodlines was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on May 16, 2025, and it was released internationally two days prior to its official U.S. release.{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/final-destination-bloodlines-flowervale-street-animal-friends-release-dates-1236198323/ |title=Warner Bros Dates Final Destination: Bloodlines, Animal Friends; Pushes Anne Hathaway & Ewan McGregor Pic Flowervale Street To 2026 |website=Deadline Hollywood |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |date=December 9, 2024 |access-date=December 9, 2024 |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209163721/https://deadline.com/2024/12/final-destination-bloodlines-flowervale-street-animal-friends-release-dates-1236198323/ |url-status=live}} The movie was filmed for IMAX and was released in both IMAX and standard formats.{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=John |date=August 12, 2024 |title=Final Destination: Bloodlines Will Be a Theatrical (and IMAX) Release |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3825428/final-destination-bloodlines-will-be-a-theatrical-and-imax-release/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813023601/https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3825428/final-destination-bloodlines-will-be-a-theatrical-and-imax-release/ |archive-date=August 13, 2024 |access-date=August 13, 2024 |website=Bloody Disgusting}} A double-bill special screening was shown in select theaters on May 9 and 10, a week before the film's release, which included the original 2000 film.{{Cite web |date=May 4, 2025 |title='Final Destination Bloodlines' holds sneak previews on May 9 & 10 |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-entertainment/2025/05/04/2440411/final-destination-bloodlines-holds-sneak-previews-may-9-10/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250504021723/https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-entertainment/2025/05/04/2440411/final-destination-bloodlines-holds-sneak-previews-may-9-10/amp/ |archive-date=May 4, 2025 |access-date=May 6, 2025 |website=The Philippine Star |language=en-US}} A prank screening was held on Mother's Day, with the film being retitled to Love at the Sky View; filmgoers watched the film with their mothers, who were under the assumption it was a romantic comedy.{{cite web |last1=DiVincenzo |first1=Alex |title=Warner Bros. Tricked Moms Into Seeing Final Destination Bloodlines |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3867953/warner-bros-tricked-moms-into-seeing-final-destination-bloodlines-video/ |website=Bloody Disgusting |publisher=Cineverse |access-date=May 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514104312/https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3867953/warner-bros-tricked-moms-into-seeing-final-destination-bloodlines-video/ |archive-date=May 14, 2025 |date=May 12, 2025 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Garside |first1=Megan |title=Final Destination Bloodlines played the cruellest trick on some unsuspecting movie fans |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/horror-movies/final-destination-bloodlines-played-the-cruellest-trick-on-some-unsuspecting-movie-fans/ |website=GamesRadar+ |publisher=Future plc |access-date=May 20, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250513122832/https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/horror-movies/final-destination-bloodlines-played-the-cruellest-trick-on-some-unsuspecting-movie-fans/ |archive-date=May 13, 2025 |date=May 13, 2025 |url-status=live}}

The film's trailer was released on March 25, 2025, across 65 markets and was available in 44 different language versions. As calculated by WaveMetrix, it garnered 178.7 million views worldwide within the first 24 hours, making it the second most-watched horror film trailer (behind New Line's It with 200 million views).{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=March 27, 2025 |title=Final Destination: Bloodlines With 178M+ Global Views Is 2nd Most Watched Horror Trailer Of All-Time |url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/final-destination-bloodlines-trailer-traffic-record-1236352587/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250328022055/https://deadline.com/2025/03/final-destination-bloodlines-trailer-traffic-record-1236352587/ |archive-date=March 28, 2025 |access-date=March 27, 2025 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}

On May 19, 2025, the ceiling of the movie theater Cinema Ocho in La Plata, Argentina, collapsed while screening the film, injuring one moviegoer. No deaths were reported.{{Cite news |title=Movie Theater Ceiling Collapses During Final Destination: Bloodlines Screening |url=https://people.com/movie-theater-ceiling-collapses-during-final-destination-bloodlines-screening-11741590 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250525232606/https://people.com/movie-theater-ceiling-collapses-during-final-destination-bloodlines-screening-11741590 |archive-date=May 25, 2025 |access-date=May 25, 2025 |website=People (magazine)}}

The film is scheduled to be released digitally on June 17. 2025.{{cite web |title=Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025) |url=https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/11705/final-destination-bloodlines |website=DVDs Release Dates |access-date=2 June 2025}}

Reception

= Box office =

{{As of|2025|06|04|df=US}}, Final Destination Bloodlines has grossed $116 million in the United States and Canada, and $118.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $234.9 million.

In the United States and Canada, Bloodlines was released alongside Hurry Up Tomorrow and was projected to gross $35–40 million from 3,523 theaters in its opening weekend.{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=May 14, 2025 |title=Final Destination: Bloodlines Making Beeline To Record $35M-$40M Franchise Opening – Box Office Preview |url=http://deadline.com/2025/05/final-destination-bloodlines-hurry-up-tomorrow-box-office-1236397154/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514181931/http://deadline.com/2025/05/final-destination-bloodlines-hurry-up-tomorrow-box-office-1236397154/ |archive-date=May 14, 2025 |access-date=May 14, 2025 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} The film made $21 million on its first day, including an estimated $5.5 million from Thursday night previews.{{Cite web |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |date=May 16, 2025 |title=Box Office: Final Destination Bloodlines Makes $5.5 Million in Previews |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/box-office-final-destination-bloodlines-previews-1236399138/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250516155132/https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/box-office-final-destination-bloodlines-previews-1236399138/ |archive-date=May 16, 2025 |access-date=May 16, 2025 |work=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=May 17, 2025 |title=Final Destination: Bloodlines Coursing To Franchise-Best $51M Bow; Nobody Is Rushing To Hurry Up Tomorrow – Sunday AM Box Office Update |url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/box-office-final-destination-bloodlines-1236400414/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250516150201/https://deadline.com/2025/05/box-office-final-destination-bloodlines-1236400414/ |archive-date=May 16, 2025 |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}} It went on to debut to $51.6{{nbsp}}million, finishing first at the box office.{{cite web |title=Domestic 2025 Weekend 20 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2025W20/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250518204750/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/2025W20/ |archive-date=May 18, 2025 |access-date=May 20, 2025 |website=Box Office Mojo}} Its opening weekend was the biggest for the franchise, even adjusted for inflation,{{Cite web |last=Fuster |first=Jeremy |date=May 18, 2025 |title='Final Destination: Bloodlines' Keeps Warner Bros. Flying High With $51 Million Box Office Opening |url=https://www.thewrap.com/final-destination-bloodlines-box-office-51-million-opening/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250518204237/https://www.thewrap.com/final-destination-bloodlines-box-office-51-million-opening/ |archive-date=May 18, 2025 |access-date=May 18, 2025 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}} besting The Final Destination ($27.4{{nbsp}}million opening weekend in 2009).{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=J. Kim |date=May 17, 2025 |title=Box Office: 'Final Destination Bloodlines' Logs Franchise-Best $21 Million Opening Day, 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' Slow Down in Sixth |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/box-office-final-destination-hurry-up-tomorrow-1236401306/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250517161027/https://variety.com/2025/film/news/box-office-final-destination-hurry-up-tomorrow-1236401306/ |archive-date=May 17, 2025 |access-date=May 17, 2025 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} The film made $19.3 million in its second weekend (a 63% drop) and $10.8 million in its third, finishing in third and fourth place, respectively behind Karate Kid: Legends, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning and Lilo & Stitch.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lilo-stitch-record-memorial-day-box-office-mission-impossible-1236230769/|title='Lilo & Stitch' Sews Up Record $182.7M at Memorial Day Box Office, 'Mission: Impossible' Nabs Series-Best $79M|first=Pamela|last=McClintock|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 27, 2025|accessdate=May 27, 2025}}{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=June 1, 2025 |title='Lilo & Stitch' Kicks Up $63M Second Weekend, 'Mission Impossible 8' $27M+, 'Karate Kid: Legends' At $21M – Box Office Update|url=https://deadline.com/2025/06/box-office-lilo-stitch-karate-kid-bring-her-back-1236414174/ |access-date=June 1, 2025 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}

= Critical response =

The film became the best-reviewed installment in the franchise.{{Cite web |title=Final Destination Movies, Ranked By Tomatometer |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/final-destination/ |access-date=May 15, 2025|archive-date=May 14, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514062621/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/final-destination/|url-status=live|website=Rotten Tomatoes|language=en-US}} {{RT prose|92||194|Adding some surprising emotional layers onto the ghoulish bones of Final Destination{{'s}} mythology, Bloodlines ingeniously executes grisly set pieces with precision and turns impending doom into outrageous fun.|ref=y|access-date=June 2, 2025|archive-date=May 22, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522003919/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/final_destination_bloodlines|url-status=live}} {{MC film|73|35|ref=y|access-date=May 20, 2025|archive-date=May 18, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250518130014/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/final-destination-bloodlines/|url-status=live}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those surveyed by PostTrak gave it an average four out of five stars, with 69% saying they would definitely recommend the film.

Todd Gilchrist of Variety called the film "clever, unpredictable and fun" and praised Todd's performance as "a tender tribute to the horror luminary and retroactive connective tissue between the franchise's disparate chapters".{{Cite web |last=Gilchrist |first=Todd |date=May 13, 2025 |title='Final Destination Bloodlines' Review: A Silly But Satisfyingly Homicidal Series Of Unfortunate Events |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/final-destination-bloodlines-review-tony-todd-1236396587/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514184948/https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/final-destination-bloodlines-review-tony-todd-1236396587/ |archive-date=May 14, 2025 |access-date=May 15, 2025 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the film "gives its audiences exactly what they expect. Namely, a series of ingeniously designed, diabolical Rube Goldberg-style fatalities that are mostly so within the realm of possibility that you'll find yourself crossing the street very carefully after you leave the theater". He also praised Todd's appearance as "a poignant reminder that in real life, as in these movies, death comes for everybody".{{Cite web |last=Scheck |first=Frank |date=May 13, 2025 |title='Final Destination Bloodlines' Review: Sixth Installment Is a Blast of Sadistic Fun |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/final-destination-bloodlines-review-1236214028/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515170621/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/final-destination-bloodlines-review-1236214028/ |archive-date=May 15, 2025 |access-date=May 15, 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

Future

Stein noted that the narrative potential remains open-ended, stating: "Death's work is never done. There's always more scores to settle".{{Cite web |last=Milheim |first=Russ |date=May 16, 2025 |title=Final Destination: Bloodlines Directors Talk Budget, Potential Sequel, That Wild Pitch & More (Exclusive) |url=https://thedirect.com/article/final-destination-bloodlines-directors-talk-budget-potential-sequel-that-wild-pitch-more-exclusive |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250517192907/https://thedirect.com/article/final-destination-bloodlines-directors-talk-budget-potential-sequel-that-wild-pitch-more-exclusive |archive-date=May 17, 2025 |access-date=May 19, 2025 |website=The Direct |language=en}} He acknowledged, though, that the creative process takes several years.{{Cite web |last=Lammers |first=Tim |date=May 18, 2025 |title=Will There Be A 'Final Destination Bloodlines 2'? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2025/05/18/will-there-be-a-final-destination-bloodlines-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250519045157/https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2025/05/18/will-there-be-a-final-destination-bloodlines-2/ |archive-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Forbes}} Perry also expressed openness to continuing the franchise, noting that Bloodlines has expanded the creative flexibility of the series.{{Cite web |date=May 17, 2025 |title='Final Destination: Bloodlines' producer hints at sequels |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/604968-final-destination-bloodlines-to-have-sequels-producer-reveals |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250519050227/https://www.geo.tv/latest/604968-final-destination-bloodlines-to-have-sequels-producer-reveals |archive-date=May 19, 2025 |website=Geo News}}

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