After the commercial success of the previous film, a new concept 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 would be the sixth film in the franchise. In January 2022, the film was planned for release on the streaming service HBO Max, with Lipovsky and Stein directing and Busick joining Taylor as co-writer. 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 caused by 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 grossed $310.4 million worldwide, becoming both the best-reviewed and highest-grossing installment in the franchise. In August 2025, it was announced a sequel was in development, with Taylor writing the script.
Plot
In 1969, Iris Campbell and her boyfriend Paul attend the grand opening of the Sky View, a high-rise restaurant tower. Iris has a premonition of a chain of events that causes the tower to collapse, killing everyone inside. She warns the attendees and prevents the collapse, but in doing so disrupts Death's design.
Fifty-five years later, Iris and Paul's granddaughter, college student Stefani Reyes, is plagued by recurring nightmares of the averted accident and returns home seeking answers. She is greeted by her father, Marty, and younger brother Charlie. The siblings visit their uncle Howard, aunt Brenda, and cousins Erik, Julia, and Bobby. When Stefani asks about Iris, Howard explains that he and Stefani's mother, Darlene, were raised in an overprotective, isolated environment, contributing to family tensions and Darlene's absence. Brenda helps Stefani find letters from Iris that lead to a fortified cabin where Iris now lives, terminally ill with cancer.
Iris recounts the Sky View incident and explains that, after she prevented the collapse, Death began taking the lives of the survivors in the order they should have died, along with their descendants. After Paul's death, Iris documented Death's actions in a notebook to protect her family. Stefani doubts her grandmother's story and tries to leave, but Iris follows her outside, gives her the notebook, and allows herself to be impaled by a weather vane to prove her claims.
At Iris's funeral, Darlene returns, but Stefani resents her absence since she abandoned her and Charlie during their childhood. Reading the notebook, Stefani finds a reference to "JB", who discovered someone who defeated Death. During a family barbecue, a chain of events kills Howard with his lawnmower in front of the family. Following Howard's funeral, Stefani tries to warn everyone that Death is coming, but they are reluctant to believe her. A fire breaks out at Erik's tattoo shop, but he survives thanks to his leather clothing. The next day, Stefani and Charlie attempt to protect Erik, believing he is next, but Julia is crushed by a garbage truck's compactor instead. A shame-fueled Brenda discloses that Erik was the product of an affair and is not part of Iris's bloodline, explaining why he was spared.
Darlene suggests tracking down "JB", who turns out to be William Bludworth. Present at the Sky View as a child with his mother and the last to die in Iris's original premonition, he explains that Iris found him years later and they learned about Death's rules together. He explains to the family that there are two ways to defeat Death: taking another life[b] or being clinically dead and then resuscitated, citing Kimberly Corman as an example.[c] Bludworth departs, expecting his own cancer to claim him after Iris's bloodline ends, and wishes the family luck.
Erik persuades Bobby to attempt the second strategy by triggering a fatal allergic reaction with nuts and then reviving him. The plan backfires when a malfunctioning MRI machine rips out Erik's piercings, pulls him in, and a wheelchair impales and crushes him[d] before a coil from a vending machine launches into Bobby's head. Stefani, Charlie and Darlene drive to Iris's cabin to conceal Darlene from Death. They crash through the front gate, and Stefani's seat belt jams. The cabin explodes, sending the RV into water where Stefani begins to drown. Darlene saves Charlie before being bisected by a lamp post, and Charlie rescues and resuscitates Stefani.
One week later, the father of Charlie's prom date, a physician, informs them that Stefani was never clinically dead because she was resuscitated before cardiac arrest. Moments later, a timber-carrying freight train derails nearby, and its cargo fatally crushes the siblings.
Yvette Ferguson, Mark Brandon, Natasha Burnett, Travis Turner, Bernard Cuffling, Megan Hui and Noah Bromley appear as survivors of the Sky View tower collapse.[9][8]
Production
Filmmaker Jon Watts produced and conceived the story for the sixth installment and selected directing duo Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein from over 200 candidates.
Before the release of Final Destination 5 in 2011, Final Destination series actor Tony Todd said that if the film were successful, two sequels would be filmed back-to-back.[10] In January 2019, New Line Cinema announced a new installment was in development.[11]Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan wrote the initial script, described as a reimagining of the franchise;[11] they ultimately received off-screen credit for additional literary material.[12] 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".[13][14]
Tony Todd reprised his role as William Bludworth before his death in 2024.
In October 2021, Lori Evans Taylor was reported as the new writer for the film.[15] 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.[16] In July, Jeffrey Reddick said the film would differ from the franchise's formula.[17] In September that year, Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein were selected from more than two hundred candidates to direct the film. During a pitch meeting with New Line executives and producers, they staged a mock accident inspired by the series using prerecorded footage and visual effects; they were subsequently hired.[18]
In September 2023, Todd officially signed on to reprise his role as William Bludworth, and the film was said to explore the character's backstory.[19] Despite Todd's death in November 2024, Warner Bros. confirmed that he had completed all of his scenes.[20] The film is dedicated to him.[21]
In March 2024, it was announced that Warner Bros. Pictures would release the film theatrically in 2025.[22] Most of the cast was also revealed.[23] Seventy-one-year-old stuntwoman Yvette Ferguson came out of retirement for a fire stunt in the premonition scene; director Lipovsky described it as a potential world record for the oldest person set on fire on camera.[9] In developing the production design, the directors used circular motifs to suggest Death's ubiquity, beginning with the circular architecture of the Sky View Tower and the penny that undoes it.[24][25]
The opening disaster set at the Sky View Tower in Cloverdale, New York, used the Museum of Vancouver–located in Vancouver, British Columbia–as the tower's base.
Principal photography was scheduled to take place in Vancouver, British Columbia, from July to October 2023,[26] but production was delayed in mid-July due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.[27] With Christian Sebaldt as cinematographer, filming instead took place in Vancouver from March 4 to May 13, 2024.[22][28]Tim Wynn was hired to compose the score in December 2024.[29]
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.
Final Destination Bloodlines (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The album contains 33 cues composed by Tim Wynn.[31]
Final Destination Bloodlines (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
No.
Title
Length
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
Total length:
43:17
Release
Final Destination Bloodlines was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on May 16, 2025, after an international rollout that began two days earlier.[22][32] The film was formatted for IMAX and was released in both IMAX and standard formats.[33] A double-bill special screening was shown in select theaters on May 9 and 10, one week before the film's release, paired with the original 2000 film.[34] A promotional 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.[35][36]
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.[37]
On May 19, 2025, the ceiling of the movie theater Cinema Ocho in La Plata, Argentina, collapsed during a screening of the film, injuring one attendee. No deaths were reported.[38]
The film's Philippine premier marked the highest-grossing opening day for a horror movie in the country until it was surpassed in September by The Conjuring: Last Rites.[39]
Home media
On June 17, 2025, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced the film's digital release, one month after its U.S. theatrical debut. The film was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD on July 22, 2025.[40] It began streaming exclusively on HBO Max starting August 1, 2025.[41]
Reception
Box office
Final Destination Bloodlines grossed $138.1 million in the United States and Canada and $172.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $310.4 million.[3][4] In September 2025, Variety reported the film was expected to make a theatrical profit of around $75million.[42]
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.[43] It made $21 million on its first day, including an estimated $5.5 million from Thursday night previews.[44][45] It went on to debut to $51.6million, finishing first at the box office.[46] The film's opening weekend was the biggest for the franchise, even adjusted for inflation,[47] surpassing The Final Destination.[48][45] The film made $19.3 million in its second weekend (a 63% drop) and $10.8 million in its third, finishing third and fourth, respectively.[49][50]
In the Philippines, a strong market for horror films,[51][52][53]Final Destination Bloodlines recorded the second-highest opening weekend for a horror film after Insidious: The Red Door[54][55] and set the record for the highest-grossing opening weekend of 2025,[54][56] the highest-grossing opening weekend for an R-16 film,[54] and the highest-grossing horror film of all time in that market.[57]
Critical response
The film was the best-reviewed installment in the franchise.[58]On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 232 critics' reviews are positive.The website's consensus reads: "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."[59]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 73 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[60] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of B+ on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak respondents gave it an average four out of five stars, with 69% saying they would definitely recommend it.[45]
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".[61] 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".[62]
Stein said the narrative potential remains open-ended: "Death's work is never done. There are always more scores to settle."[65] He acknowledged, though, that the creative process can take several years.[66] Perry also expressed openness to continuing the franchise, noting that Bloodlines has expanded the series' creative flexibility.[67]
On August 8, 2025, it was announced that a seventh film was in development, with Taylor returning to write the script.[68]
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