A Quiet Place: Day Oneperfectly sets off two more spinoffs that would work well to expand the franchise.A Quiet Place: Day Onestays even more insular than the first two films, focusing solely on howThe Invasionaffects New York City on the first day (and then the subsequent three days) of their arrival on Earth.A Quiet Place: Part IIsaw far more location movement, although it still existed in a fairly small radius of space.
A Quiet Place: Part II’s box officeperformance leaves the door open for more sequels and spinoff movies. The film grossed $261.5 million worldwide throughout the course of its run. Though this makesDay Onethe lowest-grossing film in theA Quiet Placefranchise, the total still made back the film’s $67 million budget with some significant room to spare. AsA Quiet Place: Day One’s box office opens up the opportunity for more spinoff films, a closer look at the spinoff can reveal where the horror series should go next.
A Quiet Place Complete Timeline Explained
As the franchise continues to expand, A Quiet Place’s timeline becomes more explored. We break down the movie’s complete, chronological timeline.
A Quiet Place: Day One’s Globe Confirms 2 More Alien Landing Locations
The First Films Hinted At Other Invasions
It is Mexico and Shanghai that have the most solidified franchise backing to them, making those invasions easy to further canonize.
A Quiet Place: Day Oneconfirms that the aliens havelanded in Shanghai and Mexico. These two invasion locales were hinted at inA Quiet PlaceandA Quiet Place: Part IIthrough newspaper articles and overheard elements. However, by showing where the invasions hit on the map,A Quiet Place: Day Onehas confirmed these two were actually where the aliens really landed.
The globe scene in question occurs after the aliens have hit New York City, showing the extraterrestrials making an impact on other major cities. While there appear to be more countries impacted than just China and Mexico, they have the most solidified franchise backing to them, making those invasions easy to further canonize. This would make these locations the strongest candidates for future franchise films, for more than oneA Quiet Placefilm has confirmed them.
A Quiet Place: Day One’s New City Attacks Could Be Used For Spinoff Movies
The Plot Structure Of A Quiet Place: Day One Could Work Well In A Spinoff Context
The model ofA Quiet Place: Day One’s New York City attacks could be used as a jumping-off point for the structure of future spinoff movies. The originalA Quiet Placeadopts a much more agrarian setting as the Abbott family attempts to survive in a rural area wherein they have made quiet rules.A Quiet Place:Day Oneimagines what life in this alien-ridden apocalypse would be like in a city, where noise is already plentiful.
A Quiet Place: Day Oneis now available to stream on Paramount+.
Taking the story to China or Mexico could include similar themes, but could also expand the franchise as it would demonstrate the global reach of the invasion.All threeA Quiet Placemovieshave so far focused on the United States. As such, it would be interesting to see even one spinoff film that tackles how a different environment and culture reacts to the aliens beyond those featured inA Quiet Place: Day One.
A Quiet Place: Day One
Cast
A Quiet Place: Day One is a spin-off of the A Quiet Place franchise conceived by John Krasinski. The film is set at the beginning of the invasion as humanity scrambles to survive, before the events of the original film, with Lupita Nyong’O leading the cast, directed by Michael Sarnoski.
