‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’: Fathom’s 35th Anniversary Re-Release Extends Run; Sets Date For ‘Secret Of The Ooze’ (Exclusive)
Published by Deadline on Aug 22, 2025 10:23 AM
‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’: Fathom’s 35th Anniversary Re-Release Extends Run; Sets Date For ‘Secret Of The Ooze’
Deadline
Anthony D’Alessandro
Editorial Director/Box Office Editor
August 22, 2025 9:23am
‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ (1990)New Line/Everett Collection
EXCLUSIVE: Fathom Entertainment‘s 35th anniversary re-release of New Line’s 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cleared a good first week of $3.3M that exhibitors have asked, and will now receive, a second week of play of the costumed character pic. But there’s more: Given the excitement over the first movie based on the Eastman & Laird 1980s comic book, Fathom, Saga Arts and Warner Bros are now planning to re-release the 1991 sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze in March 2026.
The Steve Barron original film when released screamed to the world that, by God, there’s a mega franchise in these turtles. Paramount has since absorbed the franchise where they’ve made a Michael Bay directed two-pic live-action reboot as well as an animated movie in 2023, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, which pushed $1 billion in global retail merchandise sales for that calendar year. The first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie opened to $25.3M and now counts a running domestic total of $138.6M.
”The devoted fans of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise have shown up in droves with so much passion and enthusiasm in celebration of the iconic film’s 35th anniversary, Fathom Entertainment is thrilled to extend its theatrical run for a third time and add an additional full week in select theatres until August 28. Even better, we have confirmed with our partners that Fathom is bringing back the 1991 sequel to the big screen in March 2026,” said Ray Nutt, Fathom Entertainment’s Chief Executive Officer. “With $3.3M in box office revenues for the opening week of its theatrical return engagement, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 35th Anniversary is currently the highest grossing 2025 classic/repertory film for Fathom Entertainment.”