"I leaned to my friend and said, "That's Black Phone." By "Black Phone," I did not mean the heavily marketed, Freddy Kreuger-esque villain of The Black Phone franchise - that's the Grabber, played by Ethan Hawke and his abs. I meant Thames plays the ostensible lead of The Black Phone and Black Phone 2: the child turned teen terrorized by the Grabber."
"There's the aforementioned Black Phone 2 as well as his turn as Miller Adams, a character seemingly named after two brands of beer, in Regretting You. Thames also starred in this summer's live-action reboot of How to Train Your Dragon as Hiccup, a character I could only identify as "not Jay Baruchel" (who voiced Hiccup in the animation). America clearly loves Mason Thames and has flocked in droves to see his films throughout this year."
Mason Thames is an 18-year-old actor appearing as a lead or central character in multiple top-grossing films this year. He plays Finney Blake in The Black Phone franchise, Miller Adams in Regretting You, and Hiccup in the live-action How to Train Your Dragon. The Black Phone films have grossed more than $200 million worldwide. Thames's presence coincides with strong audience interest in familiar intellectual properties over star-driven vehicles. Several fall releases starring established actors struggled commercially while Thames's franchise-linked roles consistently reached No. 1 at the box office.
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