Nicholas Cage in Neon’s ‘Longlegs’.
Neon/Courtesy Everett Collection
Cartoons continue to be the hero of the summer office because of I have been criticized 4 and Inside Out 2but Neon Longlegs can rightfully take a bow after delivering the biggest opening for an independent horror pic of the decade with $22.6 million in ticket sales.
From the Universal Light, DM4 easily stayed atop the box office chart in its second weekend with $44.7 million from 4,449 theaters as it breached the $200 million mark to finish Sunday with a North American total of $211.1 million . Overseas, Gru and the Evil Minions also continued to drive strong sales, earning $88 million from 78 markets for a domestic total of $226.7 million and $437.8 million worldwide. width.
In a notable event, the Despicable Me/Minions franchise has crossed the $5 billion mark in global ticket sales, a feat no franchise has ever achieved. (Earlier this week, Illumination announced that a Couples 3 is in the works.)
The surprise of the weekend is a better-than-expected performance by writer-director Osgood Perkins. Longlegs, a serial killer starring Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage. The persistent FBI action set, playing in 2,510 theaters, is the biggest opening ever for Tom Quinn’s Oscar-winning special production directed by Neon outfit, home of Parasite.
Among other records, it is Cage’s biggest opening since then Public Treasure: Book of Secrets almost twenty years ago in 2007. It is also the highest opening of 2024 so far. And it’s the only indie horror film of the last decade to open to $20 million or more (this doesn’t include one of It is insidious films from Focus Features/Universal).
Going back 25 years, Neon also notes that very few indie films have crossed the $20 million mark in their debut. For context, however, many indie titles – including Neon releases – only open in a handful of theaters, as opposed to being released nationwide from the start like. Longlegs did.
The well-reviewed film earned $10 million on Friday alone, including previews, and was not hampered by a C+ Cinemascore as it’s not uncommon for the horror genre to reach a C grade. The good news: more than percent 70% of ticket buyers are between 18 and 34 years old.
Breaking the record Inside Out 2 — which has the potential to become the highest-grossing animated film of all time — ended Sunday with a worldwide gross of $1.35 billion. It has become Pixar’s highest grossing title of all time and the third largest animated title, not adjusted for budget. The film helped Disney become the first major studio to cross the $2 billion mark in global ticket sales by 2024.
North America, Inside Out 2 it was third in its fifth weekend with $20.8 million for a domestic total of $572.6 million. Overseas, it earned another $50.2 million from 47 markets for a domestic total of $777.5 million. It has not yet opened in Japan, where it could do big business.
Paramount capture A Quiet Place: Day One continues to attract moviegoers and place four despite the entry of Longlegs. The premiere grossed another $11.4 million this weekend from 3,378 theaters for a domestic total of $116.2 million through Sunday.
Apple Original Films’ continues its adventure endeavors with the release of director Greg Berlanti Fly me to the moon, a romantic comedy starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum. The space-time film, distributed by Sony on behalf of Apple, opened to gross $10 million from 3,356 locations to rank No. more than half of ticket buyers were 45 or older, including 32 percent over 55.
The film received positive reviews, but audiences were kind enough to give the film an A-CinemaScore. Reviews are especially important to veteran moviegoers, on whom Berlanti’s film relies, but Apple and Sony believe the film will have long legs, similar to theirs. Ticket to Paradisewhich opened to $16.5 million domestically on its way to a $68 million exit, and Where the Crawdads Singwhich opened to $17.7 million and went on to gross $90 million domestically.
In the specialty box office, new offerings include A24’s Sing in the Song, which is on track for a solid theatrical total of $34,280 or so from four theaters in Los Angeles and New York. The film, from director Greg Kwedar, chronicles the art program at the notorious Sing Sing prison.
July 14, 7:45 am: Updated with updated estimates.
This story was published on July 13 at 10:16 am
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