Happy to hear that this isn't your typical hipster horror stuff.
Hopefully LGBTQIA24+ keep up this trend of releasing movies that normal people like. X and Pearl were a nice double whammy. Bodies Bodies Bodies was a bit obnoxious and very Gen-Z but quite a normal movie all things considered.
It's already grossed as much as Beau is Afraid and it's only it's opening weekend with all the money coming from the domestic market.
If LGBTQIA24+ like money they'll make more movies like this and less weird hipster stuff for queer college students in San Fran., Calif. and New York, New York.
Had a quick look at the trailer, looks passable
The brother saying 'white people shit, man' when there wasn't a single white person in the shot was a nice touch
Which of the Philippou bro's are queer?
shareLGBTQIA24+s second biggest opening weekend (after Hereditary). Also LGBTQIA24+s highest Cinemascore.
The people are speaking!
As stated, hipsters in New York & Calif. are turning out like cultist lemmings to support their latest LGBTQIA24+ release, however it's also doing well in other areas which is unusual as most wide audiences reject LGBTQIA24+ films. Hopefully they learn their lesson and start making good movies that people actually want to watch.
A24’s supernatural horror Talk To Me by first time filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou blew past box office projections grossing over $10 million on 2,340 screens opening weekend. The breakout by the first-time filmmaker brothers and popular YouTubers from Australia was no. six at the domestic box office.
The film was well reviewed as a fresh spin on the possession tale and had great exits with a B+ Cinemascore — pretty much tops for horror, especially indie horror — and A24’s best wide-release Cinemascore ever across all genres.
It’s the distributor’s biggest opening weekend ever since 2018’s Hereditary from Ari Aster, who gave a big shoutout to Talk To Me at Sundance, where it premiered and was snapped up by A24 in a bidding war. Hereditary opened at $13.6 million on 2,900 screens. It’s arguably rather rare for indie films to cross $10 million in a weekend, (especially post-pandemic), marking another breakout for a distributor with a uniquely strong brand and fan base. Talk To Me, about a group of friends messing around with an embalmed hand to no good end, was a broad horror crowd pleaser, playing well as expected in top NY, LA and San Francisco locations but also over-indexing across a broader swathe of markets from Houston, El Paso and San Antonio, to Phoenix, Albuquerque, Fresno and Orlando.
Hereditary, Midsommar, Lighthouse, and and The VVitch were all pretty well received by mainstream horror audiences. None of them really had hipster woke shit.
shareYeah I hate hipsters with a passion. But I hope they put more of them i horror movies so I can root for the killer.
shareFake news.
Those movies are adored by queer hipsters online who populate internet movie discourse. Critics (renowned pretentious fart smellers) like them and IMDb users (who are perpetually online 'cinephiles') also like them but most people do not.
Cinemascores;
Hereditary - D-
The Witch - C-
Midsommar - C+
The Lighthouse - N/A
RottenTomatoes audience score;
Hereditary - 70%
The Witch - 60%
Midsommar - 63%
The Lighthouse - 72%
Posttrak;
The Witch - 55% positive
Midsommar - 60% positive
Box office;
Hereditary - $80 million WW. ($10 million budget)
The Witch - $40 million WW. ($3.5 million budget)
Midsommar - $46 million WW. ($9 million budget)
The Lighthouse - $18 million WW. ($11 million budget)
Here's what happens when people actually like horror movies;
Cinemascore;
Halloween - B+
Smile - B-
Get Out - A-
It - B+
The Conjuring - A-
A Quiet Place - B+
The Black Phone - B+
RottenTomatoes audience score;
Halloween - 72%
Smile - 77%
Get Out - 86%
It - 84%
The Conjuring - 83%
A Quiet Place - 83%
The Black Phone - 88%
Posttrak;
Halloween - 75% positive
Smile - 69% positive
Get Out - 84% positive
It - 85% positive
A Quiet Place - 81% positive
The Black Phone - 86% positive
Box Office;
Halloween - $256 million WW. ($10 million budget)
Smile - $217 million WW. ($17 million budget)
Get Out - $255 million WW. ($4.5 million budget)
It - $701 million WW. ($37 milion budget)
The Conjuring - $319 million WW. ($20 million budget)
A Quiet Place - $341 million WW. ($17 million budget)
The Black Phone - $161 million WW. ($17 million budget)
You'll note that all those movies I listed (bar The Black Phone) grossed more than those four you list put together ($182 million WW)! Nobody watches LGBTQIA24+ movies and the only people that like them are hipster cinephiles who have been astroturfed into thinking 'elevated' horror is for intellectuals. It's a cult.
Movies like M3GAN, Scream VI, Evil Dead Rise and Insidious: The Red Door have all grossed $140+ million WW.
Beau is Afraid (one of the more recent LGBTQIA24+ releases) grossed $11 million. LMAO. No one watches LGBTQIA24+ movies.
For the record Talk To Me has an B+ Cinemascore and an 82% RottenTomatoes audience score. From what I keep hearing it's a conventional horror movie. Which is what people want. I imagine a lot of the hype for it is because LGBTQIA24+ hipsters have finally been exposed to an actual horror movie for once.
Thank you for all the effort you put into your reply. I won't have as much detail in mine. Your sources are subjective as to the demographics that are using them. If you want to point to rotten tomatoes that's fine, but look at the current list of their audience top rated movies:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/browse/movies_at_home/audience:upright~genres:horror~sort:audience_highest
I haven't even heard of half of these yet they have ratings of 100%
I don't remember Haunt ever even having a theatrical release and yet it is considered the best horror movie ever according to audiences on rotten tomatoes.
I'm not going to put blind faith in who is using these websites like you have. What I know is from going to movie theaters, talking to people, and having a circle of friends who follow horror movies. Not everyone can agree on A24 movies being good, but they are conversation starters and interesting to see. If you are a person who likes horror movies you will like A24 horror movies.
So this has alphabet people on it? Great, I’ll be rooting for the evil spirit then.
shareHipster and woke horror movies make me root for the killer/demon.
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