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Opening weekend $14M-$17M; Update $20M-$23M; Final $22.6M

posted 7 months ago by Satan2016 (26149)
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https://deadline.com/2024/07/box-office-longlegs-fly-me-to-the-moon-channing-tatum-nicolas-cage-1236008154/

FRIDAY AM: Neon‘s Longlegs hit $3M on Thursday night, according to Neon. As we mentioned, this is a record for the specialty distributor. Quorum’s Friday-morning tracking is predicting that the Oz Perkins horror film could do $14M-$17M, while the Sony-distributed Apple movie Fly Me to the Moon is eyeing $12M-$15M. Quorum is seeing “an engaged and growing core” for Longlegs.

That said, Thursday night’s audience registered a 68% on Rotten Tomatoes and 3 stars on Comscore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak, with critical score settling at 90% certified fresh, which indicates a divide between reviewers and audiences. We’ll see how that plays out. Longlegs attendance Thursday night counted 57% guys, with the 18-34 demo showing up at 72%.

[–] [deleted] 7 months ago

16-ish million? I saw everyone online predicting 20-ish.

[–] Satan2016 (26149) 7 months ago

UPDATE FRIDAY MIDDAY: Wow. Neon is seeing its biggest opening weekend in the company’s seven-year history as Oz Perkins’ Longlegs is looking at a $9M-$10M Friday and opening weekend between $20M-$23M at 2,510 theaters.

[–] Satan2016 (26149) 7 months ago

SUNDAY AM: Refresh for analysis and chart …Illumination/Universal’s Despicable Me 4 won the weekend with $44.6M, but NEON‘s Nicolas Cage-Maika Monroe’ Longlegs stole the headlines delivering the best original horror opening YTD and the best ever start for the Tom Quinn-run seven-year old distribution company with $22.6M.

That’s an excellent win for original movies, a much-needed boost for the horror genre, and a big win for the arthouse circuit, which we hear had several sellouts over the weekend with theaters adding showtimes. Overall, per ComScore, it’s the 7th highest weekend of the year at $129M for all titles.

[–] [deleted] 7 months ago

Congrats Longlegs.

Second biggest horror opening of the year (A Quiet Place: Day One is #1), the biggest for an R-rated horror.

Alien: Romulus and Smile 2 are the only upcoming R-rated horror movies that have a chance at topping this domestic opening weekend. Those are both franchise entries too, so Longlegs as an original I.P. is very impressive. The marketing campaign by Neon worked wonders.