Jordan Peele’s Us is already making history.
The 2017 adaptation of Stephen King’s It enjoyed a $123.4 million opening weekend in U.S. theatersHalloween, the 2018 sequel to the ’70s horror classic, grabbed $76.2 million.
Those two movies account for the horror genre’s best and second-best domestic opening weekends, respectively, in Hollywood historyUs, which released on Friday, March 22, will earn an estimated $70.3 million in the U.S. between Friday and Sunday.
If you’re a fan of horror, you’ve also probably realized by now that the stellar opening weekend for Us is the genre’s best ever for an original story (as opposed to an adaptation, sequel, or remake). Like I said, history. Read more…
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