Jordan Peele's "Us" Breaks Box Office Records with $ 70.3 Million

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March 24, 2019, 22:34 GMT

By Associated press

NEW YORK – Jordan Peele did it again. Two years after the director's "Get Out" sensation at the box office, his scary sequel, "Us", debuted with $ 70.3 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The opening, well above expectations, has few parallels. This was the most important beginning for an original horror film (only the remake of "It" and "Halloween" last year have gone beyond in the genre) and the One of the biggest openings for an original movie in real action since the release of "Avatar" 10 years ago.

In today's franchise-driven film world, a young director has rarely been so attractive. But moviegoers have come en masse to see what kind of panicky Peele could muster in his second graduation.

"Peele has really created an extraordinary story that, I think, will once again captivate the spirit of culture," said Jim Orr, head of distribution at Universal. "He is known for his exceptional talent, creating thought-provoking films that are extraordinarily well-written, well written, and incredibly entertaining."

(Universal is a division of NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News.)

"We" took first place at the box office of "Captain Marvel", who had been reigning for two weeks. The output of the Marvel Studios superheroes slipped to second place, with $ 35 million in the third week. In three weeks of publication, the group has achieved $ 910 million worldwide and will soon be the first publication of a billion dollars in 2019.

The remaining remains – the bustling "Wonder Park" and teenage romance "Five Feet Apart" on cystic fibrosis, remained in third and fourth places, with about $ 9 million each in their second week.

But the weekend was a hit for "Us", which more than doubled the country's $ 33.4 million debut of "Get Out", winner of an Oscar in 2017, the first written film and made by Peele. "Get Out" has finally returned $ 255.4 million on a budget of $ 4.5 million.

"We" cost $ 20 million, which is already a huge success for Peele and Universal Pictures, who landed their third # 1 release of the year after "Glass" and "How to train your dragon: the hidden world ".

It is also, as Peele said, a horror film. While "We" garnered very good reviews (94% new rotten tomatoes on Sunday), the audience gave him an average score of 69, while he got a relatively weak "B" CinemaScore. Paul Dergarabedian, Senior Media Analyst at Comscore, explained this primarily for the feeling of shock felt by moviegoers when they leave the theater.

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