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Jordan Peele’s New Movie Has A Record Breaking Opening Weekend

Jordan Peele’s second directorial feature film opened this past weekend. Following 2017’s Get Out (which earned the 40-year-old his first Oscar for original screenplay), Us has already shattered commercial projections and set new records in the Horror genre.

According to a Variety report amid the weekend, Us achieved more than $70 million of box office in the United States. The feat surpasses last year’s A Quiet Place for the best opening weekend for an original Horror film. Notably, the work also breaks a record held by Seth MacFarlane’s 2012 movie Ted, for strongest opening by an R-rated feature. In addition to the domestic $70MM, Us raked in nearly $17 million across 47 foreign countries and territories.

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Perhaps more impressive than ticket sales, Peele’s second film is one of significant profitability. Variety notes that Us was made with a $20 million budget, including marketing and distribution. It also features a respected cast including Oscar-winning Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years A Slave), Winston Duke (Black Panther), and Emmy-winning Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale). The picture follows Get Out, which boasted a production budget of less than $5 million, before earning more than $255 million at theaters globally.

Competing with the NCAA basketball tournament, Us was projected to open at $38-to-45 million. Get Out debuted with $33 million two years ago.

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Between Get Out and Us, Jordan Peele co-produced Spike Lee’s “Best Picture” nomination, BlacKkKlansmen.

Jordan Peele’s second directorial feature film opened this past weekend. Following 2017’s Get Out (which earned the 40-year-old his first Oscar for original screenplay), Us has already shattered commercial projections and set new records in the Horror genre.

According to a Variety report amid the weekend, Us achieved more than $70 million of box office in the United States. The feat surpasses last year’s A Quiet Place for the best opening weekend for an original Horror film. Notably, the work also breaks a record held by Seth MacFarlane’s 2012 movie Ted, for strongest opening by an R-rated feature. In addition to the domestic $70MM, Us raked in nearly $17 million across 47 foreign countries and territories.

The Luniz & Krayzie Bone Remake I Got 5 On It As A Horror Theme Song (Video)

Perhaps more impressive than ticket sales, Peele’s second film is one of significant profitability. Variety notes that Us was made with a $20 million budget, including marketing and distribution. It also features a respected cast including Oscar-winning Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years A Slave), Winston Duke (Black Panther), and Emmy-winning Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale). The picture follows Get Out, which boasted a production budget of less than $5 million, before earning more than $255 million at theaters globally.

Competing with the NCAA basketball tournament, Us was projected to open at $38-to-45 million. Get Out debuted with $33 million two years ago.

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Between Get Out and Us, Jordan Peele co-produced Spike Lee’s “Best Picture” nomination, BlacKkKlansmen.

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Kevin Hart’s ‘Night School’ Garners $28 Million at Box Office

Night School topped the domestic box office with $28 million from 3,010 locations. Warner Bros.’ Smallfoot, came in not far behind with $23 million when it launched in 4,100 locations. The two motion pictures both propelled keeping pace with introductory projections from industry examiners, helping drive the second-best September ever in North America, as per comScore. The greatest September still has a place with 2017, reinforced by the enormous release of Warner Bros.’, It.

Night School, which cost $29 million to produce, marks the biggest debut of the year for a comedy flick. The PG-13 movie reunites Haddish with Girls Trip director, Malcolm D. Lee and producer, Will Packer. Night School, however, wasn’t a smash like Girls Trip. It got a low 31% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, while Girls Trip got a 90% crisp rating.

With Night School, Universal currently holds the three greatest unique comedic openings of the previous two years, alongside Blockers and Girls Trip. The studio’s head of residential circulation, Jim Orr, ascribes the accomplishment to the group both before and behind the camera.

“We’re in business with the right people,” Orr said. “I couldn’t begin to give enough love to Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Malcolm Lee, and Will Packer.”

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