6th UPDATE, Monday AM: While most of the town likely has a hangover from last night’s Oscar snafu, Universal/Blumhouse’s Get Out is even higher in early Monday reporting. The Jordan Peele-directed horror movie now seeing a $33.4 million debut according to rival estimates. Note that rivals… Read entire story.
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4th Update, Midnight: More moviegoers got out of the house on Saturday to get into Universal/Blumhouse’s Get Out. By textbook box office definitions, horror films are frontloaded. Genre fans typically show up in bulk on Thursday and Friday, then taper off on Saturday. Not this one. The Jordan… Read entire story.
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Writethru Saturday AM on 3rd Update, Friday PM: Universal/Blumhouse’s weekend box office hit Get Out, which is looking at a three-day of anywhere between $28M and $29M right now, is the fourth No. 1 opener for the studios’ partnership together after The Purge, Ouija and last … Read entire story.
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3rd Update, Friday PM: “How were we to know weeks out this was suppose to work?” That was one major producer’s marvel today about Universal/Blumhouse’s surprise weekend hit Get Out which is looking at a three-day that’s close to $28M, making it… Read entire story.
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In Collide, Casey (Nicholas Hoult) must revisit his dark past to save the one he loves. That set up is very familiar, but Eran Creevy is a director capable of transcending tropes. Creevy’s sophomore effort as a filmmaker, Welcome to the Punch, is a story of hero and foe… Read entire story.
Source: /Film