Another win for “R” rated original horror, Jordan Peele‘s Nope just crossed $100 million at the domestic box office this week, the film now in its third week of theatrical release.
Jordan Peele‘s two previous horror movies, Get Out and Us, both hit $175 million domestically and $255 million worldwide by the end of their respective runs, which means Nope is Peele’s lowest-grossing movie to date. The bad news there is that Nope also happens to be Peele’s most expensive movie to date, with a reported $68 million going into the production.
That means the film will likely have to hit around $200 million before it’s profitable at the box office, with the film’s international numbers sure to help the cause in the coming weeks.
At this time the film hasn’t yet been released outside the United States, but we’ll of course report those numbers as they start to come in. Production budget aside, an original “R” rated horror movie making $100 million in theaters is always good for the genre, and Peele’s Nope could prove to be a massive hit in other countries. Stay tuned for more as we learn it.
In the film, “Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California who bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.”
Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) reteams with Peele on the mysterious movie, with the cast also including Steven Yeun (“The Walking Dead,” Mayhem) and Keke Palmer (“Scream”). Michael Wincott (The Crow), Barbie Ferreira and Brandon Perea also star.
Meagan Navarro was a huge fan of the film, writing in her review that “Jordan Peele takes on the summer blockbuster with soaring spectacle and scathing subtext.”
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