Back in 2018, Aneesh Chaganty’s “Screenlife” thriller Searching was a huge hit at the box office, grossing over $75 million worldwide against a reported $880,000 budget. This past weekend brought the theatrical release of Missing, a follow-up film from the same team.
Opening in 3,025 theaters across the United States over the weekend, Missing just scared up $9.3 million at the domestic box office, and it’s likely to have legs in the coming weeks.
The catch here is that Missing cost a lot more to make than Searching – the reported production budget is $7 million – but it’s well on its way to being profitable in theaters.
Storm Reid and Nia Long star in Missing, with the cast also including Joaquim de Almeida, Ken Leung, Amy Landecker, Daniel Henney, Megan Suri and Tim Griffin.
In the brand new Searching sequel Missing, said to be a “thrilling roller-coaster mystery that makes you wonder how well you know those closest to you”…
“When her mother (Nia Long) disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s (Storm Reid) search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it’s too late.
“But as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions than answers…and when June unravels secrets about her mom, she discovers that she never really knew her at all.”
Will Merrick & Nick Johnson directed for Sony’s Stage 6 Films. Merrick and Johnson also wrote the script based on a story by Sev Ohanian and Aneesh Chaganty.
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