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After months of marketing, the horror film "Monster with Legs" starring Nicolas Cage officially landed in North American theaters last week. Before the film was released, it was reported by foreign media It is the best horror film of the year, and the film's opening weekend box office makes the film fully worthy of this praise.
Since its release in North American theaters on July 12, "Monster with Legs" has earned a box office revenue of US$22.6 million in the first three days of the weekend, which is lower than "Minions" in its second week of release (North American box office last week was 4,465 US dollars) million), ranking second on the North American box office list last week. It may have been a long, long time ago since the last time a new film starring Cage ranked among the top two on the North American box office list during its first weekend.
The film’s first weekend box office also set the best first weekend box office performance for the distributor neon Films. It is also expected that the film will become the highest-grossing film in the history of neon films. This record is currently set by 2019 "Parasite " achieved a record of US$54.3 million, and this did not disappoint the long-term marketing of the film by neon pictures.
In addition, the film's first weekend box office also became the highest-grossing horror film in North American theaters this year ("A Quiet Place: Invasion Day" is classified as a thriller). Not only that, the film's first weekend box office also exceeded that of many movies this year. The final box office receipts for horror films include "The Immaculate Conception," "Maxine," "Peeps" and "The Omen."
In the next week, the box office of "Monster with Legs" will surpass that of "Blood Ballet" (US$25 million) and "Dark Swimming" (US$32.5 million) released this year, becoming the highest-grossing horror film in North American theaters this year. piece. So in terms of box office alone, "Monster with Legs" starring Cage can be regarded as the best horror film so far this year.
In terms of reputation, this "Monster with Legs" is also worthy of this title. After the film debuted with a 100% media reputation on the Rotten Tomatoes website in June, the film's media reputation after the film was released last week It also dropped to 86%, and the popcorn index scored by movie fans reached 65%. Although the popcorn index is not ideal, the media reputation still reached a new high for horror films this year.
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