Long legs surprises the American box office
After a well-conducted marketing campaign, the independent horror film Long legs has had a spectacular start in North America. After three days in theaters, the film starring Nicolas Cage has already repaid its production budget. With an estimated cost of less than $10 million, it has already earned more than 22 million in the United States and Canada. This is a record launch for a film distributed by the NEON company. Of which this is said Marketing and distribution costs also amount to around $10 million. A total financial success then, which should prove extremely profitable for the independent distributor.
FBI Agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe), a talented new recruit, is assigned to the cold case of an elusive serial killer. The investigation, bordering on the occult, becomes even more complex when she uncovers a personal connection to the ruthless killer she must stop before he takes the lives of more innocent families.
If the weekend was dominated by animated films Despicable Me 4with a new $44.6 million added to the domestic box office for its second weekend, Long legs takes second place. And it is much more ahead of the romantic comedy To the moonwith Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson. This one in fact has to settle for a sad total of 10 million dollars of revenue on North American soil for its first weekend.
Good news for genre cinema (and Nicolas Cage)
The success of Long legswhich has yet to take stock of its international exploitation, is reassuring about the health of genre cinema. With its box office performance it shows that a film with good ideas does not need tens of millions of dollars to be made and earn a lot of money. It is also proof that Nicolas Cage, since his great performance in Pig in 2021 and the recent performances noted in Dream scenario AND The surferis currently experiencing a bright phase in American independent cinema.
In France, the critical reception of Longlegs is rather cold. Currently with a critical and public rating on Allociné of 2.8/5. On the contrary, it was acclaimed in the United States with a critical score of 86% on Rotten Tomatoes and an audience rating of 63%. A critical success that has thus benefited the film’s success in theaters, with a very successful word of mouth.
Source: Cine Serie
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