Us, the latest film from Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele, blew away the projections for its opening weekend with a $70.2 million premiere that made it one of the highest-grossing original, live-action movies of all time. Meanwhile, Captain Marvel is close to becoming the next $1 billion blockbuster.
Box office pundits predicted a big weekend for Jordan Peele’s Us, but few — if any — predicted how big the horror film’s premiere ended up being.
The movie, which follows a family terrorized by murderous duplicates of themselves, absolutely crushed early estimates for its opening weekend with more than $70 million over three days. Not only did it break a long list of records, but it also knocked off Marvel Studios’ latest big-screen juggernaut, Captain Marvel, to become the weekend’s highest-grossing movie — no small feat in and of itself.
Just how big of a weekend did Us have? The list of the film’s achievements after just one weekend in theaters is an impressive one.
