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Box Office: ‘Longlegs’ Bedevils With Phenomenal $22.6 Million Debut, ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Struggles to Lift Off With $10 Million
'Longlegs,' a Nicolas Cage horror-thriller, out-grossed the rom-com 'Fly Me to the Moon' while 'Despicable Me 4' topped the box office
It’s a page right out of the playbooks of previous cult hits like “The Blair Witch Project,” where it worked so well that it essentially created a new paradigm for building buzz, and “Snakes on a Plane,” where a bunch of people got personalized recordings of Samuel L. Jackson ranting about air travel and reptiles. Sony Pictures distributed the film for Apple, having previously performed the same role for the tech giant on last fall’s historical epic, “Napoleon.” “Fly Me to the Moon,” which was directed by “Love, Simon’s” Greg Berlanti, earned solid reviews with many critics praising its fresh spin on the romantic comedy genre. Heading into the weekend, box office projections had “Fly Me to the Moon” debuting to $12 million, a figure it failed to hit, while “Longlegs” was targeting an opening in the high single digits, an overly conservative estimate that it easily eclipsed.
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