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How ‘Nosferatu’ Drove a Stake Through Box Office Expectations With Huge $40 Million Christmas Debut
"Nosferatu" became an unlikely box office smash over the Christmas holiday weekend.
Box office tracking isn’t an exact science, but projectionists have a better barometer of how a film might perform because patrons these days tend to buy tickets online in advance to reserve their ideal seat, be it on the aisle or dead center. The long-in-the-works remake of the gothic tale, about a terrifying vampire (Bill Skarsgård) who stalks a haunted young woman (Lily-Rose Depp), has been a passion project for Eggers. These successes with seemingly unconventional release dates are signaling there’s room for alternative fare amid the crush of family films, like “Mufasa: The Lion King,” “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” and “Wicked,” that typically dominate around the holidays.
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