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‘Nope’ Box Office – Jordan Peele’s Sci-Fi Horror Abducts $44M Opening
Oscar winner Jordan Peele is back with his latest horror film, Nope, which didn’t quite impress casual audiences as it did critics, but still managed a booming box office opening.
Nope, which could only be described as Peele’s own personal take on Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, took advantage of the minimal competition and abducted $44M from the box office.
Peele’s Get Out opened to $33M and ended its run with $255M globally, while his sophomoric effort, Us, opened to $87M and ended with <checks notes> $255M also.
The aforementioned films both scored an A- CinemaScore from audiences while Nope, which is indeed more of a slow burn, received a B, oddly on par with Candyman, Halloween Kills and The Forever Purge.
Predicting the box office post-pandemic isn’t as easy as it was before, and it’s unlikely Nope will reach the same $250M global milestone as his first two efforts, but this is still considered a monstrous hit for the beloved horror filmmaker.
In the film, “Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California who bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.”
Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) reteams with Peele on the mysterious movie, with the cast also including Steven Yeun (“The Walking Dead,” Mayhem) and Keke Palmer (“Scream”). Michael Wincott (The Crow), Barbie Ferreira and Brandon Perea also star.
Meagan Navarro was a fan of the film, writing in her review that “Jordan Peele takes on the summer blockbuster with soaring spectacle and scathing subtext.”
What did you all think of Nope?
The story of Ghostbusters II will be told like never before in the documentary Too Hot to Handle: Remembering Ghostbusters II, which has wrapped production after eight years!
Deadline details, “United Kingdom filmmakers Anthony and Claire Bueno are behind the documentary, whose production was delayed by the pandemic and health complications. The aim is to officially launch the film at a festival and/or market this fall.”
Too Hot to Handle: Remembering Ghostbusters II is a sequel to the 2019 documentary Cleanin’ Up The Town: Remembering Ghostbusters, also made by Anthony and Claire Bueno.
The upcoming Ghostbusters II documentary will feature “interviews with Dan Aykroyd, the late Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, the late director and producer Ivan Reitman, and ILM’s Dennis Muren.”
Director Anthony Bueno said in a statement shared by Deadline, “It’s been an honour and a privilege to capture these interviews and finally be able to present them all to the world. I’m incredibly proud of the work that we have all put into these documentaries. It hasn’t always been an easy journey but with the skills and talents of all involved, we can finally show Too Hot To Handle to the fans of the Ghostbusters films and filmmaking alike.”
Composer Randy Edelman previews, “As it comes closer to having audiences view the wonderful new documentary Too Hot To Handle, I find that the music for the score reflects more than just going over the broad plot points of this look back to the gloriously and unique sequel to such a loved film property. As I had written the score to Ghostbusters II film, I valued the aspects of so many who contributed so much in terms of character and story.”
“I believe all those who will view this film will appreciate it and its subject matter in a welcoming, graceful way. And those who were part of it originally who aren’t fortunate enough be on this earth to see it, they would be incredibly proud of the diligence, thoughtfulness, and power of these two – a team of a sister and brother from England – who against the odds of traditional Hollywood brought this doc to the screen,” Edelman’s statement continues. “I was around for both so I feel qualified to make this commentary.”
Unannounced Film Company has boarded world rights on Too Hot to Handle.