‘Longlegs’ Hits $58 Million, Surpassing A24’s ‘Talk to Me’ as Highest-Grossing Indie Horror Movie in North America
variety.comRebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “Longlegs” has some long legs at the box office. After three weeks of release, the occult-tilted thriller has collected a stellar $58.6 million in North America, enough to become the highest-grossing indie horror film of the last decade. “Longlegs” surpassed A24’s “Talk to Me” ($48 million domestically) to achieve the milestone. “Talk to Me” has a bigger global tally with $92.1 million, whereas “Longlegs” has earned $62 million globally to date.
The film also ranks as Neon‘s highest-grossing film of all time, outperforming the Oscar-winning “Parasite” with $53.36 million in North America. (Neon is a domestic distributor and typically doesn’t control all of the international markets for its films.) “Longlegs” opened earlier in July and became a sleeper hit, earning $22.6 million in its first weekend and setting a new box office record for Neon in the process.
Sydney Sweeney’s religious horror film “Immaculate” previously ranked as the indie company’s biggest start with $5.3 million in March.
For context, only 15 independent studio releases in the past decade opened above $20 million. Ticket sales remained strong in its sophomore outing with $11.7 million, a 48% decline from its debut, and again in its third weekend with $6.7 million from 2,730 theaters.
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