‘X’ Marks A Budding Slasher Franchise For A24 – Specialty Box Office
deadline.comA24’s smart slasher/horror X grossed over $4.4M on 2,865 screens to take fourth place at the weekend box office, topping expectations for writer/director Ti West’s return after a six-year absence from film.
His first ever wide release, a cross between the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Boogie Nights, is currently Certified Fresh at 96% and has a prequel nearly done and a sequel on the horizon.Some 73% of moviegoers were between 18-35, reflecting a return to theaters of younger demos that A24 caters to well with edgy and horror fare including recent Red Rocket, Lamb and Zola as well as The Witch, The Lighthouse, Uncut Gems and Ari Aster’s Hereditary, Midsommar, and with films like The Green Knight that play well across both big chain and arthouse cinemas.Although not dated or titled yet The X prequel is pretty far along in post.
Teasers are currently playing at the end of X. It will focus on a youthful version of the older female killer, one of the characters played by Mia Goth (she plays two roles in X, a young stripper Maxine, who hopes a porno film will rocket her to fame, and a hate-filled older villain, Pearl.There’s likely a third film, an X sequel, on the way too rounding out what would be A24’s first bona fide franchise (if you exclude The Souvenir and The Souvenir: Part II).X grosses: Fri.- $1.776M+; Sat. $1.512+; Sun. – $1.119M.
PSA, $1,538.The pic follows a group of young filmmakers in 1979 setting out to make a porno film in rural Texas. When their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
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