The horror film Nope, director Jordan Peele’s third feature, made a sensational debut at the North American box office, according to estimates on Sunday by the specialized firm Exhibitor Relations. Jordan Peele, known for the terrifying Get Out, signs here an unclassifiable film, between horror and science fiction, all in a Western setting. Nope raised 44 million dollars for its first weekend, “an excellent start for an original horror movie,” according to David Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research. It thus exceeds the receipts of Get Out, whose success had surprised when it was released in 2017. The feature film had, in fact, financially beaten The Blair Witch Project in the first film category with an original scenario, a feat .Nope nevertheless remains below the receipts of Us, another film by Peele released in 2019, which had reached $ 71 million during its first weekend of exploitation. In this new feature film, Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya camps a horse trainer, frightened by the appearance of mysterious phenomena in the sky of his ranch. But his sister (Keke Palmer) and he are torn between fear and the desire to access glory by capturing these scenes for social networks. The film preceded the blockbuster Thor: Love and Thunder, fourth episode of the saga from the Nordic hammer superhero played by Chris Hemsworth and accompanied by Natalie Portman and Christian Bale. The film still earned $22.1 million. pandemic. The animated film explores the beginnings of Gru, a wicked but endearing character in this successful saga. Where the crawfish sing, Olivia Newman’s teen thriller, takes fourth place, with $ 10.3 million. It is an adaptation of the best-selling book by American novelist and zoologist Delia Owens about a young girl who grew up in the heart of a coastal swamp in North Carolina in the 1950s. Top Gun: Maverick and its 10 million of dollars accumulated follow closely. The sequel, thirty-six years later, to Tom Cruise’s hit airplane movie, has already grossed over $635 million. Here’s the rest of the top 10:6 – Elvis ($6.3 million )7 – Samurai Academy ($3.9 million)8 – Black Phone ($3.4 million)9 – Jurassic World: The World After ($3 million)10 – A Dress for Mrs. Harris ($1.3 million)
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