Critics Jesse Nussman and Jason Evans give their thoughts on the horror film starring Maika Monroe and Nicholas Cage.
The surprise of the weekend was a small horror movie called “Longlegs” that upset the $100 million “Fly Me to the Moon.”NEW YORK — Gru and the minions celebrated a second week in first place at the North American box office this weekend, while a small horror movie called “Longlegs” upset the starry $100 million"Fly Me to the Moon."” was hardly a surprise, as the Universal and Illumination franchise added $44.
“Longlegs” was well-received by critics , but audiences gave it a less enthusiastic a C+ CinemaScore. Sony distributed “Fly Me to the Moon,” the Greg Berlanti-directed film about a marketing executive brought in to sell the space race to the American public, and, later, stage a fake moon landing just in case. Apple has not yet announced when it will debut on its streaming service.
The year-to-date gap between box office performance this year and last is getting moderately slimmer. It's now down 16.1% from 2023 thanks to a run of recent successes. But performance still pales in comparison to pre-pandemic standards. On July 14 in 2019, the annual box office take was at $6.2 billion. This year it’s at $4.1 billion so far.
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