Having recently become the indie distributor Neon’s top-grossing domestic box office release, directorOsgood Perkins’Longlegsis continuing to lure fans of slow-burn, art-house horror cinema towards its unique brand of thrills. Now in its third week of release,Longlegshaspassed major new milestones both domestically and worldwide, as it looks to conclude its run with totals that might have been considered out of reach prior to its debut. The movie has been breaking records since its opening day of release, albeit on a much smaller scale than the two other hits that have dominated discourse and the box office in the last month or so —Inside Out 2andDeadpool & Wolverine.
Longlegshasgenerated $60 million domestically, and another $12 million from overseas markets, for acumulative global gross of just under $73 million. It’s among the top-grossing horror movies of 2024, and by far the cheapest of the lot, with a reported budget of less than $10 million. Along with Paramount’s far more mainstreamA Quiet Place: Day One,Longlegshascontributed significantly to reviving the horror genre this year, after a string of high-profile under-performers such asThe First Omen($20 million),Abigail($25 million), andImaginary($28 million).
LonglegsstarsMaika Monroeas a rookie FBI agent, who is tasked with cracking a decades-old serial killings case. The killer is played memorably byNicolas Cage, whose appearance and performance were concealed from the public in the film’s inventive marketing campaign. Originally compared to thrillers such asJonathan Demme’sThe Silence of the LambsandKiyoshi Kurosawa’sCure,Longlegsrevealed itself to be a stranger film, with a serious supernatural streak and plenty of references to the occult. It earned positive reviews, and currently sits at a “fresh” 85% score on the aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes.
‘Longlegs’ Is the Top-Grossing Indie Horror Movie of the Last Decade
Longlegsrecently overtookBong Joon-ho’sParasiteto become Neon’s top-grossing domestic box office release, and has also surpassed the lifetime domestic box office hauls of its rival studio A24’s top horror movies —HereditaryandTalk to Me.Longlegswill also hope to overtakeHereditary’s $80 million lifetime global haul in the coming days, but before that, will set its sights on passing the domestic totals of franchise horror titles such asCandyman($61 million),The Purge($64 million), andThe Exorcist: Believer($65 million). you may watch the movie in theaters, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
A chilling horror thriller directed by Osgood Perkins. The film stars Maika Monroe as Lee Harker, a promising new FBI agent assigned to solve the mystery of an elusive serial killer played by Nicolas Cage. As Harker delves deeper into the case, she uncovers disturbing evidence of occult practices connected to the murders.
