MOVIE NEWS – Osgood Perkins’ new horror film, Longlegs not only opened with record revenue in America, after three weeks it became the highest-grossing film in the history of NEON in America.The film starring Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe can be seen in domestic cinemas from August 1.

Lee Harker (Maika Monroe), a young and talented FBI agent, is entrusted with the unsolved case of a serial killer (Nicolas Cage). As the investigation grows more complicated with an array of occult evidence, Harker realizes he may have a personal connection to the killer and must act quickly to prevent another bloodbath.

The film was released overseas on July 12, and in its opening weekend, it produced the best opening weekend for international distributor NEON. Until then, their film Immaculate, which was also presented this year, took first place with an opening of 5.3 million dollars, which was rounded off four times by Longlegs with 22.6 million.

Now the film can register another success: after three weeks, Longlegs became the highest-grossing film in NEON’s history in America, ahead of the four-time Oscar winner The Living Ones , which grossed $53.3 million overseas. Additionally, Longlegs is the highest-grossing R-rated film of 2024 and the highest-grossing indie horror of the past 10 years, beating out films like Talk to Me!, >Insidious: Evil Spirit and Legacy.

The Blackcoat’s Daughter is the fourth horror film of Longlegs Osgood Perkins (fathered by Psycho star Anthony Perkins) > (2015), I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016), and Gretel & After Hansel (2020), but the first to be released in domestic cinemas.

In recent years, Nicolas Cage, known for his crazy role choices, has seen quite a few horror films that reached Hungarian audiences (When Night Falls, Renfield, Willy’s Fairytale World, Mandy: The Cult of Revenge, Monster Parents).The name of Maika Monroe, who plays the FBI agent, became known to horror fans in 2014 as the main character of Something Follows.

Also in 2014, the thriller The Guest was shown, which was followed by so many horror films (Tau, Bastards, Someone’s Watching, Otherworldly Obsession), not only in full-length but also in short format. also: in the short film How to Be Alone (2019) we can see him with one of the main characters of Stranger Things, Joe Keery (the surreal short film available on Alter’s channel).

Longlegs will be released in domestic cinemas on August 1, 2024, distributed by ADS Service.

Source: ADS