Box Office Blowout: Modern Horror Rules as Jordan Peele’s “Us” Brings in $29 Million Opening, Eyes $60-$70 Mil Weekend

SHOWBIZ 411, by Roger Friedman — March 23, 2019

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It’s all about “Us” this weekend.

Jordan Peele’s follow up to “Get Out” scored a huge $29 million Friday including $7.4 mil from Thursday previews. By Sunday night, the modern horror film could have $70 million in the bank.

This is despite some disappointing reaction from social media last night. A lot of Tweets I read didn’t find “Us” as compelling as reviewers did. But that’s not going to stop the momentum. People want to see this movie.

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One Response to Box Office Blowout: Modern Horror Rules as Jordan Peele’s “Us” Brings in $29 Million Opening, Eyes $60-$70 Mil Weekend

  1. Bruce Steadman says:

    ‘US’ REVIEW: INTENSE WARNING ABOUT THE HORRORS OF SOCIALISM

    Breitbart
    by John Nolte
    March 21, 2019

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    … a mainstream film that is not only unreservedly pro-American, but fiercely anti-socialist.

    Peele takes his time introducing us to the Wilsons, a ridiculously appealing, upper-middle class nuclear family enjoying the splendors that come from working hard in America: nice car, summer home, and dad just bought himself a used boat — which is itself a metaphor for the wonders of capitalism. Sure, that boat’s going to require some work, some elbow grease, some investment; that’s because if you’re an honest man, nothing worth having comes easy. And once that boat is cherry, the payoff will be how it brings this family even closer together.

    And this is a normal family. A loving family. This isn’t Hollywood’s perverted view of family. The kids listen to the parents. The parents have earned that moral authority. Mom and dad are in love. There’s no dysfunction, no hidden underbelly. Best of all, the fact that the Wilsons are black has nothing to do with anything. Us embraces the ideal of e pluribus unum, most especially through the Wilsons’ friendship with the Tylers, who just happen to be white.

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    https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/03/21/us-review-intense-warning-about-the-horrors-of-socialism/

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