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Jordan Peele’s ‘Get Out’ Scores Monster $30.5 Million Opening

“Get Out,” a trenchant horror film about race relations, rode critical raves to a smashing box office debut. The low-budget film was the weekend’s top-grossing domestic release, earning $30.5 million, and propelling its director and writer Jordan Peele onto the Hollywood A-list. The film, which centers on a black man who discovers that his girlfriend’s liberal, lily-white hometown is guarding a sinister secret, marks a departure for Peele, who is best-known for his work on the Comedy Central series “Key & Peele.” It proves he can handle scares, as well as laughs, supplying sly social commentary in both genres.

“Get Out” also extends Blumhouse Productions’ hot hand. The film company scored earlier this year with “Split,” a thriller about a man with a personality disorder that racked up $130.8 million stateside on a $9 million budget. Universal distributed, marketed, and partnered on both movies.

“Get Out” benefited from being embraced by reviewers, earning a rare 100% “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the likes of the Wall Street Journal’s Joe Morgenstern hailing its “explosive brilliance” and the New York Times’ Manohla Dargis praising it as “exhilaratingly smart.” Not the kind of notices most horror films enjoy. Its success comes as most of the movie business’ gaze is affixed on the Dolby Theater, where the Academy Awards will unfold on Sunday, with “La La Land” expected to be the night’s big winner.

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Worldwide Box Office

Resident Evil: The Last Chapter opened to an estimated $94.3M in China.


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[Sibersk Esto]

Not shocked at Get Out. Showings have been sold out all over.

 

[Lifeline]

Wow Get Out did really well. I hadn't even seen a single ad or heard about this film till the reviews came out.

Would've watched this next week if if wasn't for Logan. Enjoyed their Kenau movie.

 

[Majmun]

wow at Resident Evil

Guess they're making another one

 

[BronsonLee]

Get Out and Split were both Blumhouse?

They're killin it

 

[gamz]

Get Out and Split were both Blumhouse?

They're killin it

Yep.

 

[Violence Jack]

Going to see Get Out in a few hours. Heard nothing but great things.

Glad to see good legs for JW2.

 

[Chezzymann]

Pretty weird that a movie with 100% RT has a 64 metascore. Guess almost all of the critics thought it was decent but not great or something.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

We out here! Split and Get Out are changing the game this year.

 

[HeartlessNobody213]

Great for Get Out. Blumhouse still feasting.

 

[Turbo Killer]

Can John Wick hit 100?

 

[guek]

Whoa, Get Out got the viewers out

 

[broncobuster]

Get Out delivered after its great trailer.

 

[-griffy-]

That Metascore for Get Out is way off, it's at 83

 

[……forgetit]

Woo, John Wicke finally above 50 shades.

 

[Toxi]

Get Out has a 64 Metascore? It says 83 when I check it.

Edit: Fixed

 

[Litan]

Pretty weird that a movie with 100% RT has a 64 metascore. Guess almost all of the critics thought it was decent but not great or something.

It's always interesting when the Metascore for a movie is a good bit lower than the average critic score in RT. I've yet to see it be the other way around.

I usually agree with the RT rating, though

Edit: It's actually 83, so in the case of Get Out, they are lined up..

 

[TheSkullPrince]

Now I have to go watch Get Out, nothing but good reviews and word-of-mouth.

 

[The Maverick]

I really want to watch Get Out but have nobody to go with. Risk being that guy and watching it alone?

 

[kswiston]

That Metascore for Get Out is way off, it's at 83

You are right. That was the info for the Conjuring 2. I forgot to update that part when copying over the info for Get Out. Fixed.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

That's a strong top 3 quality wise

 

[ryutaro's mama]

'Get Out' deserves every single dollar it made and then some.

I had a 'Get Out' influenced dream last night...that's how much it resonated with me.

 

[Toth]

wow at Resident Evil

Guess they're making another one

I really enjoyed the series but it definitely need to end. I found it to be satisfactory, even if the opening seemed grossly unfinished.

 

[Roland_Gunner]

Can John Wick hit 100?

Have to think that John Wick will lose a lot of attention & screens to Logan next week.

 

[MarveI]

Peele better get a nice chunk of that money.

 

[Oscar]

I really want to watch Get Out but have nobody to go with. Risk being that guy and watching it alone?

Nobody cares bro, you're good.

 

[gamz]

Peele better get a nice chunk of that money.

If he has points? Not sure if he does, but he'll get paid on his next.

 

[Kitschkraft]

Thank you Jordan Peele for bringing black folks into this wave of quality horror movies that we've seen over the past few years....hopefully there are more black genre movies to come.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Please don't China,
I enjoy the series but 6 is such a piece of shit.

 

[gamz]

I really want to watch Get Out but have nobody to go with. Risk being that guy and watching it alone?

I watch movies all the time by myself. Nobody gives a crap. Don't be weird.

 

[Exterminieren]

Good for Peele, and good for Kaluuya- I've been following his career for a while, and it's good to see him in a bona fide hit.

 

[HeartlessNobody213]

I really want to watch Get Out but have nobody to go with. Risk being that guy and watching it alone?

I saw it alone, hell thats how I see a lot of movies. Never understood the stigma of seeing movies by yourself.

 

[HeySeuss]

I really want to watch Get Out but have nobody to go with. Risk being that guy and watching it alone?

I enjoy watching movies by myself. I thought people would look at me funny since I was the weird creepy guy sitting alone in a movie theater. But nobody cares. Really.

 

[gamz]

I saw it alone, hell thats how I see a lot of movies. Never understood the stigma of seeing movies by yourself.

I prefer it. I hate waiting on people and have my own routine on seeing movies.

 

[……forgetit]

Pretty weird that a movie with 100% RT has a 64 metascore. Guess almost all of the critics thought it was decent but not great or something.

The metacritic user score is that low, it's about racism, so that's how it goes.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

I really want to watch Get Out but have nobody to go with. Risk being that guy and watching it alone?

That's what i did.

If you find a nice place that serves food, it's a great lunch.

 

[SirClinksAlot]

Damn at Get Out! Tiny ass budget and number one at the box office. Congrats to Jordan Peele! Ill probably go see it next week.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I really want to watch Get Out but have nobody to go with. Risk being that guy and watching it alone?

Just go. I felt the same way a few years ago, but now I go alone all the time. My friends aren't into the same movies, so I have to go alone if I want to see stuff like Moonlight, The Edge of Seventeen, etc. You're good, fam.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Just go. I felt the same way a few years ago, but now I go alone all the time. My friends aren't into the same movies, so I have to go alone if I want to see stuff like Moonlight, The Edge of Seventeen, etc. You're good, fam.

This. I would've missed so many great movies if I was beholden to other people's tastes.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

I really want to watch Get Out but have nobody to go with. Risk being that guy and watching it alone?

Are you also that person that doesn't go to restaurants alone because people might laugh at you?

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

I really want to watch Get Out but have nobody to go with. Risk being that guy and watching it alone?

Why do you care what people in a movie theater think of you?

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

How the hell was the Fences budget $24 million?

Good lord that return on investment for Get Out is insane. Props to Jordan Peele.

 

[BronsonLee]

I do everything alone so when people stare at me I just throw something at them
In a movie theater it's my soda
In a restaurant it's my fork
At a water park it's a child, etc etc

 

[Tagyhag]

Wow I'm surprised at how well Get Out did, it just goes to show that good reviews and word of mouth can propel a movie extremely fast.

 

[golem]

Blumhouse might be the smartest people in Hollywood.. killing it

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Blumhouse might be the smartest people in Hollywood.. killing it

They are a studio that understands budget.

 

[gamz]

Blumhouse might be the smartest people in Hollywood.. killing it

I posted this in the other thread.

Gitesh Pandya‏@GiteshPandya

Moneymaking hit streak continues for #Blumhouse this yr. #Split & #GetOut cost $14M combined to produce & shd gross $400-500M worldwide.

 

[Sanjuro]

 

[zero_suit]

I really want to watch Get Out but have nobody to go with. Risk being that guy and watching it alone?

Do it. I see most movies by myself and it's no issue.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

I do everything alone so when people stare at me I just throw something at them
In a movie theater it's my soda
In a restaurant it's my fork
At a water park it's a child, etc etc

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