There was no doubt that Chris Renaud and Patrick Delage's Despicable Me 4 was going to repeat at the top of the box office this weekend. The animated movie from Illumination Entertainment made a whole lot of money during its first Friday-to Sunday ($75 million), and even if the blockbuster experienced a 60 percent weekend-to-weekend drop, it was not going to relinquish its title as "The Number One Movie In America." In retrospect, that was a fair assessment.
.. but that doesn't mean that this weekend's box office numbers are without surprises.
Specifically, Osgood Perkins' Longlegs – an indie horror movie released by Neon – has performed exceptionally well, and it's ticket sales are stealing headlines from Despicable Me 4 despite it coming in second place. Check out the full Top 10 below, and join me after for analysis. Since releasing Bong Joon-ho 's Best Picture-winning Parasite in 2020, Neon has earned great respect as one of Hollywood's best indie distributors, and so far this year, they've matched that clout with some exciting box office success.
In March, Michael Mohan's Immaculate starring Sydney Sweeney set an opening weekend record for the company, earning $5.3 million in its first three days of release..
. and now Longlegs has come along to blow that record out of the water. According to The Numbers , Longlegs made $22.
6 million in the last three days, and while that may not seem like a lot of money on the surface (it's just the 17th biggest opening weekend of 202.
