Rather, its downstream revenues and subsequent home windows must be taken into account.

By traditional studio P&L standards, some of those releases would be considered flops.

Given that, Apple and Amazon are excluded from this years survey.

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(Clockwise from top left) ‘Speak No Evil’, ‘Nosferatu’, ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’, ‘Smile 2’ and ‘Longlegs’Everett Collection

He couldnt helm the prequel this time around due to scheduling issues withJack Ryan.

First, Jeff Nichols was up for the job before Michael Sarnoski stepped in.

Thats an accomplishment considering the original cast didnt star here, instead featuring newcomers Lupita Nyongo and Joseph Quinn.

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Essentially that speaks to the overall strength of the franchise Paramount has built here.

The hook in the campaign from Focus vice chairman Jason Cassidy was the trailers tagline He is coming!

not to mention that images of Bill Skarsgard as the monster werent revealed in materials.

The result is Focus Features second highest-grossing movie ever at the domestic box office behindDownton Abbey.

The sequel also doubled as an exploration of the singers neurotic behavior.

The sequel opened to $23M stateside, just a tad higher than the first film at $22.6M.

Net profit after ancillaries and a targeted $65M P&A spend is $55.4M.

Blum approached the films original producers and got them to agree.

As the weekend progresses, they realize their hosts are pretty messed up.

The companys biggest opening ever at the domestic box office with $22.4 million.

The other trick up Neons sleeve is that it hid Nicolas Cages killer throughout the entire campaign.

Streaming of $30M includes Neons output deal with Hulu stateside.

C2 financed the film for under $10M.

Black Bear closed a raft of offshore deals.

Neon is releasing the directorsThe MonkeyandKeeperboth out this fall.

The net profit here from the global play ofLonglegsis $48M.

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