Factoring in the money from outside North America, it’s already gone north of $174 million, and one nice trick it has in its back pocket is that it’s a feature that begs to be seen more than once.
There is no questioning Peele’s status as a blockbuster director at this point, and expectations are only going to get higher for whatever he does next.
Jumping back to the number two slot, Jordan Peele’s Us had a solid, if not unspectacular second weekend, dropping about 52 percent and adding $33.6 million to its domestic total.
The director’s sophomore effort did have a budget four times the size of its predecessor – $20 million vs. $4.5 million – but that’s basically negligible when you consider the numbers that the release is ultimately looking at.