Nicolas Cage attends the premiere of ‘Longlegs’ | Photo credit: Matt Winkelmeyer
A major milestone for indie studio NEON: long legs‘This Is Not Away’ starring Nicolas Cage has surpassed Bong Joon-ho’s Best Picture award-winning film. Parasites became the company’s highest-grossing film at the US domestic box office. Over the weekend, long legs grossed an impressive $6.7 million on 2,730 screens, bringing its total domestic gross to $58.6 million in just its third week of release. ParasitesThe previous record was $53.37 million.
Directed by Osgood Perkins, long legs It has become the highest-grossing R-rated horror film of 2024 and the highest-grossing indie horror film of the last decade. It has surpassed films like A24’s Talk to meUniversal’s insidious chapter 3and A24’s Hereditary. currently, long legs ranking fifth at the domestic box office.
Despite his domestic success, long legs does not match Parasiteshas had a negative impact on the international performance of the. Parasites overseas grossed an impressive $208.7 million, bringing its worldwide total to $262.1 million, long legs It has collected just $8.1 million internationally, bringing its global total to $66.7 million.
ParasitesDirected by Bong Joon Ho, it may have lost the top spot domestically, but it remains a cultural and critical darling. The film won four of the six Oscars it was nominated for and currently sits at number 33 on IMDb’s Top 250 Movies list. As the year progresses, it remains to be seen if the film can regain the top spot. long legs would receive similar critical acclaim. For now, its $58.6 million domestic sales have cemented its place in NEON’s history books.
