NEON's 'Longlegs' Premiere Breaks Box Office Records

The weekend just ended and after a great marketing campaign, NEON premiered in theaters one of the most anticipated horror films of the year: Longlegsthe horror thriller of Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter).

The audience responded extremely positively to the project described as “in the vein of classic Hollywood psychological thrillers,” and as “the best horror film about serial killers since The silence of the inocents”. With these credentials he arrived on the big screen Longlegsand it is meeting expectations.

In its opening weekend, NEON released it in 2,510 movie theaters in the United Stateswhere raised $22.6 million dollarsinstantly becoming in the best opening of an original horror film in 2024surpassing the $11.7 million dollars of Night Swim.

Besides, broke the record as the best release in NEON historyleaving behind Immaculate (2024) and its $5.3 million dollars.

The achievements don't stop there. Longlegs broke the record for the best opening of an independent horror film in a decade. We remember that Hereditary from Ari Aster and A24 opened to $13.5 million in 2018. This is another huge triumph for horror cinema.

He budget of Longlegs was $10 million dollars, about.

NEON is coming off a solid, winning streak with the releases of Immaculate, Handling the Dead, Longlegsand he still has to release films like the psychological thriller Mothers’ Instinct (July 26), the horror thriller Cuckoo (August 9), the winner of the Palme d'Or, Anora (October 18), and the adaptation of Stephen King's novel, The Monkey (February 21, 2025).

Nice Monroe y Nicolas Cage star in the horror thriller, she as FBI agent Lee Harker, who is on the trail of the serial killer nicknamed Longlegs, played by Cage.

The actors have been involved in a number of audience-favorite horror film projects. Monroe has starred in It Follows –which has the sequel underway They Follow–, The Guest, Significant Otherand more recently, Watcher. Cage, for his part, is remembered for Renfield, Pig, y Mandy.

SYNOPSIS:

“FBI Agent Lee Harker (Monroe) is assigned to a serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.”

Alicia Witt (Urban Legend, I Care a Lot), Blair Underwood (Origin, American Crime Story), Vanessa Walsh (Murdaugh Murders: The Movie) y Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) complete the cast.

The producers are Cage with his production company Saturn Films, Dan Kagan, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Dave Caplan, and Chris Ferguson.

Unfortunately in Mexico and the rest of Latin America, Longlegs It is not yet available. We have to wait for the August 29It will be distributed in theaters by Diamond Films under the title Longlegs: Soul Collector.