'Nosferatu' surpasses $100 million at the global box office

The theatrical release of the remake of the horror classic, Nosferatufrom the screenwriter and director Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman), and the study Focus Featuresrepresents a different offering in this season that traditionally screens Christmas-themed films for the whole family, as well as dramas that are shaping up for the Oscar, but not much horror film offering.

Before the arrival of Nosferatuthe audience has responded positively.

With ten days of exhibition in theaters in the United States, and its first weekend of exhibition in some international markets, such as Mexico, Nosferatu of Eggers surpassed $100 million dollars in the global box office.

The film placed third at the domestic box office, with $69.4 million in its second weekend, only behind Mufasa: The Lion King y Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

At the international box office it earned $26 million dollars, for an international total of $31 million dollars, and a global total of $100.4 million dollars.

According to information from Universal, It is one of the best premieres in history for a horror title.

Previously, Nosferatu recorded the highest grossing on Christmas Day and the highest grossing over a three-day Christmas weekend for a horror genre film, breaking the record that The Faculty (1998) possessed in both.

In the remake, Nosferatu/Count Orlock is played by Bill Skarsgårdwho is accompanied by Lily-Rose Depp (The Idol, Silent Night), Nicholas Hoult (The Menu, Renfield), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kraven the Hunter, Nocturnal Animals), Emma Corrin (The Crown, My Policeman), Simon McBurney (The Conjuring 2), Ralph Ineson (The Witch, The Northman), y Willem Dafoe (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, The Lighthouse) as Professor Albin Eberthart Von Franz, vampire hunter.

“In the new reinvention, Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman (Lily-Rose Depp) in 19th century Germany and the ancient vampire of Transylvania (Bill Skarsgard) who stalks her, bringing with him unspeakable horror.”

Eggers wrote and directed the remake, as well as producing it alongside Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Chris Columbus and Eleanor Columbus.

Production companies are Maiden Voyage Pictures, Studio 8, Birch Hill Road Entertainment.