On the weekend of February 7, Sony Pictures and Spyglass Media Group premiered in Cinemas in the United States a Valentine's proposal that mixes the Rom-Com with the Slasher genre. It's about Heart Eyesof the director Josh Ruben (Werewolves Within, Scare Me).
The story, written by Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky), Phillip Murphy (The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard) y Michael Kennedy (Freaky), it focuses on two colleagues (Olivia Holt of Cruel Summer y Mason Gooding of Scream 5, Scream VI), Those who work extra time on Valentine's Day, when they are stalked by a masked murderer.
The launch of Heart Eyes opened in the number 2 of the national box office with $ 8.3 million, and For its second weekend of exhibition, its compilation with another $ 10 million dollars increased at the national box office.
This leads to having The third smallest fall in the second week in cinemas of the horror genre of all timefor a movie released in 600 rooms or more. Heart Eyes It is placed only behind Terrifier 2 (+28%), and the iconic Slasher of 1996 that revived the genre of horror, Scream (+42%).
Generally, Slasher films suffer from devices in their second weekends on the billboard, with a few exceptions such as the three cases cited above.
Official synopsis:
“When Heart Eyes Killer attacks Seattle, the elusive murderer who is looking for couples confuses a couple of coworkers who make overtime on Valentine's Day with a couple. Now they must spend the most romantic night of the year running through their lives. ”
The cast includes Jordana Brewster (Fast and Furious, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning), Devon Sawa (Final Destination, Chucky), y Zumbado teeth (Doctor Odyssey, Bridge and Tunnel).
The director Ruben previously said in a press release feeling excited to address his favorite genres:
“My love for terror only rivals my love for romantic comedies. I am very excited to set up my most challenging gender change to date: A brutal slasher in a nostalgic universe of romantic comedy.”
The filming was made in New Zealand in June 2024.
Landon, Greg Gilreath y Adam Hendricks (M3gan, Totally Killer) of divide/conquer produce. Gary Barber and Chris Stone of Spyglass are the executive producers with Murphy.
Spyglass knows one thing or two of Slashers, because it produced the two most recent deliveries in the saga Screamand next way, Scream 7.
Source: https://cine3.com/heart-eyes-se-une-a-selecto-grupo-en-taquilla-nacional-del-cine-slasher/
