The newly completed weekend, premiered in cinemas The Terror and Dark Comedy project, The Monkeyof the screenwriter and director Osgood Perkins (Longlegs) and the producer James Wan (Saw, The Conjuring).
The film is a film adaptation of the short story of Stephen Kingwith the support of the study NEON, In his second collaboration with Perkins, after taking care of the launch of Longlegs last August.
The performance of the launch of The Monkey In cinemas from the United States, it led him to break record as the highest grossing premiere of horror cinema so far from 2025. The film is being screened in 3,200 movie theaters, and accumulated a $ 14.2 million premiere box officebeing second behind Captain America: Brave New World.
The production budget was approximately $ 10 $ 11 million.
These are the premiere ticket offices in national territory (USA) of horror films that have been released in January and February 2025:
- THE MONKEY: $14.2 mdd
- WOLF MAN: $10.8 mdd
- COMPANION: $9.3 mdd
- HEART EYES: $8.3 mdd
- PRESENCE: $3.3 mdd
- THE DAMNED: $ 769,721
Neon celebrated the good news with a nice poster accompanied by the following sentence: “The film that is almost the number 1 in the United States (Damn Seas, Marvel Hulk crushes Harrison Ford).” You find the poster at the end of the note.
In addition, Neon and Perkins already have everything ready for their third collaboration. This is another terror project entitled Keeperwhich will be released in cinemas in October this year. The teaser of Keeper is available at the end of the film functions of The Monkey In the United States.
The monkey, For its title in our market, it is starring Theo James (The White Lotus, The Gentlemen) in double role as the twin brothers Hal and Bill, with Tatiana Mashlany (Orphan Black), Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings), Sarah Levy (Sheep's Creek), Christian Convery (Sweet Tooth), Colin O’Brien (Wonka), y Rohan Campbell (The Hardy Boys).
The plot focuses on Hal and Bill, who, after discovering his father's old toy monkey in the attic, begins to see a series of frightful deaths that occur around him. The brothers decide to get rid of the monkey and move on with their lives, distancing over the years. But when the mysterious deaths begin again, the brothers must meet to find a way to destroy the monkey forever before the lives of all their loved ones.
The Monkey It is a short horror story that appeared in Skeleton Crewa 1985 collection that also included The Mist, The Jaunt, The Raft, Survivor Type, The Reachamong others.
Wan produces the feature film with Michael Clear from Atomic Monster, Jason Cloth (Joker), Dave Caplan (Babylon), Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Insidious), Y Chris Ferguson (Child’s Play). Executive producers are Fred Berger (LA LA LAND), Peter Luo, Nancy Xu, y John Friedberg.
Source: https://cine3.com/the-monkey-estreno-mas-taquillero-cine-terror-2025/
