Open the birthday cake and unpack it, it does look like it contains a strangely Lifelike doll: long legs is celebrating an important milestone. Osgood Perkins’ breakthrough horror film, starring Maika Monroe as an unusually intuitive FBI agent and Nicolas Cage as the nightmarish serial killer she hunts, is now officially a 2024 release. The highest-grossing independent film of the year.
According to a press release from Neon, the studio behind long legsCurrently, the film’s global box office has exceeded the US$100 million mark. Additionally, “Cumulative total revenue in the U.S. and Canada is currently $72 million, long legs It is the highest-grossing independent film of 2024 so far and the highest-grossing R-rated horror film of 2024. This nightmare marketing campaign actually worked!
These numbers mark a huge achievement, especially considering the film has yet to be released in certain key markets, including Italy and Latin America. So far, it’s been a huge success around the world, including in the UK and Ireland (“the film’s highest-grossing international region, currently at $10 million”), and Canada ($7 million).
Even better: “Legs” grossed more at the U.S. box office than “Neon,” the previous best-picture and Oscar-winning film parasites (it did make more globally); it’s also “the highest-grossing independent horror film of the past decade” and shot in a style that eclipses other recent hits, including talk to me, Insidious Chapter 3, and genetics.
With that in mind, Neon is clearly excited that another Perkins horror movie is in the pipeline – a Stephen King adaptation monkeywhich will launch in February — and is in the works it follows sequel they followStarring long legs‘Monroe.
On a broader scale, long legsThe lucrative success is sure to boost the entire indie horror genre. Audiences who enjoyed Nic Cage’s unsettling performance may be more likely to seek out other delightfully weird, offbeat films – and indie studios just got another boost, as always, there’s huge to be gained from investing in low-budget horror films return.
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