Jordan Peele’s sci-fi horror pic Nope started off its North American box office run with a strong 6.4 million in Thursday previews, according to Universal.The filmmaker’s third movie reunites him with Get Out actor Daniel Kaluuya, who stars alongside Keke Palmer and Steven Yeun as the residents of a remote town who attempt to document a mysterious event involving an unidentified flying object.Along with directing, Peele wrote and co-produced the Universal movie via his Monkeypaw Productions.Nope is aiming for a 50 million domestic debut, which would mark the best start for an original studio film since 2019 and continue the rebound at the summer box office.Peele’s second Universal horror film, Us, opened to a record-breaking 71 million in 2019, while Get Out, his directorial debut, launched to 33 million in 2017 on its way to becoming a water-cooler sensation and grossing north of
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