Jordan Peele’s “Nope” is successfully sending a message to moviegoers: get out… and go to theater.The Universal release is expected to net a 44.5 million opening this weekend, marking Peele’s third consecutive film to debut at the top slot of the domestic box office.The first indication that “Nope” might just be a summer box office hit came from its Thursday previews, which brought in a strong 6.4 million.
Early projections saw the sci-fi horror film making 45 million to 60 million by the end of its opening weekend.
The film is coming in a hair under those estimates.From Oscar-winning writer-director Jordan Peele, “Nope” stars Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer and Steven Yeun in a story of horse-wrangler siblings who make an unsettling, out-of-this-world discovery.“Nope” carries a production budget of 68 million, a good deal higher than the 4.5 million and 20 million figures that Peele’s “Get Out” and “Us” respectively possessed.
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