Jordan Peele's "Us" Shatters Box Office With $70 Million Debut, Snip-Snips Captain Marvel From #1 Spot

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Jordan Peele’s “Us” Shatters Weekend Box Office

Jordan Peele’s deliciously creepy psychological thriller “Us” shattered the whole entire box office with a $70 million opening weekend (YES, SEV-EN-TEE) that exceeded industry expectations, silenced the doubters and proved “Get Out” wasn’t a fluke. But wait, there’s more: It’s now the highest grossing original Horror movie of all-time (after its first week) with the third biggest opening for a Horror film EVER.

Whew, Black Horror excellence with an Oscar-worthy performance from Lupita Nyong’o, countless meme-able moments and mind-blowing theories that have Twitter in a dot-connecting TIZZY.

Biggest opening *ever* for an original horror movie.
Biggest opening *ever* for an original R-rated movie.
Biggest opening for an original live action movie since “Avatar.”
Third largest opening *ever* for a horror film. https://t.co/8JVLnpa9xi via @sonaiyak #UsMovie pic.twitter.com/YDATHsAwDT

— jen yamato (@jenyamato) March 24, 2019

Watching "Us" with a bunch of black people was such an experience. Lupita yelled at her husband "You're not making the decisions anymore!" And some black girl screamed "PERIOD!" And the whole theater busted out laughing 😂

— 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕒𝕤𝕥 🔝 (@JuSLIKEMIKE911) March 24, 2019

No matter how you feel about #UsMovie the one thing I hope we all can agree on, after you all see it opening weekend, is that @Lupita_Nyongo deserves a best actress nomination. Two in fact. pic.twitter.com/BE2GM3JLAx

— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) March 22, 2019

me on my way to lupita’s house #UsMovie pic.twitter.com/kxJjl576SV

— Marko⚡️ (@1_yo_1) March 25, 2019

Trying to explain #USMovie to someone… pic.twitter.com/ZVT8vvEkgy

— ☆ My World™ (@Mister_Reckless) March 24, 2019

“‘Us’ is a horror movie.” —@JordanPeele #UsMovie #BehindTheScenes pic.twitter.com/sdl0tNHtMT

— Lupita Nyong'o (@Lupita_Nyongo) March 19, 2019

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$70 million dollars = the largest weekend for an original #horror movie!!! #UsMovie already making history 👫👫👫👫👫👫 pic.twitter.com/3HBU2ZbdPs

— Andrew. (@laptop_lasane) March 25, 2019

What a way to end opening weekend! I’ve felt the support all around (woweee New York Times this week!) and am grateful for this moment.

I’m having so much fun and looks like many of you had a scary good time at the theater this weekend too. ✂️🎟❤️ pic.twitter.com/483bz6VtG1

— Lupita Nyong'o (@Lupita_Nyongo) March 24, 2019

I just watched #UsMovie for a second time and wowsers!!! It’s a masterpiece. Genius on so many levels. It’s like a giant #EasterEgg hunt inside of a horror film.

It’s a totally different movie the second time around. pic.twitter.com/bqb0eByxh3

— The All-Mighty Xilla Valentine (@BlogXilla) March 20, 2019

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