Universal/Illumination’s “Despicable Me 4” is continuing to carry the torch from “Inside Out 2” with another No. 1 at the box office this weekend, but the big surprise belongs to Osgood Perkins’ horror film “Longlegs,” which is setting a new record for its distributor Neon with an estimated $22 million opening weekend.
Neon, along with A24, have carved out a niche for themselves feeding an appetite for intense independent horror, but the $910 million opening day total “Longlegs” earned from 2,510 theaters is catapulting the film to an opening weekend that is more than double the $7-9 million that trackers had projected.
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