An adaptation of Stephen King’s brief story, the Osgood Perkins-directed, James Wan-produced The Monkey was launched in theaters over the weekend, the second collaboration between Perkins and NEON after final yr’s Longlegs. With a 77% Rotten Tomatoes score and C+ CinemaScore, how did The Monkey fare on the field workplace in its first weekend?
In 3,200 theaters throughout america, The Monkey scared up $14.2 million on the field workplace over the weekend, coming in second place behind Captain America: Courageous New World.
Whereas the yr is younger, The Monkey at present has the horror style’s highest opening weekend of 2025, besting the $10.8 million opening weekend of Common’s Wolf Man reboot.
Listed here are the home opening numbers for all this yr’s horror motion pictures up to now:
- The Monkey – $14.2 million
- Wolf Man – $10.8 million
- Companion – $9.3 million
- Coronary heart Eyes – $8.3 million
- Presence – $3.3 million
- The Damned – $769,721
The Monkey has a reported manufacturing price range of $10-11 million, so it shouldn’t have any drawback turning a revenue on the field workplace within the coming weeks. And NEON is neatly staying within the Osgood Perkins enterprise this yr, releasing his subsequent film Keeper in October. You may see the primary teaser for Keeper only-in-theaters now, enjoying instantly after The Monkey.
In The Monkey, “When twin brothers discover a mysterious wind-up monkey, a sequence of outrageous deaths tear their household aside. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a brand new killing spree forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy.”
The Monkey is a brief horror story that appeared in King’s Skeleton Crew, a 1985 assortment that additionally featured The Mist, The Jaunt, The Raft, Survivor Sort, The Attain, and extra.
Theo James (“The White Lotus”), Tatiana Maslany (She–Hulk: Lawyer at Legislation), Elijah Wooden (Maniac), Christian Convery (Candy Tooth), Colin O’Brien (Wonka), Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends) and Sarah Levy (Schitt’s Creek) star on this one.
