Jordan Peele's stellar horror flick Get Out has beaten The Blair Witch's record for the highest-grossing debut for a writer-director based on an original screenplay.
As reported by Forbes, Get Out has now raked in $150 million in domestic (US) sales, which means it has eclipsed the $140 million garnered by The Blair Witch Project in 1999. Get Out has been wildly successful from the get go, debuting with $33.377 million on its opening weekend. It cost less than $5 million to produce.
Get Out was still travelling well in the domestic box office this weekend, whereas the Ghost in the Shell live-action reboot, with its $110 million production budget, had an underwhelming debut.
Peele was recently rumoured to be in discussions to direct the live-action remake of Akira. Here's what the filmmaker had to say about subverting audience expectations.
Lucy O'Brien is an editor at IGN’s Sydney office. Follow her ramblings on Twitter.
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