The Argentine film directed by Demián Rugna is the best local premiere of the horror genre.
The horror movie “When evil lurks”of Demián Rugnabecame the best local premiere of the genre in history by selling 40,391 tickets in its first weekend on display, and placed third in the general box office, according to data from the Ultracine site.
With these figures, the winning film at the Sitges International Film Festival, which had already had an impact with its exhibition in 800 theaters in the United States, is currently in fourth place among the most viewed films in the history of local horror films. , below “You will not sleep”2018; “Cold sweat”, from 2011; and “Resurrection”2015.
The rest of the box office
Meanwhile, at the weekend’s overall box office, locally, “When Evil Stalks” was only surpassed by “The Marvels”, with 108,200 tickets cut; and “Five Nights at Freddy’s”with 95,483 and a cumulative total of 987,649.
In fourth place was “Trolls 3: the gang is assembled”, with 36,527; followed by “The Moon Killers”, with 9,807; and “Hypnosis: invisible weapon”with 7,096.
Another Argentine production appears in seventh place, “Puan”which totaled 5,354 tickets and has already accumulated 102,351 tickets sold since its premiere.
They complete the top 10 of the weekend, “The Exorcist: believers”with 4,111; “Attack in the air”, with 3,971; and “The Vigilante: final chapter”with 3,894.
Source: Ambito
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