Horror ‘The Black Phone’, the new film from director Scott Derrickson (‘The Entity’), has surpassed initial projections and surprised the North American box office with a solid opening of $23.3 million.
It should be remembered that analysts expected a start of around 18 million US dollars.
Internationally, the film earned $12.4 million for a world premiere of $35.8 million.
With a low budget of $16 million, “The Black Phone” has everything it needs to become another Blumhouse hit – and perhaps create its own franchise.
Horror hits national theaters on July 21.
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The plot follows a 13-year-old in the 1970s who is kidnapped by a man in a black van and taken to a basement with a black phone. Even unplugged, the phone receives calls from previous victims of the killer trying to help the protagonist escape.
Ethan Hawke (“The Entity”) and James Ransone (“IT: Chapter 2”) star in the production. The cast also includes Jeremy Davies (“Hannibal”), Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw.
The screenplay, based on a short story by Joe Hill, was written by Robert Cargill.
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