Box Office: 'Longlegs' Ends Horror Movie Slump As 'Despicable Me' Tops $5 Billion

Neon's Nicolas Cage-starring chiller finishes what 'A Quiet Place: Day One' started, while 'Fly Me to the Moon' is another miss for non-franchise comedies.

In today’s better-late-than-never Friday box office post…

• With A Quiet Place: Day One crushing it globally and Longlegs opening well above expectations, the great horror movie slump of 2024 is finally over.

• Universal now owns the July 4/Independence Day weekend, with Jurassic World 4, Shrek 5, and now Minions 3 set to dominate in 2025, 2026 and 2027.

• Not even Channing Tatum could turn Fly Me to the Moon into a hit.

• Thelma joins Bad Boys: Ride or Die among summer’s breakout action comedies.

• MaXXXine, The Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot and Horizon: An American Saga—Chapter 1 are all performing, to varying degrees, below expectations.