Heretichas made a major step toward profitability. The new A24 horror movie was written and directed byA Quiet Placescribes Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and stars Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East as a pair of Mormon missionaries who find themselves trapped in the home of Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), who experiments on them as he tries to argue them out of their faith. TheHereticreleasedebuted at No. 3 at the domestic box office with a 3-day gross of $10.8 million.
PerVariety, as of Saturday morning,Hereticis projected to earn a 3-day gross of $4.6 million during its second weekend. This will push its domestic gross past the $20 million milestone in addition toraising its global box office total to more than $25 million. This means that the movie has probably already passed its break-even point, as movies generally have to earn back two-and-a-half times their budgets in theaters, most likely placing the sub-$10 million movie’s break-even point somewhere around $25 million.
What This Box Office Milestone Means For Heretic
It Could Keep Climbing The 2024 Horror Chart
In addition to this worldwide gross likely meaning that any further box office for theA24 horror moviewill be pure profit, it places the movie in the upper echelon of 2024 after just two weekends in theaters. While its opening weekend wasn’t necessarily explosive, grossing more than $20 million at the domestic box office means thatHeretichas already outrgrossed a wide variety of horror outings in North America, includingTarot,The Substance,The Watchers,Immaculate,MaXXXine, andNever Let Go. Below, see every horror movie above it on the overall domestic chart:
#12
$138.9 million
#17
$105.3 million
#22
$74.3 million
#29
$62.7 million
#32
$53.8 million
#38
$36.9 million
#39
$35.2 million
#41
$32.5 million
#46
$28 million
#47
$25.9 million
#58
$20.1 million
~#59
Heretic
~$20 million
If the movie continues to be bolstered by strongHereticreviewsthat have earned it a Certified Fresh 92% Rotten Tomatoes score,it could easily climb further up the chart. It is inevitable that it will passThe First Omento become the 11th highest-grossing domestic horror movie of the year, but it could at the very least leg out to a gross that gets it into the Top 10 by trouncing the Radio Silence vampire horror movieAbigail. However, it will have to do well while buffeted by blockbuster competition including the upcomingWicked,Gladiator II, andMoana 2.
The Movie Is An A24 Marvel
Even ifHereticfails to climb much further up the domestic box office chart for the year, its worldwide milestone has already earned it a place as one of the highest-grossing A24 movies of all time. In addition to being their 21st highest-grossing movie worldwide,it is their fifth highest-grossing horror titlebehind onlyTalk to Me($92.2 million),Hereditary($80.9 million),Midsommar($46.7 million), andThe Witch($40.4 million), outgrossing many well-known titles includingX,Pearl,MaXXXine,Bodies Bodies Bodies,Green Room, andIt Comes at Night.
Cast
Heretic, released in 2024, follows two young missionaries who must navigate a perilous test of faith when they encounter the sinister Mr. Reed after knocking on the wrong door, leading to a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse.
