A newStephen Kingmovie has become a major hit for the author. King is best known for his works in the horror genre, many of which have been adapted into movies. Quite a few of these have found extraordinary critical success, including 1976’sCarrie, which has a Certified Fresh score of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and was nominated for two Oscars. Other prominent adaptations includeThe Shining(83%),Misery(91%, one Oscar win) and the non-horror titlesStand by Me(92%, one Oscar nomination) andThe Shawshank Redemption(89%, seven Oscar nominations).
On top of his critical success, quite a fewStephen King movieshave become box office hits. The most notable of these are 2017’sItand its 2019 follow-upIt: Chapter 2, which grossed $701 million and $467.6 million worldwide respectively, becominghis first and second highest-grossing adaptations of all time. Altogether, half a dozen King adaptations have grossed more than $100 million at the box office, includingThe Green Mile($290.7 million) and1408($131.3 million).
The Monkey Is One Of Stephen King’s Highest-Grossing Movies
It Has Continued To Leap Up The Chart
The Monkey is climbing a major box office chart. The new movie, which was written and directed byLonglegs' Osgood Perkins, is adapted from the Stephen King short story of the same name and stars Theo James as twins Bill and Hal Shelburn, who are tormented by a cursed monkey toy that kills people around them in grisly, inexplicable ways.TheMonkeyreleasekicked off on February 21, premiering at No. 2 on the domestic chart for the weekend, behind the sophomore weekend ofCaptain America: Brave New World,with an 3-day debut gross of $14 million.
Sweet Tooth’s Christian Convery plays young Bill and Hall inThe Monkey.
PerDeadline, as of Saturday morning,The Monkeyis projected to earn a 3-day total of $2.5 millionat the domestic box office by the end of its fourth weekend in theaters. This will bring its cumulative domestic total to $35.2 million. According to the chart published byThe Numbers, this will be more than enough for the movie to climb the chart of Stephen King’s highest-grossing domestic theatrical releases of all time, landing at No. 15 between 2003’sDreamcatcher($33.7 million) and 2013’sCarrie($35.3 million).
What This Means For The Monkey
It Will Rise At Least One More Place
WhileThe Monkeyis reaching the tail end of its release, theOsgood Perkins moviestill has the chance to continue climbing the chart ofStephen Kingadaptations. It is just $0.1 million away from surpassing 2013’sCarrie, but depending on how it performs, it could potentially rise pastThe Running Man($38.1 million) andThe Boogeyman($43.2 million) to hit No. 12, thoughthe movie cracking the Top 10 seems unlikely, as it would have to outgross the $47.9 million earned by 2004’sSecret Window.
