According to a recent report, the new horror film, "Don't Breathe," has opened to a solid weekend of $26.1 Million which is way more than its modest $10 Million budget.
Based on a group of Detroit teens, the kids get stuck in a very situation as they choose a wrong house to burgle. Owned by a blind, bitter war veteran, the teens are now trapped inside house with him on a killing spree. Made by the makers of "Evil Dead" remake, the movie is certainly a crowd puller.
Sony Pictures Marketing Chief Josh Greenstein said that it was very rare for a film in this genre to sit well with the critics. With 87% Rotten Tomatoes rating, the movie continues to generate good business, considering it was made on a low budget.
"This marks a string of very profitable hits for Sony with very modest budgets. 'The Shallows,' 'Sausage Party' and now 'Don't Breathe' were all incredibly profitable because they were made for modest budgets and did incredibly well at the box office," Greenstein said. "Don't Breathe" also replaced "Suicide Squad" from the top spot that it held for the last three weeks, reported Fox News.
This low budget, well crafted film is made of some very interesting camerawork that keeps the viewers on the edge of their seat for the next 88-minutes.
"Don't Breathe" is the latest addition to a string of low-budget horror movies that made it top the top of box office, such as "Lights Out," "The Purge," and "The Shallows."
"These are the films of bean counters' dreams," Paul Dergarabedian of box office trackers ComScore told Reuters news agency. "They are profit machines and even when they're poorly reviewed, people line up for them."
