Projecting $3M at 1500 theaters; Gross $9m WW

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Looking to add further to depth to the arthouse B.O. is Neon‘s Tilman Singer horror movie Cuckoo, starring Hunter Schafer as a young adult who has been adopted by the strangest family, and forced to move with them to a resort in the German Alps. The new set of parents keep odd company with a scientist played by Dan Stevens who is doing experiments. We’ll stop with the logline there. Already 84% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, this $7M-budgeted production, which sold overseas to Focus, is already primed to do good business at a low level; its P&A is lower than the under $10M spend of Longlegs. The pic is estimated to do $3M in its opening at 1,500 screens. If it makes $5M in its entire domestic run, Neon will be in fine shape on the pic.

Cuckoo is dated here given the August market’s penchant for edgy movies, and Neon trailered Cuckoo on Longlegs, further amping its profile. The pic is trending the best with the adults 25-34 and LGBTQ+ demos.