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Despite fresh competition in the form of director Leigh Whannell‘s Wolf Man, the holdover horror hit Nosferatu has passed a major new global box office milestone. The movie debuted during the crowded Christmas frame, and has been running successfully for nearly a month. This weekend, Nosferatu also overtook the recent Smile 2 to cement itself as the third-biggest horror hit of 2024. It’s also the biggest film, by far, of director Robert Eggers‘ acclaimed career, and among the top 60 highest-grossing horror movies in global box office history.
With nearly $90 million domestically and another $66 million from overseas markets, Nosferatu‘s cumulative global haul now stands at $155 million. It’s the third-biggest horror film of 2024, behind A Quiet Place: Day One and Alien: Romulus. If one were to acknowledge the fact that both those movies were a blend of different genres, it would make Nosferatu the biggest pure horror movie of last year. Nosferatu continued the rather surprising trend of art-house horror movies out-performing the more mainstream titles, following in the footsteps of Longlegs, which grossed $125 million globally.
Even this weekend, the movie didn’t seem to be too affected by the release of Wolf Man, which was touted as a stripped-down reboot of the classic Universal Monster. Starring Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner, the movie opened to around $12 million across the extended four-day MLK weekend. Produced on a reported budget of $50 million, Nosferatu is a remake of F.W. Murnau‘s classic German Expressionist film from a century ago. The movie opened to excellent reviews, and appears to have settled at a “fresh” 85% approval rating on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. In fact, because Eggers has made such acclaimed films already, Nosferatu is his lowest-rated film on the platform.
Eggers Has Successfully Broken Into the Mainstream
He broke out a decade ago with The Witch, and has since directed films such as The Lighthouse and The Northman. Nosferatu appears to be just the shot of mainstream success that his career needed at this stage. While he’d been appreciated for his meticulously crafted filmmaking, Eggers had mainly appealed to fans of art-house horror. Nosferatu has bridged the gap. The film stars Bill Skarsgård, alongside Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin and others. You can watch Nosferatu in theaters, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
In Nosferatu, a reclusive vampire’s presence disrupts a small European village, drawing an unsuspecting young couple into a battle against an ancient evil. As fear spreads, the villagers must confront the terrifying legend and their own beliefs, leading to suspenseful confrontations and chilling revelations.
