Rahul Malhotra is a news writer at Collider specialising in box office coverage, and Indian cinema. He has been contributing to Collider for 3 years.
The Big Picture While most horror movies — barring franchise films — typically play better domestically than in overseas markets, 20th Century Studios’ The First Omen is underperforming stateside but continues to exceed expectations internationally. A prequel to Richard Donner’s classic 1976 film, The First Omen witnessed a steep decline in revenue at the domestic box office in its second weekend but is now running at capacity worldwide, where it has grossed $35 million.
The First Omen debuted just two weeks after Immaculate, another movie about a young American woman who witnesses horror in an Italian convent. Starring Sydney Sweeney, Immaculate has grossed $18 million worldwide so far. Both movies received positive reviews, with The First Omen sitting at an unusually high Rotten Tomatoes rating of 81%.
Starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick, the original Omen grossed $60 million worldwide nearly five decades ago. The film was based on David Seltzer’s novel, which told the story of a conspiracy to birth the Antichrist. Released in 2006, director John Moore’s remake — starring Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles — grossed $120 million globally and remains the series’ top-grossing entry.
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