Longlegs is nearing a box office opening weekend record while Fly Me to the Moon sputters and stalls. Fly Me to the Moon is a new romantic comedy from Love, Simon director Greg Berlanti that stars Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum as a pair of NASA employees who spark a romance during the Space Race. The Longlegs release takes almost the exact opposite tone, as the Osgood Perkins horror movie starring Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage follows a young FBI agent on the tail of an eerie serial killer.

Per Deadline as of Saturday morning, the domestic box office for the weekend of July 12 is projected to be dominated by the holdover animated hits Despicable Me 4 at No. 1 and Inside Out 2 at No. 2. However, the true battle takes place in the rest of the Top 5 as Longlegs approaches a total between $20 and $23 million, which could earn distributor NEON their best opening weekend in history. Meanwhile, Fly Me to the Moon is projected to open to an underwhelming $10 million against its whopping $100 million budget.

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Source: Deadline

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  Longlegs

  Longlegs is a horror thriller film by writer-director Osgood Perkins. When FBI agent Lee Harker is assigned to a serial killer cold case, their investigation leads them down a rabbit hole riddled with disturbing discoveries and the occult at the center of it all. When the trail of evidence reveals a personal connection, it becomes a race against time to prevent another murder.

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  Fly Me to the Moon (2024)