A new Stephen King movie has become a major hit for the author. King is best known for his works in the horror genre, many of which have been adapted into movies. Quite a few of these have found extraordinary critical success, including 1976’s Carrie, which has a Certified Fresh score of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and was nominated for two Oscars. Other prominent adaptations include The Shining (83%), Misery (91%, one Oscar win) and the non-horror тιтles Stand by Me (92%, one Oscar nomination) and The Shawshank Redemption (89%, seven Oscar nominations).

On top of his critical success, quite a few Stephen King movies have become box office hits. The most notable of these are 2017’s It and its 2019 follow-up It: Chapter 2, which grossed $701 million and $467.6 million worldwide respectively, becoming his first and second highest-grossing adaptations of all time. Altogether, half a dozen King adaptations have grossed more than $100 million at the box office, including The Green Mile ($290.7 million) and 1408 ($131.3 million).

The Monkey Is One Of Stephen King’s Highest-Grossing Movies

It Has Continued To Leap Up The Chart

The Monkey is climbing a major box office chart. The new movie, which was written and directed by Longlegs‘ Osgood Perkins, is adapted from the Stephen King short story of the same name and stars Theo James as twins Bill and Hal Shelburn, who are tormented by a cursed monkey toy that kills people around them in grisly, inexplicable ways. The Monkey release kicked off on February 21, premiering at No. 2 on the domestic chart for the weekend, behind the sophomore weekend of Captain America: Brave New World, with an 3-day debut gross of $14 million​​​​​.

Per ᴅᴇᴀᴅline, as of Saturday morning, The Monkey is projected to earn a 3-day total of $2.5 million at the domestic box office by the end of its fourth weekend in theaters. This will bring its cumulative domestic total to $35.2 million. According to the chart published by The Numbers, this will be more than enough for the movie to climb the chart of Stephen King’s highest-grossing domestic theatrical releases of all time, landing at No. 15 between 2003’s Dreamcatcher ($33.7 million) and 2013’s Carrie ($35.3 million).

What This Means For The Monkey

It Will Rise At Least One More Place

While The Monkey is reaching the tail end of its release, the Osgood Perkins movie still has the chance to continue climbing the chart of Stephen King adaptations. It is just $0.1 million away from surpᴀssing 2013’s Carrie, but depending on how it performs, it could potentially rise past The Running Man ($38.1 million) and The Boogeyman ($43.2 million) to hit No. 12, though the movie cracking the Top 10 seems unlikely, as it would have to outgross the $47.9 million earned by 2004’s Secret Window.

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Source: ᴅᴇᴀᴅline & The Numbers