The emergence horror The success of the 2024 film is now also successful on streaming. As the year draws to a close, 2024 has been a great year for horror films, with Alien: Romulus emerging as arguably the biggest hit of the year, with over $350 million at the box office. A peaceful place: first day it also capitalized on a franchise’s established popularity and grossed over $260 million. On the low-budget side of the spectrum, Blumhouse has released several hits – such as Don’t speak badly, Imaginaryand Night Swimming – even if they didn’t always resonate with critics.
Some of the year’s most unique and unforgettable horror hits came from independent filmsincluding Long legs starring Nicolas Cage, who leveraged a masterful marketing campaign to gross over $100 million at the box office. Another unexpected success was the unrated Terrifying 3 which, with a minuscule budget of $2 million, grossed almost $80 million at the box office. Other indie horror hits this year – whether critical, commercial or both – were Late at night with the devil, In a violent nature, Cuckoo, Strange Dear, Strangenessand The substance.
Substance Continues to Succeed in Streaming
It is the second most watched film on the Reelgood charts
The blockbuster horror movie of 2024, The substancenow it is also successful on streaming. Written and directed by French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat, who gained recognition in 2017 with her debut feature Revengeyour new horror movie follows a dying celebrity who uses a black market drug to create a “younger, more beautiful, more perfect“version of herselfalthough there are some unexpected side effects. Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley lead The substance cast alongside Dennis Quaid.
Now, the rising horror film 2024 continues to enjoy success on Mubi, a streaming service dedicated to showcasing ambitious films from visionary filmmakers. The substance came fourth in Reelgood‘Top 10 Streaming Movies and Shows’ and second place on its “Top 10 Movies” charts for the week of October 31st to November 6th. M.Night Shyamalan‘s Trap, broadcast on Max, was the single film that was most watched on streaming last week. Check out the full graphics below:
What Substance’s Streaming Success Means for the Film
Continues to increase
Last May, the horror film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where Fargeat won the Best Screenplay award, and The substance Reviews praised the film as boldly outrageous and devilishly sharpfeaturing a remarkable performance from Demi Moore and representing an impressive achievement from the director and screenwriter. It was released in theaters in September and, with an average budget of US$17.5 million, grossed more than US$47 million at the box office. THE horror The film continues to grow successfully on streaming, which is especially impressive on Mubi, a service with far fewer subscribers than Netflix and others.
Source: Reelgood