How ‘Nosferatu’ Became Focus Features’ Second Highest-Grossing Movie Ever At The Domestic Box Office, Besting ‘Brokeback Mountain’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: If there’s one takeaway from the holiday box office season, audiences couldn’t quit Focus Features‘ period gothic horror movie Nosferatu.
The Robert Eggers-directed title is now the Universal specialty label’s second highest-grossing release at the domestic box office at $84.4 million, overtaking 2005’s three-time Oscar winner Brokeback Mountain ($83M) and ranking behind the studio’s top-grossing title ever, 2019’s Downton Abbey ($96.8M).
On a global basis, Nosferatu ranks as Focus’ seventh highest-grossing title with north of $142M worldwide. Also noteworthy, Nosferatu is reaching itsg reat heights at the B.O.
sans award noms from the Golden Globes or Oscars (which have yet to be announced) or festival buzz; such lynchpins were in part responsible for the breakout success of 2005’s Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee’s gay Western.
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