THE SUBSTANCE | Coralie Fargeat body horror with Demi Moore

[JonathanMB]

On 10/15/2024 at 8:31 AM, Hiccup23 said:

Is this getting a re-expansion this weekend? Starting Thursday it is going to be playing at the Alamo Drafthouse in Chicago (hasn't played here yet). It only has 1 showing a day but it's selling decently. 

 

A couple AMCs in my area that had dropped it after two weeks are indeed getting it back tomorrow, so it looks like its theater count may at least stay flat or even increase. Maybe it can get one more weekend above $1M?

[lookingformovies255]

This is shaping up to be a hit in Spain. 

 

 

[Mad Max007]

This film felt more theater worthy than every film released in the last month. It's insane how much they achieved with such a small budget unlike those other films. The money is on the screen throughout the runtime.

[Morieris]

I probably wasn't in the right headspace and stopped halfway through; I did feel like this was for people who didn't have these conversations online about ageism, sexism, and how bad women can act against each other before, but I'll start again and push through.

 

Also I couldn't pin down what time period it was supposed to be and it was driving me wild.

 

 

Edited Friday at 01:16 AM by Morieris

[Krissykins]

BOM updated

 

$31,400,000 worldwide now. 
 

$12.5m domestic and $18.9m international. 

[Lory88]

A very good box office for the type of film it is.
What will Coralie Fargeat do next? I can already see Disney optioning her for one of their comics (sigh!).

[Krissykins]

49 minutes ago, Lory88 said:

A very good box office for the type of film it is.
What will Coralie Fargeat do next? I can already see Disney optioning her for one of their comics (sigh!).

Hopefully something just as cool as Revenge and The Substance.

 

Although, I’m still waiting on Julia Ducournau‘s follow up to Raw & Titane. 

[Eric is Smiling]

52 minutes ago, Lory88 said:

A very good box office for the type of film it is.
What will Coralie Fargeat do next? I can already see Disney optioning her for one of their comics (sigh!).

Nah. Disney doesn’t like working with directors who actually have a vision.

[ThomasNicole]

2 hours ago, Krissykins said:

BOM updated

 

$31,400,000 worldwide now. 
 

$12.5m domestic and $18.9m international. 

This is definitely getting 40M

 

Any ideas how many countries left? Maybe even 50M is possible if there’s enough big countries to open. I know France is about to release soon.

[ThomasNicole]

The Substance already feels like a comic book adaptation, it’s highly stylized visual approach reminded me of some great comics.

 

She’s too talented to be at Disney doing a lesser version of this style.

[Mad Max007]

This puts Joker 2 to shame, hope this gets cinematography and production design noms too.

[lookingformovies255]

I think that $50M is pretty much on lock for this movie. 

 

It's doing very well in Spanish-speaking countries, and I think it will be big in France. Amazing hold in Spain. 

 

 

 

[wattage]

It's holding well in a lot of markets, really shows the WOM is strong on this movie. Even domestic with the theater losses it's been facing it's been having great holds. I'm really happy for MUBI for seeing something special in this movie and buying distribution rights and for everyone in the cast and crew. 

[lookingformovies255]

Is "The Substance" the most commercially successful body horror movie since "The Fly"? I can't recall any other examples of hardcore body horror movies with $50M box office. 

 

 

[Hiccup23]

What are the chances this gets an Oscar nom for Best Screenplay and Best Actress (Demi Moore). I watched for a second last night and was blown away by her performance. The Oscars have to stop sleeping on horror pics if they want to keep younger audiences engage

[JonathanMB]

16 hours ago, Hiccup23 said:

What are the chances this gets an Oscar nom for Best Screenplay and Best Actress (Demi Moore). I watched for a second last night and was blown away by her performance. The Oscars have to stop sleeping on horror pics if they want to keep younger audiences engage

 

With the way the movie has legged out over the last month and managed to remain a hot topic in the film world, I think it's entirely possible right now - it actually reminds me of Everything Everywhere All at Once on a smaller scale, where on paper seems like an unlikely awards player, but it's just accessible enough to break through. Not sure about Screenplay (it's not exactly a complicated plot or loaded with memorable dialogue) but I think Demi Moore is gonna be a big factor in the Actress race, and I could actually see it factor into the Director race of it makes it into Picture, considering how flashy it is visually. At the very least, it's probably the frontrunner for Makeup right now. 

[lookingformovies255]

Good hold in the U.S. It should surpass $35-36M with the next update on Mojo.

 

 

[wattage]

I checked comscore again this week as promised. $42,073,418 is the worldwide total. Comscore is reliable and accurate so whatever is going on with BOM and the Numbers is something they need to figure out. 

 

The available worldwide weekend sheets don't provide country breakdowns like I said last week so I don't know what countries we're contributing to international grosses. 

 

Edited Sunday at 07:53 PM by wattage

[lookingformovies255]

5 minutes ago, wattage said:

I checked comscore again this week as promised. $42,073,418 is the worldwide total. Comscore is reliable and accurate so whatever is going on with BOM and the Numbers is something they need to figure out. 

 

The available worldwide weekend sheets don't provide country breakdowns like I said last week so I don't know what countries we're contributing to international grosses. 

 

So, it seems like it is guaranteed to top $50M. 

[wattage]

10 minutes ago, lookingformovies255 said:

So, it seems like it is guaranteed to top $50M. 

Yep it's got more markets to open in as well and is holding super well in a lot of the existing int markets. I'd be shocked if it missed 50 at this point.