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Box Office: ‘The Monkey' Drums Up $5.8 Million Opening Day, ‘Captain America' Gets Second Term on Top

Neon’s horror comedy “The Monkey” is seeing and doing a strong opening weekend, though it’ll take silver at the box office behind Disney’s “Captain America: Brave New World,” still on top of the charts but facing a substantial tumble in its second weekend.

Forbes · 2h

‘The Monkey’ Is Drumming Up Strong Weekend Box Office Opening

Brave New World” is looking to keep its box office crown, but the horror comedy “The Monkey” is making noise in its debut.

Hosted on MSN · 4h

‘The Monkey' Seeing & Doing $13.5M-$14M, 2nd Best Debut Ever For Neon; ‘Captain America: Brave New World' No. 1 $28M+ – Box Office

Despite a B- CinemaScore, and a post-holiday weekend, Captain America: Brave New World isn’t imploding to the degree of The Marvels (-78%) and not as much as Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (-70%) with a current -68% second drop or $28.

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Forbes · 21h

‘The Monkey’ Reviews: Are Critics Going Ape For New Horror Comedy?

Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy.” In addition, audiences have given The Monkey a 74% “fresh” rating on RT’s Popcornmeter based on 100-plus verified user ratings.

Vulture.com on MSN · 2h

The Monkey Is The Worst Thing A Horror Film Can Be — Kinda Boring

The latest Osgood Perkins movie, adapted from a Stephen King story, is a fine diversion — if you ignore the gaping hole at its center.

LA Times on MSN · 1d

Review: Trauma haunts 'The Monkey,' but the film is more interested in going bananas

The story, as changed by Perkins, is that the bug-eyed monkey, which comes in a box marked “Like life,” is the discovery of identical twin boys Hal and Bill (both played by Christian Convery) who live with their single mom (Tatiana Maslany).

Stephen King adaptation Monkey is a sick joke

CBC.ca · 1d

Stephen King adaptation The Monkey is a sick joke

The Monkey turns out to be is something more like a personification of its demon than an examination of it — perhaps because Stephen King and Osgood Perkins may just be the two worst possible creatives to bring together.

Mashable · 1d

'The Monkey' review: Osgood Perkins' take on Stephen King is a hell of a good time

However, Perkins' screenplay works in a lot more death scenes, a custody battle subplot, and a seething twin. In his version, Hal and Bill (also played by James) were just boys when the monkey found them,

Akron News Reporter on MSN · 1h

‘The Monkey’ review: Stephen King’s killer toy becomes ‘Longlegs’ creator Osgood Perkins’ plaything

Filmmakers tinker with the question of tone from project to project, many not as much as they should. But writer-director Osgood Perkins has no problem with tonal adjustment. His recent and most popular feature,

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‘The Monkey’ Star Theo James Talks Deleted Scenes and the Welcomed Change of ‘The Gentlemen’ Season 2

The actor pulls double duty as twins facing a deadly toy monkey in the Stephen King adaptation, which had a script that he ...

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Adam Scott’s five-minute cameo in The Monkey is proof that he belongs in more horror movies

Canadian pop star Tate McRae has been booked and busy: Between headlining her world tour and choreographing her elaborate ...

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The Monkey ending explained: What's up with that weird horseman?

Hal and Petey take the monkey and drive out of town, resolving to keep the monkey in order to stop anybody else from turning ...

21h

‘The Monkey’ Director Oz Perkins on His Unusual Relationship to Horror, the Genre He Was Born Into

The 'Longlegs' writer/director talks to IndieWire about his career, Stephen King, and the origins of his toy monkey with no ...

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Let's Break Down the Gruesome—Yet Surprisingly Happy—Ending of 'The Monkey'

What's better than one Theo James? Theo James playing twins.

Like Us, Theo James Is Freaked Out by the Toy in ‘The Monkey’

The actor discusses playing twins in Osgood Perkins’s horror film, finding humor in dark situations and why that monkey is so ...

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‘The Monkey’ Post-Credits Teaser: What We Know About Oz Perkins’ Next Film ‘Keeper’

Oz Perkins talks about the 'The Monkey' post-credit teaser for 'Keeper,' which NEON will release on October 6, 2025.

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"The Monkey" wants to remind you that death is coming for us all, as if we didn't already know that

Osgood Perkins' follow-up to "Longlegs" pivots toward comedy, but there's no fun to be had with this toy monkey ...

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