Everyone Saw 'Us' This Weekend

All those ticket stubs are proof of Peele's... apeele. His first directorial effort was the universally acclaimed Get Out, and he obviously already had a solid fan base as an actor and sketch comedian before pivoting to feature films. As many seem eager to point out, Us hasn't united critics in the way Get Out did — but that fact sure hasn't dissuaded anybody from seeing it.

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"Put simply, Jordan Peele is a genius," Jim Orr, Universal's president of domestic distribution told Variety. "He's managed to tap into something that the domestic box office can't get enough of. People can't wait to see what he does next."

So what is he doing next? Horror fans will be pleased to know Peele's reboot of The Twilight Zone wraps filming at the end of this month. It's hard to imagine a project he's better suited for.

In the meantime, Us box office numbers are only set to climb. Especially as all the conspiracy theories about that goddamn ending basically require returning to the cinema for a second viewing.

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