It was another victory for Neon and director Oz Perkins last weekend, as the monkey absolutely killed him in the box office. Based on Stephen King's short story of the same name, Perkins' latest $ 14 million raised in his home debut, putting second place right behind "Captain America: Brave New World", ($ 28.2 million), with Marvel's latest collapse in his second weekend. Meanwhile, Neon and Perkins have reason to pop champagne.

Made for about $ 10 million, even before a dollar is counted from abroad, this fame of horror comedy was set for success outside the gate. The "Monkey" is greeted with mixed views to positive that may affect her ability to withstand the weekend opening. Even so, that low cost of production acts as an insurance policy. This is now ranked like Neon's second -largest open weekend ever, just lagging behind Perkins' own Longlegs last year opened at $ 22.4 million On the way to a global finish of $ 127 million.

The success of this film also cements that King can, under appropriate circumstances, encourage a solid hit of the box office. But just attaching the name of horror maestro is by no means a guarantee of the arrival of wealth. Instead, it is purely dependent on what the director and studio with the material do. King's stories only give preference, assuming that everything else is done correctly.

"Monkey" focuses on the twin brothers who find a mysterious monkey with windmills as children, only for a series of shame deaths. A few years later, the monkey begins with a new murderous fever, forcing the current brothers to combine and oppose the cursed toy once again. The original story was included in King's desired "Night Change" collection.

In 2017, Warner Brosm stuck gold with "That", which took more than $ 700 million and ranks as the biggest horror movie ever at the box office. Monitoring, "It's Chapter 2", made much less with $ 473 millionBut that is still an amazing number. In recent years, studios have largely chased that success by abducting King IP left and right. However, at times like this, it is worth remembering that misses seem to be easy, while the hits remain relatively elusive.

Consider the "Dark Tower" that bombed in 2017 ($ 113 million worldwide against a $ 60 million budget) After, of course, earning generally bad reviews. That said, the famous "Shining" of Mike Flanagan "shines" sequel "($ 72 million worldwide), also in 2019. A hack, even something so universally worshiped as "Shoashank's redemption" was a disappointment in its original running. King's undisputed name goes only so far, even when the film is considered to be better than average, and even great.

With many more adaptations to King on the road in the coming years, it is worth reminding the study. Budget reasonably, trust good vision and hope for the best. Don't stupid assume that Steven King = Hit. That way the madness lies.

"Monkey" is currently playing in theaters.