Acclaimed Thriller “A Quiet Place” Grosses P41.7-M in 5 Days
MANILA, April 16, 2018 – Paramount Pictures’ A Quiet Place posted a five-day opening weekend gross of P41.7 million in the Philppines, becoming the studio’s second most successful launch for a horror-thriller, after 2013’s World War Z.
Arriving with some of the year’s most positive reviews, the Emily Blunt-starrer directed by her real-life husband, John Krasinski, has riveted local film critics with some already calling it “the year’s best horror-thriller.”
American reviewers have also likened it’s success to that of the Oscar-winning thriller Get Out, and there is already talks of possible Academy Awards nominations next year.
Left to right: Emily Blunt as Evelyn Abbott and John Krasinski as Lee Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
In the U.S., A Quiet Place earned an additional $32.9 million in its second week of release, bringing its cumulative domestic gross to an impressive $100 million.
“The speed with which ‘A Quiet Place’ has raced to the $100 million mark is a testament to the film’s ongoing appeal and a result of terrific word of mouth,” said Paul Dergarabedian, a film analyst at comScore.
In the modern horror thriller A Quiet Place, a family of four must navigate their lives in silence after mysterious creatures that hunt by sound threaten their survival. If they hear you, they hunt you.
Left to right: Emily Blunt plays Evelyn Abbott and Millicent Simmonds plays Regan Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures.
Paramount Pictures in association with Michael Bay presents a Platinum Dunes Production of A Quiet Place, directed by John Krasinski and starring Emily Blunt, Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe. The screenplay is by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck and John Krasinski from a story by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck. The producers are Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller and the executive producers are Celia Costas, Krasinski, Allyson Seeger, Bryan Woods, Scott Beck and Aaron Janus.
A Quiet Place is distributed in the Philippines by United International Pictures through Columbia Pictures.
