How much money did ‘Twisters’ make at the box office on its first weekend?

Twisters has thundered its way on to the screens of thousands of theatres and has crash-bang-walloped the box office expectations that many had down before release.

The film, which follows a group of storm chasers in Oklahoma, stars stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell and Anthony Ramos. IMDB writes that the action film follows “a retired tornado-chaser and meteorologist is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team and new technologies.”

How much money did Twisters generate on opening weekend?

The standalone sequel to the 1996 epic Twister, has raked in a whopping $80.5 million across 4,151 North American theatres on its first weekend, surpassing the measly $50-$55 million projected. Overseas, the epic has grossed $27.1 million over the weekend and $42 million in total. The global number stands at $123.2 million.

Only Inside Out 2 ($154 million) and Dune: Part Two ($82 million) can say they’ve beaten Twisters, with Lee Isaac Chung’s project simply stunning viewers across the country. Variety report a multitude of factors for such success, noting the nostalgia value for the old film, as well as the fact that the new sequel is simply a stunning piece of work on its own.

They add that, curiously, Twisters, which cost $155 million to produce, also “overperformed in the Midwest, specifically in the areas impacted by these dangerous natural disasters”.

While the numbers are impressive, it’s perhaps a little unfair to look back and compare them with this weekend last year. Yes, dear reader, this time last year we all went to see Barbenheimer. Ah, the sweet memories. However, despite the numbers not quite reaching those of last year, it’s certainly not doom and gloom.

Paul Dergarabedian, a senior Comscore analyst, told Variety: “A summer season that started off inauspiciously with a series of less than stellar box office performances has been turbocharged with a cavalcade of hits. [“It has] fueled a resurgence in June and July and sparked an impressive turnaround for studios and movie theatres alike.”