{"id":1234,"date":"2025-03-10T20:04:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T21:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2025-03-13T18:21:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:21:42","slug":"gleefully-bloodthirsty-film-is-already-highest-grossing-horror-of-2025-with-45000000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/gleefully-bloodthirsty-film-is-already-highest-grossing-horror-of-2025-with-45000000\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Gleefully bloodthirsty\u2019 film is already highest grossing horror of 2025 with $45,000,000"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Horror film The Monkey has been the runaway success of its genre in 2025 (Picture: Neon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A gleefully bloody and gruesome new film<\/a> has already become the highest grossing horror movie of 2025, by quite some margin.<\/p>\n

Stephen King<\/a> adaptation The Monkey, starring Theo James<\/a>, has had a very successful run in cinemas so far, raking in $45,771,792 (\u00a335,542,624) after just over two weeks on release.<\/p>\n

Directed by Longlegs filmmaker Osgood Perkins<\/a>, the film has managed a haul of over $31million (\u00a324m) domestically in the US<\/a>, combined with over $14m (\u00a310.8m) elsewhere, adding up to the biggest box office for a horror picture so far this year.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s ahead of both off-beat \u2018rom-com\u2019 horror Companion<\/a> and Wolf Man, the latest in Universal\u2019s retelling of its classic monster movies, both of which earned over $34m (\u00a326m) according to Box Office Mojo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Monkey is also the seventh highest grossing film overall of the year, behind the likes of Captain America: Brave New World, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy and Oscar-winner Bong Joon Ho\u2019s latest film Mickey 17<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After grabbing a lot of attention before release when its trailer was banned by major US TV networks for \u2018excessive violence\u2019<\/a>, the word-of-mouth hype has translated well into bums on seats \u2013 and a solid 79% rating on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n

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