Jordan Peele's 'Us' Breaks Horror Film Records at Box Office Peele's 'Us' topped the weekend box office
with $70.3 million. The fright fest starring Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke now holds the title for the biggest opening weekend for an original horror movie. The movie is Jordan's second stint in the director's chair following 2017's thriller, 'Get Out.' 'Us' had a budget four times larger than 'Get Out' which allowed Peele more "freedom" to tell the story he wanted to on screen. The film is now the third best horror opening of all-time after 2018's 'Halloween' sequel and 2017's reboot of Stephen King's 'It'. 'Us' has been universally praised by critics with a 95 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.