Forever That Doll: 'M3GAN' Slayyys Box Office With $30 Million Opening Weekend

Tue, January 10, 2023 at 4:07 PM

Forever That Doll: 'M3GAN' Slayyys Box Office With $30 Million Opening Weekend

Forever that doll!

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Everyone's buzzing over M3GAN which slayyyed the box office with a $30 million opening weekend as the biggest debut for an original film since Jordan Peele's Nope.

The bonkers Horror smash exploded onto social media with a hilariously chaotic marketing campaign featuring M3GAN-the murderous doll at the center of the mayhem-doing TikTok dances in a now iconic scene that trended for weeks.

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Designed by brilliant toy-company roboticist Gemma (Get Out's Allison Williams), M3GAN is a marvel of artificial intelligence programmed to be a child's greatest companion and a parent's greatest ally.

When Gemma suddenly becomes the caretaker of her orphaned 8-year-old niece, Cady (Violet McGraw), Gemma's unsure and unprepared to be a parent.

Under intense pressure at work, Gemma decides to pair her M3GAN prototype with Cady in an attempt to resolve both problems-a decision that will have unimaginable consequences.

Check out the trailer below:

Produced by Jason Blum and James Wan, M3GAN is directed by award-winning filmmaker Gerard Johnstone (Housebound), from a screenplay by Akela Cooper-a super talented Black creative whose star is rising in Hollywood.

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"When I was writing M3GAN, did I think that there were going to be dancing M3GANs at the premiere at the Chinese Theatre? No! she said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.

I was in my own little world thinking, 'What's her personality? How is she going to kill people?' Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would be here."

The film also stars Ronny Chieng, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Lori Dungey, and Stephane Garneau-Monten.