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News: “When evil lurks” is already a historical record of Argentine horror cinema

Demian Rojna’s film sold 110,000 tickets in its first 11 days in theaters, surpassing the record it held You won’t sleep (99.400).

As part of a weekend with few spectators (good weather and electoral climate meant that only 280,000 tickets were sold between Thursday and Sunday across the country), When evil lurks She improved her numbers compared to her debut and broke all the records of Argentine horror cinema due to reliable statistics (from 1997 to the present).

Director’s new feature film Horror It sold just over 40,000 tickets between Thursday and Sunday in 154 theaters (a 15% increase in the number of screens). When in general, domestic horror films decline in their second week (mentioned above You won’t sleep lost 76%), Rojava grew by 1% at the box office.

The 110,000 tickets When evil lurks Place the film already near Platform of the annual ranking of Argentine cinema (Third place goes to Bawan with 115,000), but with a roof not yet in sight. We will have to see how after its third week it holds up on the billboard, but we are faced with a phenomenon with a few precedents. the Oral word It’s extraordinary, and this makes it impossible to predict when his ability to hold meetings will begin to decline.


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