'Ouija' Continues Trend Of Low Budget Horror Successes
'Ouija' unsurprisingly topped the box-office, though 'John Wick' was the week's biggest success story.
Ouija, the low budget horror movie based on the classic Hasbro board game of the same name, has debuted at No.1 on the U.S box office, fending off a surprisingly strong challenge from Keanu Reeves' revenge thriller John Wick.
'Ouija' topped the box-office after pulling in $20 million. It was made on a budget of just $5 million.
The horror movie, aimed at the teen-audience ahead of Halloween, opened to an estimated $20 million - triple its modest budget. It's the latest low-budget horror success from Michael Bay's Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes - the production company behind The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Amityville Horror (2005), A Nightmare on Elm Street (2009) and The Purge (2013).
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