‘The Invisible Man’ brings in an impressive $29 million, and is another win for Blumhouse Productions [ARTICLE]

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The project was originally supposed to be a Johnny Depp-starrer to fall under Universal's Dark Universe franchise, a collection of titles that would have featured classic horror IP. But after the box office failure of Tom Cruise's "The Mummy" in 2017, the Depp project was scrapped. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The buildup and release for "The Invisible Man" was text book Blumhouse Productions. Teaming with its longtime studio, Universal, to release an effective trailer. Then paying off with an edge-of-your-seat thriller that earned loads more at the box office than what Blumhouse put into making it. Over the weekend "The Invisible Man," which was made for $7 million , brought in an estimated $29 million to top the domestic box office. It's just another success story from Jason Blum's production company and a glimpse at what could have been if Universal went in another direction with its monster franchise, Dark Universe. At one time, "The Invisible Man" was to be the latest big-budget retelling of the classic H. G. Wells novel with Johnny Depp in the lead role. The brakes were slammed on that after the release of Tom Cruise's "The Mummy" was a bust at the box office in 2017. Instead, Blumhouse took over "The Invisible Man" and turned it into a grounded tale that touches on the #MeToo era, as Elizabeth Moss plays a woman being terrorized by her abusive husband that everyone believes died due to suicide. The success of Blumhouse's version perhaps shows a new pathway for the Universal monsters, which have been earning box office coin for the studio since the 1930s. That theory built momentum over the weekend when "Invisible Man" director Leigh Whannell signed a first-look deal with Blumhouse. This could all just be wishful thinking, but what's certain is that Blumhouse has once more shown that its formula works perfectly for today's moviegoing audience. Box-office highlights: Sony's "Bad Boys For Life" has passed $400 million at the worldwide box office. NOW WATCH: Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns explains why country music is universal. Source | Create Website | Criar site | Crear sitio web | Créer un site Web