“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Twisters</a>” blew away opening weekend box office expectations, bringing in a whopping $80.5 million.
Early projections estimated that the action flick <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">sequel</a> to the 1996 movie “Twister” would earn between $40 million and $50 million, with some guessing high at around $70 million, per <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/twisters-whips-up-record-box-office-opening-1235953762/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. But audiences flocked to see the movie beginning on July 19, leading to a record-breaking opening weekend for any natural disaster film.
That record was previously held by “The Day After Tomorrow” (2004), which brought in $68.44 during its first weekend.
The massive success gave theaters a much-needed boost after a slow start to the year and a string of box office disappointments. “Twisters” has the third-highest opening of the year, THR noted.
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The original “Twister” (1996), starring the late Bill Pullman and Helen Hunt, also scored big at the box office. It had a $41 million opening weekend, which, adjusted for inflation, is closer to $82 million. It ended with $494.5 million globally, or the equivalent of $992.08 million in today’s dollars.
“Twisters” follows Kate Cooper (Daisy Edgar-Jones) as she attempts to test a new type of tornado tracking system and forges a partnership with Tyler Owens (Glen Powell), a popular storm chaser who documents his experiences on social media. The movie currently has a 77% critic score and 92% audience score on review aggregator <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/twisters">Rotten Tomatoes</a>.
Despite the movie&#8217;s subject matter of dangerous tornadoes, filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung told CNN that the film isn’t meant to preach or push<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/climate-change"> climate change</a> hysteria.
“I just wanted to make sure that with the movie, we don’t ever feel like (it) is putting forward any message,” he told the outlet, as The Daily Wire recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twisters-director-explains-why-hes-not-pushing-climate-change-propaganda-or-preaching-a-message">reported</a>. “I just don’t feel like films are meant to be message-oriented.”
“I think what we are doing is showing the reality of what’s happening on the ground … we don’t shy away from saying that things are changing,” Chung added. “I wanted to make sure that we are never creating a feeling that we’re preaching a message, because that’s certainly not what I think cinema should be about. I think it should be a reflection of the world.”

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