Lee Isaac Chung’s ‘Twisters’ Debuts with $80.5M at the Domestic Box Office

Lee Isaac Chung‘s ‘Twisters,’ starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell, debuts with $80.5M at the domestic box office across 4,151 locations. That’s a huge increase from the initial industry projections of $40M to $50M. According to The Numbers, the film’s international box office is currently $11M, bringing its worldwide gross to $91M.

As per reports, ‘Twisters’ scores the biggest opening weekend for a disaster film ever, surpassing ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ (2004). It is the second biggest opening for a live-action film this year and is only $2M behind the opening of ‘Oppenheimer‘.

Is ‘Twisters’ Worth Watching?

Yes! ‘Twisters’ is a fine piece and a refreshing watch. Most of the scenes feature Edgar-Jones and Powell chasing tornadoes. Some elements are scary, which is important for a disaster film, but it’s all part of the experience. Make sure you’re seated with your popcorn. The film received a 7.1/10 on IMDb, 77% on Rotten Tomatoes, and 66% on Metacritic.

Directed by Isaac Chung from a screenplay by Mark L. Smith, writer of the Best Picture nominee The Revenant. The film stars Edgar-Jones, Powell, Brandon Perea, Anthony Ramos, Sasha Lane, Daryl McCormack, Kiernan Shipka, Nik Dodani, and Maura Tierney.

Here’s the plot details for Twisters:

In Twisters, Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Ramos) to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew, the more dangerous the better. As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler, and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.

‘Twisters’ is now playing in theaters. Also, the digital release date has been confirmed.