John Krasinski's movie, A Quiet Place has barely been out a month but it's been such a huge success that's a sequel has already been confirmed!
Since its release on April 6th, A Quiet Place has earned more than £153 million at the worldwide box office. The movie was made for a mere £12 million so that's a heck of a lot of profit. It just goes to show that you don't need a £200 mil budget with expensive CGI effects to make a blockbuster. The movie stars Krasinski and his real-life wife, Emily Blunt as they struggle to hide from creatures who hunt by sound. Here's the trailer in case you missed it:
After the movie received such an overwhelmingly good response, it was obvious that Paramount was going to try and push Krasinski to create a sequel. The announcement was made at yesterday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas by new CEO Jim Gianopulos. He said:
We’re already working with these guys on a sequel. If you told me five years ago that an almost silent film starring the very funny guy Jim from ‘The Office’ would have been a hit at Paramount, I would have said, ‘Well, I should go work at Paramount'.
It is pretty crazy to think that loveable funnyman Jim Halpert is now directing and starring in some pretty gritty blockbusters. He'll always be Jim to me! I've still not yet seen A Quiet Place but I can't wait to see it and I look forward to the sequel.