By Kate Durocher For Dailymail.com
Published: 17:47 GMT, 24 March 2019 | Updated: 17:51 GMT, 24 March 2019
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Us is only the second movie Jordan Peele has directed, but already it's breaking records within the world of horror movies.
After receiving a massive opening weekend with an impressive $7.4 million from Thursday sneak peeks, the terrifying flick has now shattered horror movie records altogether.
With a whopping $70.3 million at the domestic box office, the film is now the title holder for the biggest opening weekend for an original horror movie.
Impressive: Director Jordan Peele's new thriller Us is shaping up to have a massive opening weekend, after taking in an impressive $7.4 million from Thursday sneak peeks
Following the remake of It and 2018's Halloween, Us is also the third best horror opening of all time.
This achievement was done with only a $20 million budget used to make the film.
The $7.4 million Thursday haul Us earned is more than three times the $1.8 million that Get Out made in Thursday sneaks.
His first film was Get Out, which went on to gross $33.4 million
