Longlegs

Longlegs
Theatrical release poster
Directed byOsgood Perkins
Written byOsgood Perkins
Produced by
  • Dan Kagan
  • Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
  • Nicolas Cage
  • Dave Caplan
  • Chris Ferguson
Starring
CinematographyAndrés Arochi Tinajero
Edited by
  • Greg Ng
  • Graham Fortin
Music byZilgi
Production
companies
  • C2 Motion Picture Group
  • Traffic.
  • Range
  • Oddfellows
  • Saturn Films
Distributed byNeon
Release date
  • July 12, 2024 (2024-07-12)
Running time
101 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget<$10 million
Box office$126.1 million

Longlegs is a 2024 American horror thriller film written and directed by Osgood Perkins and starring Maika Monroe, Alicia Witt, Blair Underwood, and Nicolas Cage. It follows an FBI agent in the 1990s who is tasked with tracking down an androgynous occultist serial killer responsible for murdering multiple families throughout Oregon. Cage also served as a producer on the film through his Saturn Films production company.

Longlegs was released in the United States by Neon on July 12, 2024. It received critical acclaim and grossed $126 million worldwide on a budget of less than $10 million,[2][3][4] becoming Neon's highest-grossing film domestically, the highest-grossing independent film of the year, and Perkins' highest-grossing film.[5]

  1. ^ "Longlegs (15)". British Board of Film Classification. June 27, 2024. Archived from the original on June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Opening was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Longlegs". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  4. ^ "Longlegs – Financial Information". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  5. ^ Saperstein, Pat (August 16, 2024). "'Longlegs' Crosses $100 Million at Box Office to Become 2024's Highest-Grossing Indie Film". Variety. Retrieved August 20, 2024.