After a South by Southwest premiere that yielded positive word-of-mouth, Damian McCarthy’s Hokum is out May 1st. The Irish set haunted house tale features Adam Scott, better known for his TV work in Parks and Recreation and Succession. Costars include Peter Coonan, David Wilmot, Florence Ordesh, and Austin Amelio.
The Neon distributed effort truly has critics on its side with a 97% Rotten Tomatoes rating and a 79 Metacritic. The awareness factor, however, for this scary movie appears low. A best case scenario could be an overperformance in the higher single digits, but I’m skeptical. A low bar could be an opening similar to Presence, another Neon fright fest from last year. It made $3.3 million for its start. I’ll give Hokum a bit more.
Hokum opening weekend prediction: $3.8 million
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