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Jordan Peele's critically acclaimed 'Us' earned a terrifying $7.4 million in Thursday night previews at the North American box office. That's among the best showings ever for a horror film.

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00:00If you want to get crazy, we can get crazy.

00:07Jordan Peele's latest horror offering, Us, looks set for a scarily good run.

00:12The film racked up $7.4 million in Thursday night previews at the North American box office,

00:17which is among the best showings ever for a horror film.

00:19The Scarefest from Universal and Peele's Monkey Paw Productions is tracking to take in

00:24anywhere from $40 to $48 million for the weekend, with some even betting it will cross

00:28the $50 million mark. The supernatural horror pick hopes to best Captain Marvel,

00:33which is heading into its third weekend with more than $800 million in global ticket sales.

00:37Us, which stars Lupita Nyong'o tells the story of Adelaide Wilson, an African-American woman

00:42who returns to her beachside childhood home with her two children and her husband,

00:46played by Winston Duke from Black Panther. Soon they come up against terrifying and uncanny

00:51opponents, doppelgangers of themselves. This is Peele's second outing as a feature director

00:56after 2017's Get Out, which made $255.4 million globally against a tiny $4.5 million

01:03production budget. The film, which starred Daniel Kaluuya and Alison Williams, also became

01:08a cultural sensation and shone an important spotlight on race relations.

01:12To read more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:14For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

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