TriStar has a sequel to their sleeper comedy One of Them Days in the works with stars Keke Palmer and SZA expected to return.
The comedy opened to $11.8M and did a near 5x multiple at the domestic box office making $50M.
The buddy comedy follows best friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa who discover that the latter’s boyfriend has spent all of their rent money. The two find themselves going to extremes in a race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact. The pic notched 94% with critics and 90% with audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie cost before P&A a reported $14M.
The movie’s creative team is also expected to return, Deadline can confirm. Lawrence Lamont directed off a screenplay by Syreeta Singleton.
Sony has a reputation for keeping their production costs low and their profit margins high, particularly on titles that are counterprogramming and stoking underserved demographics, i.e. female moviegoers.
It Ends With Us, which they co-financed for $25M mushroomed to a net $207M after all ancillaries in its first cycle off a global box office take near $350M. Another cash cow for Sony was the Sydney Sweeney-Glen Powell romantic comedy which netted $103M off a budget of $25M before P&A after racking up $219M worldwide.
Sony currently has Karate Kid: Legends in theaters which opened to $20.3M this past weekend, and close to $50M worldwide off a $45M production cost. The movie teams Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan from the previous Karate Kid movies.