(NEXSTAR) – In an eerie twist that’s certain to please the publicity crew behind “Late Evening With the Satan,” the brand new horror film earned $666,666 on the field workplace on Sunday, Selection reported.The movie, which hit theaters March 22, earned a complete of $2.8 million throughout its whole opening weekend. In doing so, it additionally gave IFC Movies its greatest opening weekend ever, shattering the earlier document of $826,775 earned through the opening of 2022’s “Watcher” regardless of debuting on roughly the identical variety of screens, based on Selection.It’s value nothing that Field Workplace Mojo, a web based useful resource for box-office knowledge, didn’t but account for Sunday’s earnings for “Late Evening With the Satan” on its web site as of Monday. (Deadline printed estimates that the movie earned barely greater than Selection reported — $733,000 on Sunday — although representatives for IFC Movies weren’t instantly out there to substantiate the box-office tally for Nexstar.) ‘Street Home’ evaluation: Jake Gyllenhaal packs punches in remake of cult basic The discovered footage-style horror movie stars David Dastmalchian (“The Suicide Squad,” “Oppenheimer”) as Jack Delroy, the host of a fictional Seventies speak present. “Nonetheless, rankings for the present have plummeted because the tragic dying of Jack’s beloved spouse,” reads a plot description on the movie’s official web site. “Determined to show his fortunes round, on October thirty first, 1977, Jack plans a Halloween particular like no different — unaware he’s about to unleash evil into the residing rooms of America.”Late Evening With the DevilAs of Monday morning, the film had earned favorable “licensed recent” score of 97% at Rotten Tomatoes. The movie fared barely worse by the requirements at MetaCritic, with a rating of 72 (which nonetheless indicated “usually favorable” opinions from critics). Cookie Monster has a ‘actual identify’ — and it isn’t ‘Cookie Monster’ “Late Evening With the Satan” opened sixth on the field workplace over the weekend behind “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire ($45 million), “Dune: Half Two ($18 million), “Kung Fu Panda 4” ($17 million), “Immaculate” ($5.4 million) and “Arthur the King” ($4.4 million), per IMDb.Nonetheless, Scott Shooman the pinnacle of the AMC Movie Group — the mum or dad firm of IFC Movies — instructed Deadline that the opening numbers for “Late Evening With the Satan” have been encouraging.“’Late Evening With The Satan’ continues to showcase that there’s nonetheless potential for extremely reviewed, clever auteur movies in film theaters throughout all genres,” Shooman mentioned. For the most recent information, climate, sports activities, and streaming video, head to PIX11.