A Quiet Place [1] finally arrived in theatres on April 6 after months of gripping trailers [2] and mystery. Suffice it to say, the film is already on its way to making a huge splash. That's because it's incredibly fresh and very terrifying [3]. And though we had a few small problems [4], we'll cop to the fact that it's a pretty stellar movie. Actual contents and personal comments aside, though, A Quiet Place is actually setting itself apart from 2018's horror films [5] in another exciting way.

After just one weekend in theatres, the film is already a box office triumph. It earned $50 million [6] in its opening, which is more than double the $20 million estimate and nearly three times the $17 million budget. It gets better: A Quiet Place officially notched the biggest opening weekend ever for an original onscreen horror story, and it's the third-highest opening of the entire genre, coming in just behind last year's It remake [7] and 2011's Paranormal Activity 3.

We imagine that potential sequel [8] is looking pretty good right about now.