Heretic has made a major step toward profitability. The new A24 horror movie was written and directed by A Quiet Place scribes Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and stars Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East as a pair of Mormon missionaries who find themselves trapped in the home of Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), who experiments on them as he tries to argue them out of their faith. The Heretic release debuted at No. 3 at the domestic box office with a 3-day gross of $10.8 million.

Per Variety, as of Saturday morning, Heretic is projected to earn a 3-day gross of $4.6 million during its second weekend. This will push its domestic gross past the $20 million milestone in addition to raising its global box office total to more than $25 million. This means that the movie has probably already passed its break-even point, as movies generally have to earn back two-and-a-half times their budgets in theaters,...