Lupita Nyong’o’s new movie rakes in a whooping Sh7 billion

Director Jordan Peele (L), and actors Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke, seen at the March 19, 2019 New York premiere of "Us," helped propel the horror film to the top of the North American box office. [Courtesy, AFP]

With his new film "Us" blasting to an estimated $70.3 million (Sh7.077 billion) opening in North American theaters in one of the best launches ever for a horror film, director Jordan Peele has done it again.

Website BoxOfficeMojo called the film's three-day ticket sales "mind-blowing.”