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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa152.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_(2019_film)\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_(2019_film)\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_(2019_film)","crawl_time":1775333152,"first_indexed_time":1534250012,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,wikipedia!en,\/wiki\/Us_(2019_film) s443","src_root_hash":"17790707453426894952","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Us (2019 film) - Wikipedia","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Us\nTheatrical release poster\nDirected by\nJordan Peele\nWritten by\nJordan Peele\nProduced by\nJason Blum\nIan Cooper\nSean McKittrick\nJordan Peele\nStarring\nLupita Nyong'o\nWinston Duke\nElisabeth Moss\nTim Heidecker\nCinematography\nMike Gioulakis\nEdited by\nNicholas Monsour\nMusic by\nMichael Abels\nProduction\ncompanies\nUniversal Pictures\n[\n1\n]\nPerfect World Pictures\n[\n1\n]\nMonkeypaw Productions\n[\n1\n]\nBlumhouse Productions\n[\n1\n]\nQC Entertainment\n[\n1\n]\nDistributed by\nUniversal Pictures\nRelease dates\nMarch 8, 2019\n(\nSXSW\n)\nMarch 22, 2019\n(United States)\nRunning time\n116 minutes\n[\n2\n]\nCountry\nUnited States\nLanguage\nEnglish\nBudget\n$20 million\n[\n3\n]\nBox office\n$256.1 million\n[\n3\n]\nUs\nis a 2019 American\npsychological horror film\nwritten and directed by\nJordan Peele\n, and starring\nLupita Nyong'o\n,\nWinston Duke\n,\nElisabeth Moss\nand\nTim Heidecker\n. The story follows Adelaide Wilson and her family, who are attacked by a group of menacing\ndoppelgängers\n, called the \"Tethered\".\nThe project was announced in February 2018. Peele produced the film alongside\nJason Blum\nand\nSean McKittrick\n, having previously collaborated with them on\nGet Out\nand\nBlacKkKlansman\n. Filming took place in California, including\nLos Angeles\n,\nPasadena\nand\nSanta Cruz\n, from July to October 2018.\nUs\npremiered at\nSouth by Southwest\non March 8, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 22, by\nUniversal Pictures\n. It received widespread critical acclaim, and grossed $256 million against a budget of $20 million, making it a commercial success.\nIn 1986, young Adelaide Thomas wanders away from her parents at the\nSanta Cruz Beach Boardwalk\nand enters a\nfunhouse\n. She encounters Red, a\ndoppelgänger\nof herself, in the\nhouse of mirrors\n. Following the encounter, she suddenly stops speaking, and withdraws from her family.\nThirty-three years later, Adelaide, now an adult, reluctantly joins her husband, Gabe Wilson, and their children, Zora and Jason, on a vacation. They are joined by friends, Josh and Kitty Tyler, along with their twin daughters, Becca and Lindsey, at the beach. During their outing, they observe paramedics removing the body of an elderly man holding a sign that matches one Adelaide had seen on the day she encountered her doppelgänger, as a child. Later, Jason spots an individual bearing a striking resemblance to the deceased, motionless with outstretched arms and bloodied hands.\nThat night, Adelaide relays her story to Gabe, when the lights suddenly go out. Jason notices a family of four in the driveway, who break into the house and corner the Wilsons. The intruders are the Wilsons' doppelgängers: Red (Adelaide's doppelganger), Pluto (Jason's pyromaniac, facially scarred double), Umbrae (Zora's sadistic double) and Abraham (Gabe's animalistic double). Red is the only double who can speak, albeit in a raspy voice. She explains that they are called \"the Tethered\", as they share a soul with their counterparts and have come to \"untether\" themselves. The Wilsons are separated and terrorized by their doppelgängers. Jason discovers that Pluto mirrors his actions. After Gabe kills Abraham, the family escapes.\nMeanwhile, the Tyler family is attacked and murdered in their home by their doppelgängers. The Wilsons arrive and are attacked as well, but they manage to overpower and kill the Tylers' doubles. They watch the news and learn that the Tethered have been murdering their equivalents across the city then joining hands to form a human chain (similar to the one from the\nHands Across America\ndemonstration) that surrounds the city. The Wilsons decide to drive along the coast and escape to Mexico. While they are leaving, Umbrae intercepts the car but Zora throws her off the car and kills her; Adelaide goes separately to comfort Umbrae as she dies.\nArriving at the boardwalk, the Wilsons find many townspeople slaughtered. The road is blocked by a burning car. Jason, realizing it is a trap set by Pluto, orders everyone out of the car. Before Pluto can ignite the family's car, Jason walks backwards, causing Pluto to do the same and thus walk directly into the fire, to Adelaide's sadness. While the Wilsons are distracted by Pluto burning to death, Red appears and snatches Jason away. Adelaide chases Red to the funhouse where they first met and finds a secret entrance that leads to an underground facility overrun by white rabbits, where she finds Red in a classroom.\nRed vaguely explains that the Tethered are duplicates created, presumably by the government, to control the populace.\n[\n4\n]\nWhen the experiment failed, the Tethered were abandoned underground mindlessly mimicking the actions of their counterparts and surviving on raw rabbit meat. After the other doppelgängers realized Red was \"different\", when she snapped them out of their lethargy, she spent years organizing them to escape and take vengeance by murdering their counterparts. Red and Adelaide begin to fight, but Red evades and counters all of Adelaide's attacks. When Adelaide allows Red to attack, she impales Red with a fireplace poker, then strangles her and breaks her neck. She rescues Jason from a locker with Jason also rescuing one of the rabbits. As she escapes in an ambulance with her family, Adelaide reflects back to the night she first met Red: it's revealed that she is the Tethered doppelgänger and that Red was the original Adelaide. The doppelgänger, having choked Adelaide unconscious, dragged and trapped her underground then returned to the surface to usurp her life. Jason looks at his mother who simply smiles, while the Tethered form a human chain that stretches across the countryside.\nPerformer\nMain character\n\"Tethered\" character\nLupita Nyong'o\nAdelaide \"Addy\" Wilson\nRed\nWinston Duke\nGabriel \"Gabe\" Wilson\nAbraham\nShahadi Wright Joseph\nZora Wilson\nUmbrae\nEvan Alex\nJason Wilson\nPluto\nElisabeth Moss\nKitty Tyler\nDahlia\nTim Heidecker\nJosh Tyler\nTex\nYahya Abdul-Mateen II\nRussel Thomas\nWeyland\nAnna Diop\nRayne Thomas\nEartha\nCali Sheldon\nBecca Tyler\nIo\nNoelle Sheldon\nLindsey Tyler\nNix\nMadison Curry\nYoung Adelaide\nYoung Red\nAshley McKoy\nTeenage Adelaide\nTeenage Red\nNapiera Groves\nDr. Foster\nN\/A\nLon Gowan\nDon\nN\/A\nAlan Frazier\nFerdie\nJeremiah\nDuke Nicholson\nDanny\nTony\nDustin Ybarra\nTroy\nBrand\nNathan Harrington\nGlen\nJack\nKara Hayward\nNancy\nSyd\nJordan Peele\nDying Rabbit\/Fun House Narrator\n[\n5\n]\nN\/A\nWriter, director, and producer\nJordan Peele\nAfter being dismayed with the \"genre confusion\" over his previous film,\nGet Out\n,\n[\n6\n]\nPeele opted to make his next film a \"full-on\" horror film.\n[\n7\n]\nPeele has said that an inspiration for\nUs\nwas\nThe Twilight Zone\nepisode \"\nMirror Image\n\", which was centered on a young woman and her evil doppelgänger.\n[\n6\n]\nPeele also revealed that the idea of the Tethered living underground came to him when he was a teenager taking the train home from studying at\nSarah Lawrence College\n:\n\"You get out of the train and you have to go down through an underpass and come out the other side. There's no one else there, just this dark, American town. I'd come up and I'd look over to the other side, and I'd picture seeing the tail end of myself going down that same tunnel, to presumably emerge right near me 30 seconds later. And that’s where I love to start with a horror story: ‘What is this primal thing that’s affecting me in a way I don’t quite understand?’\"\n— Jordan Peele\n[\n8\n]\nOn May 8, 2018, it was announced that\nLupita Nyong'o\n,\nWinston Duke\nand\nElisabeth Moss\nwere all in negotiations to star in the film, with Nyong'o and Duke portraying a black couple, and Moss portraying one half of a white couple.\n[\n9\n]\nNyong'o later confirmed her casting by posting the film's promotional poster on her\nInstagram\n.\n[\n10\n]\nThe rest of the cast, including\nTim Heidecker\n,\nYahya Abdul-Mateen II\n,\nShahadi Wright Joseph\nand Evan Alex were all confirmed in July of that year.\n[\n11\n]\nPeele saw the characters of the film as an \"archetypal foursome\", with Adelaide being the leader, Zora being the warrior, Gabe being jester\/fool and Jason being the wiz\/magician.\n[\n12\n]\nFor her role, Nyong'o had to use a different voice for the character of Red. She said her performance was inspired by the condition\nspasmodic dysphonia\n, a condition that causes a person's voice to go into periods of\nspasm\n. In order to perfect her voice, she \"worked with an ear, nose, and throat doctor, a vocal therapist, and my dialect coach to try and make sure I could do it and do it safely. 'Cause I had two roles to play, I couldn't afford to damage my voice.\"\n[\n13\n]\nPrincipal photography\nbegan on July 30, 2018, in\nSanta Cruz, California\n, including their famous\nBoardwalk\n. Most of the film was shot in\nLos Angeles\n, and the main house featured is located in\nPasadena\n. The house had modifications and the team spent six weeks there.\n[\n14\n]\nFilming\nwrapped\non October 8, 2018.\n[\n15\n]\nThe visual effects were provided by\nIndustrial Light & Magic\nand supervised by Grady Cofer.\n[\n16\n]\nMichael Abels\n, who had previously scored Peele's\nGet Out\n, returned to do the same for\nUs\n.\n[\n17\n]\nThe 1995\nLuniz\nsong \"\nI Got 5 on It\n\" is heavily featured in this film, first at the beginning, when the family is driving to the beach and then later on in the film when the \"tethered\" family breaks into the vacation home. The once-fun song transmogrifies into an eerily orchestral \"Tethered Mix\", slowing everything down, and fully indulging the ominous quality of the film. Due to the track's popularity upon the trailer's release, it was edited into the final cut of the film, appearing during the climax.\n[\n18\n]\nWaxwork Records\nannounced in August 2019 that they would release the soundtrack to the film on vinyl, which contained Abels's popular score.\n[\n19\n]\nThe\nN.W.A\nsong \"\nFuck tha Police\n\" is also heard when Kitty Tyler tells the voice assistant Ophelia to \"call the police\", moments before she is killed by her Tethered counterpart, Dahlia, and the song plays throughout when the Wilsons enter the Tyler family's home. The ending features the\nMinnie Riperton\nsong \"\nLes Fleurs\n\".\nThe official trailer was released on December 25, 2018.\n[\n20\n]\nThe trailer, which was set to a darker version of the song \"I Got 5 on It\", featured a similar tone, editing, and shots as Peele's\nGet Out\n, prompting speculation that the two films were set in the same universe.\n[\n21\n]\nA second trailer was released on February 3, 2019, for\nSuper Bowl LIII\n. That trailer featured a narration by Lupita Nyong'o's character, Adelaide, speaking with her husband Gabriel about the strange coincidences happening since they arrived at their beach house, and describing it as a \"black cloud\" hanging over them. The new theatrical release date, March 22, was announced at the end of the trailer.\n[\n22\n]\nDeadline Hollywood\nestimated the studio spent around $77 million on promotion and advertisements for the film.\n[\n23\n]\nUs\nhad its world premiere at the\nSouth by Southwest\nfilm festival (SXSW) on March 8, 2019.\n[\n24\n]\nIt was also screened on March 6, 2019, before its official release, at\nHoward University\n.\n[\n25\n]\nThe film was originally scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on March 15, 2019, but was pushed back a week to March 22, following the announcement of its SXSW premiere.\n[\n26\n]\nUs\nwas released on\n4K UHD Blu-ray\n,\nBlu-ray\nand\nDVD\non June 18, 2019.\n[\n27\n]\nThe 4K release is an\nupscale\nfrom the\n2K\nmaster.\n[\n28\n]\nUs\ngrossed $175.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $80.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $256.1 million, against a production budget of $20 million.\n[\n3\n]\nDeadline Hollywood\ncalculated the net profit of the film to be $119\n \nmillion, when factoring together all expenses and revenues.\n[\n29\n]\nIn the United States and Canada, initial tracking had\nUs\ngrossing $35–40\n \nmillion in its opening weekend.\n[\n30\n]\nBy the week of its release, estimates had risen to $45–50\n \nmillion, with advance ticket sales on\nFandango\noutpacing\nA Quiet Place\n($50.2 million) and\nGet Out\n($33.7 million).\n[\n31\n]\nThe film made $28.9 million on its first day, including $7.4 million from Thursday night previews, one of the best-ever for a horror film and far higher than the Thursday night preview numbers for\nGet Out\n, which only grossed $1.8 million, increasing weekend estimates for\nUs\nto $68 million.\n[\n32\n]\nIt went on to earn $71.1 million at the box office, debuting at number one  and becoming the second best opening for a live-action original film after\nAvatar\n($77 million in 2009), as well as the third-best total for a horror film after\nIt\n($123.4 million in 2017) and\nHalloween\n($76.2 million in 2018) and the best ever opening for an original horror film not based on a known property.\n[\n23\n]\n[\n33\n]\nIn its second weekend, the film made $33.6 million, dropping 52.7% (slightly above-average for a horror film but much larger than the 15% seen by\nGet Out\n) and finishing second behind newcomer\nDumbo\n.\n[\n34\n]\nLupita Nyong'o\nreceived widespread critical acclaim for her dual role performance in the film.\nOn the\nreview aggregator\nwebsite\nRotten Tomatoes\n, 93% of 550 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9\/10. The website's critical consensus reads, \"With Jordan Peele's second inventive, ambitious horror film, we have seen how to beat the sophomore jinx, and it is\nUs\n.\"\n[\n35\n]\nOn\nMetacritic\n, the film has a\nweighted average\nscore of 81 out of 100, based on 56 critics, indicating \"universal acclaim\".\n[\n36\n]\nAudiences polled by\nCinemaScore\ngave the film an average grade of \"B\" on an A+ to F scale, while those at\nPostTrak\ngave it an overall positive score of 80%, with 60% saying they would definitely recommend it.\n[\n23\n]\nUs\nwas described by\nRolling Stone\nas \"spill-your-soda scary\", compared to the \"existentially terrifying\"\nGet Out\n.\n[\n6\n]\nMonica Castillo of\nRogerEbert.com\ngave the film four out of four, writing that: \"\nUs\nis another thrilling exploration of the past and oppression this country is still too afraid to bring up. Peele wants us to talk, and he's given audiences the material to think, to feel our way through some of the darker sides of the human condition and the American experience.\"\n[\n37\n]\nDavid Griffin of\nIGN\ngave the film 9.0\/10, calling it \"a very, very strange film. But that's OK because it wouldn't be a Jordan Peele joint if there wasn't a little risk involved. Peele has proven that he's not a one-hit wonder with this truly terrifying, poignant look at one American family that goes through hell at the hands of maniacal doppelgangers\".\n[\n38\n]\nJohn DeFore of\nThe Hollywood Reporter\ncalled\nUs\n\"a fiercely scary movie whose meaning is up for grabs\".\n[\n39\n]\nRichard Brody\nof\nThe New Yorker\ncalled the film a \"colossal achievement,\" writing, \"\nUs\nis a horror film—though saying so is like offering a reminder that\nThe Godfather\nis a gangster film or that\n2001: A Space Odyssey\nis science fiction. Genre is irrelevant to the merits of a film, whether its conventions are followed or defied; what matters is that Peele cites the tropes and precedents of horror in order to deeply root his film in the terrain of pop culture—and then to pull up those roots.\"\n[\n40\n]\nIn July 2025,\nThe Hollywood Reporter\nranked it number 12 on its list of the \"25 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century.\"\n[\n41\n]\nConversely,\nStephanie Zacharek\nof\nTime\nthought Peele had too many ideas and not enough answers compared to\nGet Out\nand said, \"Peele goes even deeper into the conflicted territory of class and race and privilege; he also ponders the traits that make us most human. But this time, he's got so many ideas he can barely corral them, let alone connect them. He overthinks himself into a corner, and we're stuck there with him.\"\n[\n42\n]\nDisability rights\ngroups National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association and\nRespectAbility\ncriticised Nyong'o for basing her performance on\nspasmodic dysphonia\n.\n[\n43\n]\nShe later apologized, stating that she \"wasn’t interested in vilifying or demonising the condition,\" and \"crafted Red with love and care.\"\n[\n44\n]\nThemes and interpretations\n[\nedit\n]\nCritic Jim Vejvoda related the Tethered to \"\nurban legends\n\" and \"\nxenophobic\nparanoia about the\nOther\n\", also writing they resembled the\nMorlocks\nin\nH. G. Wells\n's 1895 novel,\nThe Time Machine\n.\n[\n45\n]\nJournalist Noel Ransome viewed the film as being about \"the effects of\nclassism\nand marginalization\", writing \"the Tethered are effigies of this same situational classism. They're trapped—mentally and physically—and ignored\".\n[\n46\n]\nJoel Meares of Rotten Tomatoes also noted that the Tethered, referencing the \"we're Americans\" line, are representatives of the duality of American society, how some citizens can afford to live on top of the class system while others are stuck in poverty. He also noted the title\nUs\ncould mean \"U.S.\", or United States.\n[\n47\n]\nManohla Dargis\nof\nThe New York Times\nnotes that the Wilsons are \"introduced with an aerial sweep of greenery\" similar to the opening of\nStanley Kubrick\n's\nThe Shining\n, and sees that movie as the principal influence on\nUs\n. Describing Peele as a \"true cinephile\", she also identifies allusions to other films, including\nJaws\n,\nA Nightmare on Elm Street\n, and\nThe Goonies\n, as well as one scene suggesting an influence by the Austrian film director\nMichael Haneke\n's 1997 horror film\nFunny Games\nand subsequent\nU.S. remake\n.\n[\n48\n]\nThe Tethered's red jump suits and single glove were an allusion to\nMichael Jackson\n, as was the \"\nThriller\n\" shirt seen on young Adelaide, and Peele has stated that Jackson was \"the patron saint of duality\".\n[\n47\n]\n[\n49\n]\nPeele referenced many other instances of 1980s culture, including allusions to\nThe Lost Boys\nand Hands Across America, stating \"Everything in this movie was deliberate, that is one thing I can guarantee you. Unless you didn't like something and that was a complete accident\".\n[\n49\n]\n[\n50\n]\nThe film contains numerous references to\nJeremiah 11:11\n, which reads: \"Therefore thus saith the Lord: 'I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them'\" (\nNIV\n). Critic Rosie Fletcher commented on the context, with\nJeremiah\nwarning\nJerusalem\nwas facing destruction due to\nfalse idols\n, and expressed the opinion that the film's characters also \"worshiped the wrong things\", such as Ophelia, the\nvirtual assistant\n.\n[\n51\n]\nPeele later explained in the film's digital release special features that a central theme of the film is\nAmerican privilege\n:\n[\n52\n]\n\"One of the central themes in\nUs\nis that we can do a good job collectively of ignoring the ramifications of\nprivilege\n. I think it's the idea that what we feel like we deserve comes, you know, at the expense of someone else's freedom or joy. You know, the biggest disservice we can do as a faction with a collective privilege like the United States is to presume that we deserve it, and that it isn't luck that has us born where we're born. For us to have our privilege, someone suffers. That's where the Tethered connection, I think, resonates the most, is that those who suffer and those who prosper are two sides of the same coin. You can never forget that. We need to fight for the less fortunate.\"\n— Jordan Peele\n[\n52\n]\nUs\nwas nominated for one\nArt Directors Guild\n,\n[\n53\n]\nfour\nCritics' Choice Movie Awards\n,\n[\n54\n]\none\nMake-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild\n,\n[\n55\n]\nthree\nMTV Movie & TV Awards\n,\n[\n56\n]\neight\nNAACP Image Awards\n,\n[\n57\n]\nfour\nPeople's Choice Awards\n,\n[\n58\n]\none\nBram Stoker Award\n(won),\n[\n59\n]\nseven\nSaturn Awards\n(winning one),\n[\n60\n]\none\nScreen Actors Guild Award\n,\n[\n61\n]\nand one\nWorld Soundtrack Awards\n(won).\n[\n62\n]\nList of black films of the 2010s\nList of horror films of the 2010s\nDisability in horror films\n^\na\nb\nc\nd\ne\n\"Us (2019)\"\n.\nMoviefone\n. Retrieved\nOctober 11,\n2025\n.\n^\n\"Us\"\n.\nAMC Theatres\n. Retrieved\nMarch 5,\n2019\n.\n^\na\nb\nc\n\"Us (2019)\"\n.\nBox Office Mojo\n. Retrieved\nJune 25,\n2019\n.\n^\nRamella, Brynne (November 3, 2020).\n\"Us' Tethered Explained\"\n.\nScreen Rant\n. Retrieved\nOctober 27,\n2023\n.\n^\nVargas, Alani (March 2019).\n\"Jordan Peele's 'Us' Cameo Is Very Hard To Spot, But Impossible To Forget\"\n.\nBustle.com\n. Retrieved\nMarch 26,\n2019\n.\n^\na\nb\nc\nHiatt, Brian (January 29, 2019).\n\"The All-American Nightmares of Jordan Peele\"\n.\nRolling Stone\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 1,\n2019\n.\n^\nPeele, Jordan (March 17, 2019).\n\"\n'Us' is a horror movie\"\n.\nTwitter\n. Retrieved\nApril 6,\n2019\n.\n^\nRose, Steve (March 9, 2019).\n\"Jordan Peele on Us: 'This is a very different movie from Get Out'\n\"\n.\nThe Guardian\n. Retrieved\nNovember 9,\n2020\n.\n^\n\"Winston Duke, Lupita Nyong'o, Elisabeth Moss Circling New Jordan Peele Movie 'Us' (Exclusive)\"\n.\nThe Hollywood Reporter\n. May 8, 2018\n. Retrieved\nNovember 9,\n2020\n.\n^\n\"Lupita Nyong'o on Instagarm\"\n.\nInstagram\n. Archived from\nthe original\non December 26, 2021\n. Retrieved\nNovember 9,\n2020\n.\n^\nGaluppo, Mia (July 30, 2018).\n\"Jordan Peele Thriller 'Us' Rounds Out Cast\"\n.\nThe Hollywood Reporter\n. Retrieved\nNovember 9,\n2020\n.\n^\n\"Us | Jordan Peele Gives Us a Glimpse Into Us\"\n.\nYouTube\n. July 24, 2020.\nArchived\nfrom the original on November 10, 2021\n. Retrieved\nNovember 9,\n2020\n.\n^\nGiorgis, Hannah (March 26, 2019).\n\"The Kinetic Horror of Lupita Nyong'o's Us Performance\"\n.\nThe Atlantic\n. Retrieved\nNovember 9,\n2020\n.\n^\nPereira, Alyssa; SFGATE (September 13, 2018).\n\"Jordan Peele filming movie in Santa Cruz with Lupita Nyong'o, Elisabeth Moss, Winston Duke\"\n.\nSFGate\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 28,\n2019\n.\n^\nD'Alessandro, Anthony (July 30, 2018).\n\"Jordan Peele's 'Us' Starts Production, Rounds Out Cast\"\n.\nDeadline Hollywood\n. Retrieved\nJuly 30,\n2018\n.\n^\n\"Us - The Art of VFXThe Art of VFX\"\n.\nwww.artofvfx.com\n. December 25, 2018\n. Retrieved\nDecember 25,\n2018\n.\n^\nParisi, Paula (March 22, 2019).\n\"Michael Abels on Delivering a Frightfully Good Score for Jordan Peele's Horror Flick 'Us'\n\"\n.\nBillboard\n. Retrieved\nMarch 24,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"Luniz 'I Got 5 on It': The Origin of the Secret Weapon in Jordan Peele's 'Us'\n\"\n.\nTheWrap\n. March 28, 2019\n. Retrieved\nApril 29,\n2019\n.\n^\nSaponara, Michael (August 23, 2019).\n\"Jordan Peele's 'Us' Soundtrack Released on Vinyl: Exclusive\"\n.\nBillboard\n. Billboard\n. Retrieved\nAugust 7,\n2020\n.\n^\n\"Us - Official Trailer [HD]\"\n.\nwww.youtube.com\n. YouTube. December 25, 2018.\nArchived\nfrom the original on November 10, 2021\n. Retrieved\nDecember 25,\n2018\n.\n^\nRichards, Jared (December 27, 2018).\n\"Here's Why Fans Think Jordan Peele's Next Film 'Us' Is Connected To 'Get Out'\n\"\n.\nJunkee\n. Retrieved\nDecember 27,\n2018\n.\n^\nKaplan, Ilana (February 3, 2019).\n\"Jordan Peele's 'Us' Reveals New Trailer Ahead of Super Bowl\"\n.\nRolling Stone\n. New York City: Wenner Media, LLC\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 3,\n2019\n.\n^\na\nb\nc\nD'Alessandro, Anthony (March 24, 2019).\n\"How Universal Drove Jordan Peele's 'Us' To $70M+ Opening, The Best Start For A Live-Action Original Since 'Avatar' – Update\"\n.\nDeadline Hollywood\n. Retrieved\nMarch 24,\n2019\n.\n^\nMcNary, Dave (January 8, 2019).\n\"Jordan Peele's 'Us' to Open SXSW Film Festival\"\n.\nVariety\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 8,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"Newsroom\"\n.\nHoward Newsroom\n. Retrieved\nMay 2,\n2019\n.\n^\nD'Alessandro, Anthony (January 8, 2019).\n\"Jordan Peele's 'Us' To Hit Theaters A Week Later After Landing SXSW Opening Night Slot\"\n.\nDeadline Hollywood\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 8,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"Us DVD Release Date June 18, 2019\"\n.\nDVDs Release Dates\n. Retrieved\nJune 17,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"Us 4K Blu-ray\"\n.\nBlu-ray\n. June 11, 2019\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 23,\n2020\n.\n^\nD'Alessandro, Anthony (April 18, 2020).\n\"\n'Us' Gush Of Cash Puts Jordan Peele Horror Movie At No. 13 On Deadline's 2019 Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament\"\n.\nDeadline Hollywood\n. Retrieved\nApril 18,\n2020\n.\n^\nD'Alessandro, Anthony (February 28, 2019).\n\"Jordan Peele's 'Us' Eyes $35M-$40M Opening – Early Look\"\n.\nDeadline Hollywood\n. Retrieved\nFebruary 28,\n2019\n.\n^\nD'Alessandro, Anthony (March 19, 2019).\n\"Jordan Peele's 'Us' To Leave 'Captain Marvel' In The Dust With $45M-$50M Opening\"\n.\nDeadline Hollywood\n. Retrieved\nMarch 19,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"Jordan Peele's \"Us\" debuts with massive box office opening\"\n. Film Industry Network. March 22, 2019.\n^\nD'Alessandro, Anthony (March 25, 2019).\n\"Jordan Peele's 'Us' Powers To $71M+ Opening, A Major Win For Original Fare At The Box Office – Monday AM Update\"\n.\nDeadline Hollywood\n. Retrieved\nMarch 25,\n2019\n.\n^\nD'Alessandro, Anthony (March 31, 2019).\n\"\n'Dumbo' Hovers Low With $46M+ But Hopes On Matinees; Matthew McConaughey Hits Bottom With $1.7M 'Beach Bum'\n\"\n.\nDeadline Hollywood\n. Retrieved\nMarch 31,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"Us (2019)\"\n.\nRotten Tomatoes\n.\nFandango\n. Retrieved\nNovember 8,\n2024\n.\n^\n\"Us Reviews\"\n.\nMetacritic\n.\nCBS Interactive\n. Retrieved\nMarch 26,\n2019\n.\n^\nCastillo, Monica.\n\"Us Movie Review & Film Summary (2019) | Roger Ebert\"\n.\nwww.rogerebert.com\n. Retrieved\nMarch 9,\n2019\n.\n^\nGriffin, David (March 9, 2019).\n\"Us Review\"\n.\nIGN\n. Retrieved\nMarch 9,\n2019\n.\n^\nDeFore, John (March 8, 2019).\n\"\n'Us': Film Review - SXSW 2019\"\n.\nThe Hollywood Reporter\n. Retrieved\nMarch 21,\n2019\n.\n^\nBrody, Richard (March 23, 2019).\n\"\n'Review: Jordan Peele's \"Us\" Is a Colossal Cinematic Achievement\"\n.\nThe New Yorker\n. Retrieved\nMarch 23,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"25 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century, Ranked\"\n. July 23, 2025\n. Retrieved\nAugust 2,\n2025\n.\n^\nZacharek, Stephanie (March 15, 2019).\n\"Review: Jordan Peele's Us Is Dazzling to Look At. But What Is It Trying to Say?\"\n.\nTime\n. Retrieved\nMarch 21,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"Lupita Nyong'o under fire from disability groups for 'evil' voice in Us\"\n.\nthe Guardian\n. March 29, 2019\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 30,\n2022\n.\n^\n\"Lupita Nyong'o apologises after Us 'evil' voice disability row\"\n.\nthe Guardian\n. April 1, 2019\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 30,\n2022\n.\n^\nVejvoda, Jim (March 23, 2019).\n\"Us Movie Explained: Hands Across America, Jeremiah 11:11, And The Tethers\"\n.\nIGN\n. Los Angeles, California:\nj2 Global\n. Retrieved\nMarch 23,\n2019\n.\n^\nRansome, Noel (March 25, 2019).\n\"Jordan Peele's 'Us' Is Not-so-Secretly About Class\"\n.\nVice.com\n. New York City:\nVice Media\n. Retrieved\nMarch 26,\n2019\n.\n^\na\nb\nMeares, Joel (March 28, 2019).\n\"Jordan Peele's Us Explained: The Big Twists, References, Themes, And Allusions\"\n.\nRotten Tomatoes\n. Beverly Hills, California:\nFandango Media\n. Retrieved\nMarch 29,\n2019\n.\n^\nDargis, Manohla (March 20, 2019).\n\"\n'Us' Review: Jordan Peele's Creepy Latest Turns a Funhouse Mirror on Us\"\n.\nThe New York Times\n.\n^\na\nb\nThompson, Rachel (March 19, 2019).\n\"Jordan Peele explains the significance of the Michael Jackson imagery in 'Us'\n\"\n.\nMashable\n. Retrieved\nMarch 29,\n2019\n.\n^\nRyan, Mike (March 19, 2019).\n\"Jordan Peele On Why He Hid Three Corey Feldman Easter Eggs In 'Us'\n\"\n.\nUproxx\n. Culver City, California: Uproxx Media Group\n. Retrieved\nApril 1,\n2019\n.\n^\nFletcher, Rosie (March 23, 2019).\n\"Us: How Jeremiah 11:11 Fits in Jordan Peele Movie\"\n.\nDen of Geek\n. London, England: Dennis Publishing\n. Retrieved\nMarch 23,\n2019\n.\n^\na\nb\nMiller, Shannon (June 4, 2019).\n\"Jordan Peele explains how privilege influenced Us in an exclusive clip\"\n.\nThe A.V. Club\n. Los Angeles, California:\nj2 Global\n. Retrieved\nJune 7,\n2019\n.\n^\nGiardina, Carolyn (December 9, 2019).\n\"\n'Joker,' 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,' 'Rise of Skywalker' Among Art Directors Guild Nominees\"\n.\nThe Hollywood Reporter\n. Retrieved\nDecember 4,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Irishman' Leads With 14 Nominations\"\n.\nThe Hollywood Reporter\n. December 8, 2019\n. Retrieved\nDecember 8,\n2019\n.\n^\nPond, Steve (November 11, 2019).\n\"\n'Bombshell' and 'Rocketman' Lead Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Nominations\"\n.\nThe Wrap\n. Retrieved\nNovember 11,\n2019\n.\n^\nYang, Rachel (May 14, 2019).\n\"\n'Avengers: Endgame,' 'Game of Thrones' Dominate MTV Movie & TV Award Nominations\"\n.\nVariety\n. Retrieved\nMay 14,\n2019\n.\n^\nHaring, Bruce (January 9, 2020).\n\"NAACP Image Awards Nominees: 'Harriet,' 'When They See Us', Netflix Lead Way\"\n.\nDeadline Hollywood\n. Retrieved\nJanuary 9,\n2020\n.\n^\nKlemme, Kelsey (September 4, 2019).\n\"2019 People's Choice Awards: Complete List of Nomineess\"\n.\nE! News\n. Retrieved\nSeptember 4,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"2019 Stoker Awards Winners\"\n.\nLocus\n. Locus Publications. April 20, 2020\n. Retrieved\nApril 28,\n2020\n.\n^\n\"The 45th Annual Saturn Awards - 2019 Nominations\"\n(PDF)\n.\nDeadline Hollywood\n. July 15, 2019. Archived from\nthe original\n(PDF)\non July 16, 2019\n. Retrieved\nJuly 15,\n2019\n.\n^\n\"SAG Awards: 'Bombshell,' 'Irishman,' 'Once Upon A Time in Hollywood' Stars Top Nominees\"\n.\nThe Hollywood Reporter\n. December 11, 2019\n. Retrieved\nDecember 11,\n2019\n.\n^\nHipes, Patrick (October 18, 2019).\n\"Nicholas Britell, 'Chernobyl' Composer, \"Shallow\" Among World Soundtrack Award Winners\"\n.\nDeadline Hollywood\n. 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For American films in general, see [Cinema of the United States](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cinema_of_the_United_States \"Cinema of the United States\").\n\n| Us |   |\n|---|---|\n| [![In a black background, Lupita Nyong'o (portraying as her respective role and seen wearing a red jumpsuit) looks out at the viewer while holding a mask of herself. A tear is seen streaming out of her eye.](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/0\/00\/Us_%282019%29_theatrical_poster.png)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Us_\$2019\$_theatrical_poster.png \"In a black background, Lupita Nyong'o (portraying as her respective role and seen wearing a red jumpsuit) looks out at the viewer while holding a mask of herself. A tear is seen streaming out of her eye.\")Theatrical release poster |   |\n| Directed by | [Jordan Peele](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordan_Peele \"Jordan Peele\") |\n| Written by | Jordan Peele |\n| Produced by | [Jason Blum](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jason_Blum \"Jason Blum\") [Ian Cooper](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ian_Cooper_\$artist\$ \"Ian Cooper (artist)\") [Sean McKittrick](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sean_McKittrick \"Sean McKittrick\") Jordan Peele |\n| Starring | [Lupita Nyong'o](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lupita_Nyong%27o \"Lupita Nyong'o\") [Winston Duke](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winston_Duke \"Winston Duke\") [Elisabeth Moss](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elisabeth_Moss \"Elisabeth Moss\") [Tim Heidecker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Heidecker \"Tim Heidecker\") |\n| Cinematography | [Mike Gioulakis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Gioulakis \"Mike Gioulakis\") |\n| Edited by | Nicholas Monsour |\n| Music by | [Michael Abels](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Abels \"Michael Abels\") |\n| Production companies | [Universal Pictures](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universal_Pictures \"Universal Pictures\")[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-fone-1) [Perfect World Pictures](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perfect_World_Pictures \"Perfect World Pictures\")[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-fone-1) [Monkeypaw Productions](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monkeypaw_Productions \"Monkeypaw Productions\")[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-fone-1) [Blumhouse Productions](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blumhouse_Productions \"Blumhouse Productions\")[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-fone-1) QC Entertainment[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-fone-1) |\n| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |\n| Release dates | March 8, 2019 (2019-03-08) ([SXSW](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_by_Southwest \"South by Southwest\")) March 22, 2019 (2019-03-22) (United States) |\n| Running time | 116 minutes[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-2) |\n| Country | United States |\n| Language | English |\n| Budget | \\$20 million[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-BOM-3) |\n| Box office | \\$256.1 million[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-BOM-3) |\n\n***Us*** is a 2019 American [psychological horror film](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Psychological_horror_film \"Psychological horror film\") written and directed by [Jordan Peele](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordan_Peele \"Jordan Peele\"), and starring [Lupita Nyong'o](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lupita_Nyong%27o \"Lupita Nyong'o\"), [Winston Duke](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winston_Duke \"Winston Duke\"), [Elisabeth Moss](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elisabeth_Moss \"Elisabeth Moss\") and [Tim Heidecker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Heidecker \"Tim Heidecker\"). The story follows Adelaide Wilson and her family, who are attacked by a group of menacing [doppelgängers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doppelg%C3%A4ngers \"Doppelgängers\"), called the \"Tethered\".\n\nThe project was announced in February 2018. Peele produced the film alongside [Jason Blum](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jason_Blum \"Jason Blum\") and [Sean McKittrick](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sean_McKittrick \"Sean McKittrick\"), having previously collaborated with them on *[Get Out](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Get_Out \"Get Out\")* and *[BlacKkKlansman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BlacKkKlansman \"BlacKkKlansman\")*. Filming took place in California, including [Los Angeles](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles \"Los Angeles\"), [Pasadena](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pasadena,_California \"Pasadena, California\") and [Santa Cruz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santa_Cruz,_California \"Santa Cruz, California\"), from July to October 2018.\n\n*Us* premiered at [South by Southwest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_by_Southwest \"South by Southwest\") on March 8, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 22, by [Universal Pictures](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universal_Pictures \"Universal Pictures\"). It received widespread critical acclaim, and grossed \\$256 million against a budget of \\$20 million, making it a commercial success.\n\n## Plot\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=1 \"Edit section: Plot\")\\]\n\nIn 1986, young Adelaide Thomas wanders away from her parents at the [Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santa_Cruz_Beach_Boardwalk \"Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk\") and enters a [funhouse](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funhouse \"Funhouse\"). She encounters Red, a [doppelgänger](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doppelg%C3%A4nger \"Doppelgänger\") of herself, in the [house of mirrors](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_of_mirrors \"House of mirrors\"). Following the encounter, she suddenly stops speaking, and withdraws from her family.\n\nThirty-three years later, Adelaide, now an adult, reluctantly joins her husband, Gabe Wilson, and their children, Zora and Jason, on a vacation. They are joined by friends, Josh and Kitty Tyler, along with their twin daughters, Becca and Lindsey, at the beach. During their outing, they observe paramedics removing the body of an elderly man holding a sign that matches one Adelaide had seen on the day she encountered her doppelgänger, as a child. Later, Jason spots an individual bearing a striking resemblance to the deceased, motionless with outstretched arms and bloodied hands.\n\nThat night, Adelaide relays her story to Gabe, when the lights suddenly go out. Jason notices a family of four in the driveway, who break into the house and corner the Wilsons. The intruders are the Wilsons' doppelgängers: Red (Adelaide's doppelganger), Pluto (Jason's pyromaniac, facially scarred double), Umbrae (Zora's sadistic double) and Abraham (Gabe's animalistic double). Red is the only double who can speak, albeit in a raspy voice. She explains that they are called \"the Tethered\", as they share a soul with their counterparts and have come to \"untether\" themselves. The Wilsons are separated and terrorized by their doppelgängers. Jason discovers that Pluto mirrors his actions. After Gabe kills Abraham, the family escapes.\n\nMeanwhile, the Tyler family is attacked and murdered in their home by their doppelgängers. The Wilsons arrive and are attacked as well, but they manage to overpower and kill the Tylers' doubles. They watch the news and learn that the Tethered have been murdering their equivalents across the city then joining hands to form a human chain (similar to the one from the [Hands Across America](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hands_Across_America \"Hands Across America\") demonstration) that surrounds the city. The Wilsons decide to drive along the coast and escape to Mexico. While they are leaving, Umbrae intercepts the car but Zora throws her off the car and kills her; Adelaide goes separately to comfort Umbrae as she dies.\n\nArriving at the boardwalk, the Wilsons find many townspeople slaughtered. The road is blocked by a burning car. Jason, realizing it is a trap set by Pluto, orders everyone out of the car. Before Pluto can ignite the family's car, Jason walks backwards, causing Pluto to do the same and thus walk directly into the fire, to Adelaide's sadness. While the Wilsons are distracted by Pluto burning to death, Red appears and snatches Jason away. Adelaide chases Red to the funhouse where they first met and finds a secret entrance that leads to an underground facility overrun by white rabbits, where she finds Red in a classroom.\n\nRed vaguely explains that the Tethered are duplicates created, presumably by the government, to control the populace.[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-4) When the experiment failed, the Tethered were abandoned underground mindlessly mimicking the actions of their counterparts and surviving on raw rabbit meat. After the other doppelgängers realized Red was \"different\", when she snapped them out of their lethargy, she spent years organizing them to escape and take vengeance by murdering their counterparts. Red and Adelaide begin to fight, but Red evades and counters all of Adelaide's attacks. When Adelaide allows Red to attack, she impales Red with a fireplace poker, then strangles her and breaks her neck. She rescues Jason from a locker with Jason also rescuing one of the rabbits. As she escapes in an ambulance with her family, Adelaide reflects back to the night she first met Red: it's revealed that she is the Tethered doppelgänger and that Red was the original Adelaide. The doppelgänger, having choked Adelaide unconscious, dragged and trapped her underground then returned to the surface to usurp her life. Jason looks at his mother who simply smiles, while the Tethered form a human chain that stretches across the countryside.\n\n## Cast\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=2 \"Edit section: Cast\")\\]\n\n| Performer | Main character | \"Tethered\" character |\n|---|---|---|\n| [Lupita Nyong'o](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lupita_Nyong%27o \"Lupita Nyong'o\") | Adelaide \"Addy\" Wilson | Red |\n| [Winston Duke](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winston_Duke \"Winston Duke\") | Gabriel \"Gabe\" Wilson | Abraham |\n| [Shahadi Wright Joseph](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shahadi_Wright_Joseph \"Shahadi Wright Joseph\") | Zora Wilson | Umbrae |\n| Evan Alex | Jason Wilson | Pluto |\n| [Elisabeth Moss](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elisabeth_Moss \"Elisabeth Moss\") | Kitty Tyler | Dahlia |\n| [Tim Heidecker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Heidecker \"Tim Heidecker\") | Josh Tyler | Tex |\n| [Yahya Abdul-Mateen II](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yahya_Abdul-Mateen_II \"Yahya Abdul-Mateen II\") | Russel Thomas | Weyland |\n| [Anna Diop](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anna_Diop \"Anna Diop\") | Rayne Thomas | Eartha |\n| Cali Sheldon | Becca Tyler | Io |\n| Noelle Sheldon | Lindsey Tyler | Nix |\n| Madison Curry | Young Adelaide | Young Red |\n| Ashley McKoy | Teenage Adelaide | Teenage Red |\n| Napiera Groves | Dr. Foster | N\/A |\n| Lon Gowan | Don | N\/A |\n| Alan Frazier | Ferdie | Jeremiah |\n| Duke Nicholson | Danny | Tony |\n| [Dustin Ybarra](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dustin_Ybarra \"Dustin Ybarra\") | Troy | Brand |\n| Nathan Harrington | Glen | Jack |\n| [Kara Hayward](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kara_Hayward \"Kara Hayward\") | Nancy | Syd |\n| [Jordan Peele](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordan_Peele \"Jordan Peele\") | Dying Rabbit\/Fun House Narrator[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-5) | N\/A |\n\n## Production\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=3 \"Edit section: Production\")\\]\n\n### Development\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=4 \"Edit section: Development\")\\]\n\n[![Jordan Peele at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards in 2014.](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/0d\/Jordan_Peele_%2814532261920%29_%28cropped%29.jpg\/250px-Jordan_Peele_%2814532261920%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jordan_Peele_\$14532261920\$_\$cropped\$.jpg)\n\nWriter, director, and producer [Jordan Peele](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordan_Peele \"Jordan Peele\")\n\nAfter being dismayed with the \"genre confusion\" over his previous film, *[Get Out](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Get_Out \"Get Out\")*,[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-RS_2019-6) Peele opted to make his next film a \"full-on\" horror film.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-7) Peele has said that an inspiration for *Us* was *[The Twilight Zone](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Twilight_Zone_\$1959_TV_series\$ \"The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)\")* episode \"[Mirror Image](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mirror_Image_\$The_Twilight_Zone\$ \"Mirror Image (The Twilight Zone)\")\", which was centered on a young woman and her evil doppelgänger.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-RS_2019-6)\n\nPeele also revealed that the idea of the Tethered living underground came to him when he was a teenager taking the train home from studying at [Sarah Lawrence College](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sarah_Lawrence_College \"Sarah Lawrence College\"):\n\n> \"You get out of the train and you have to go down through an underpass and come out the other side. There's no one else there, just this dark, American town. I'd come up and I'd look over to the other side, and I'd picture seeing the tail end of myself going down that same tunnel, to presumably emerge right near me 30 seconds later. And that’s where I love to start with a horror story: ‘What is this primal thing that’s affecting me in a way I don’t quite understand?’\"\n\n— Jordan Peele[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-8)\n\n### Casting\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section: Casting\")\\]\n\nOn May 8, 2018, it was announced that [Lupita Nyong'o](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lupita_Nyong%27o \"Lupita Nyong'o\"), [Winston Duke](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winston_Duke \"Winston Duke\") and [Elisabeth Moss](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elisabeth_Moss \"Elisabeth Moss\") were all in negotiations to star in the film, with Nyong'o and Duke portraying a black couple, and Moss portraying one half of a white couple.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-9) Nyong'o later confirmed her casting by posting the film's promotional poster on her [Instagram](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Instagram \"Instagram\").[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-10) The rest of the cast, including [Tim Heidecker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Heidecker \"Tim Heidecker\"), [Yahya Abdul-Mateen II](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yahya_Abdul-Mateen_II \"Yahya Abdul-Mateen II\"), [Shahadi Wright Joseph](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shahadi_Wright_Joseph \"Shahadi Wright Joseph\") and Evan Alex were all confirmed in July of that year.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-11)\n\nPeele saw the characters of the film as an \"archetypal foursome\", with Adelaide being the leader, Zora being the warrior, Gabe being jester\/fool and Jason being the wiz\/magician.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-12) For her role, Nyong'o had to use a different voice for the character of Red. She said her performance was inspired by the condition [spasmodic dysphonia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spasmodic_dysphonia \"Spasmodic dysphonia\"), a condition that causes a person's voice to go into periods of [spasm](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spasm \"Spasm\"). In order to perfect her voice, she \"worked with an ear, nose, and throat doctor, a vocal therapist, and my dialect coach to try and make sure I could do it and do it safely. 'Cause I had two roles to play, I couldn't afford to damage my voice.\"[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-13)\n\n### Filming\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=6 \"Edit section: Filming\")\\]\n\n[Principal photography](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Principal_photography \"Principal photography\") began on July 30, 2018, in [Santa Cruz, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santa_Cruz,_California \"Santa Cruz, California\"), including their famous [Boardwalk](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santa_Cruz_Beach_Boardwalk \"Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk\"). Most of the film was shot in [Los Angeles](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles \"Los Angeles\"), and the main house featured is located in [Pasadena](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pasadena,_California \"Pasadena, California\"). The house had modifications and the team spent six weeks there.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-14) Filming [wrapped](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wrap_\$filmmaking\$ \"Wrap (filmmaking)\") on October 8, 2018.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-ProductionStart-15)\n\n### Post-production\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=7 \"Edit section: Post-production\")\\]\n\nThe visual effects were provided by [Industrial Light & Magic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Industrial_Light_%26_Magic \"Industrial Light & Magic\") and supervised by Grady Cofer.[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-16)\n\n[Michael Abels](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Abels \"Michael Abels\"), who had previously scored Peele's *Get Out*, returned to do the same for *Us*.[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-17)\n\n## Soundtrack\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=8 \"Edit section: Soundtrack\")\\]\n\nMain article: [Us (soundtrack)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$soundtrack\$ \"Us (soundtrack)\")\n\nThe 1995 [Luniz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luniz \"Luniz\") song \"[I Got 5 on It](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_Got_5_on_It \"I Got 5 on It\")\" is heavily featured in this film, first at the beginning, when the family is driving to the beach and then later on in the film when the \"tethered\" family breaks into the vacation home. The once-fun song transmogrifies into an eerily orchestral \"Tethered Mix\", slowing everything down, and fully indulging the ominous quality of the film. Due to the track's popularity upon the trailer's release, it was edited into the final cut of the film, appearing during the climax.[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-18) [Waxwork Records](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waxwork_Records \"Waxwork Records\") announced in August 2019 that they would release the soundtrack to the film on vinyl, which contained Abels's popular score.[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-19) The [N.W.A](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/N.W.A \"N.W.A\") song \"[Fuck tha Police](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fuck_tha_Police \"Fuck tha Police\")\" is also heard when Kitty Tyler tells the voice assistant Ophelia to \"call the police\", moments before she is killed by her Tethered counterpart, Dahlia, and the song plays throughout when the Wilsons enter the Tyler family's home. The ending features the [Minnie Riperton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minnie_Riperton \"Minnie Riperton\") song \"[Les Fleurs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_Fleur \"Les Fleur\")\".\n\n## Marketing\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=9 \"Edit section: Marketing\")\\]\n\nThe official trailer was released on December 25, 2018.[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-20) The trailer, which was set to a darker version of the song \"I Got 5 on It\", featured a similar tone, editing, and shots as Peele's *Get Out*, prompting speculation that the two films were set in the same universe.[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-21)\n\nA second trailer was released on February 3, 2019, for [Super Bowl LIII](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Super_Bowl_LIII \"Super Bowl LIII\"). That trailer featured a narration by Lupita Nyong'o's character, Adelaide, speaking with her husband Gabriel about the strange coincidences happening since they arrived at their beach house, and describing it as a \"black cloud\" hanging over them. The new theatrical release date, March 22, was announced at the end of the trailer.[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-22) *[Deadline Hollywood](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deadline_Hollywood \"Deadline Hollywood\")* estimated the studio spent around \\$77 million on promotion and advertisements for the film.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-opening-23)\n\n## Release\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=10 \"Edit section: Release\")\\]\n\n*Us* had its world premiere at the [South by Southwest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_by_Southwest \"South by Southwest\") film festival (SXSW) on March 8, 2019.[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-24) It was also screened on March 6, 2019, before its official release, at [Howard University](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Howard_University \"Howard University\").[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-25) The film was originally scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on March 15, 2019, but was pushed back a week to March 22, following the announcement of its SXSW premiere.[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-26)\n\n### Home media\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=11 \"Edit section: Home media\")\\]\n\n*Us* was released on [4K UHD Blu-ray](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ultra_HD_Blu-ray \"Ultra HD Blu-ray\"), [Blu-ray](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blu-ray \"Blu-ray\") and [DVD](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DVD \"DVD\") on June 18, 2019.[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-27) The 4K release is an [upscale](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image_scaling \"Image scaling\") from the [2K](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2K_resolution \"2K resolution\") master.[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-28)\n\n## Reception\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=12 \"Edit section: Reception\")\\]\n\n### Box office\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=13 \"Edit section: Box office\")\\]\n\n*Us* grossed \\$175.2 million in the United States and Canada, and \\$80.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of \\$256.1 million, against a production budget of \\$20 million.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-BOM-3) *Deadline Hollywood* calculated the net profit of the film to be \\$119 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues.[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-DeadlineProfit-29)\n\nIn the United States and Canada, initial tracking had *Us* grossing \\$35–40 million in its opening weekend.[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-30) By the week of its release, estimates had risen to \\$45–50 million, with advance ticket sales on [Fandango](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fandango_Media \"Fandango Media\") outpacing *[A Quiet Place](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Quiet_Place_\$film\$ \"A Quiet Place (film)\")* (\\$50.2 million) and *Get Out* (\\$33.7 million).[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-31) The film made \\$28.9 million on its first day, including \\$7.4 million from Thursday night previews, one of the best-ever for a horror film and far higher than the Thursday night preview numbers for *Get Out*, which only grossed \\$1.8 million, increasing weekend estimates for *Us* to \\$68 million.[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-32) It went on to earn \\$71.1 million at the box office, debuting at number one and becoming the second best opening for a live-action original film after *[Avatar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avatar_\$2009_film\$ \"Avatar (2009 film)\")* (\\$77 million in 2009), as well as the third-best total for a horror film after *[It](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/It_\$2017_film\$ \"It (2017 film)\")* (\\$123.4 million in 2017) and *[Halloween](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halloween_\$2018_film\$ \"Halloween (2018 film)\")* (\\$76.2 million in 2018) and the best ever opening for an original horror film not based on a known property.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-opening-23)[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-33) In its second weekend, the film made \\$33.6 million, dropping 52.7% (slightly above-average for a horror film but much larger than the 15% seen by *Get Out*) and finishing second behind newcomer *[Dumbo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dumbo_\$2019_film\$ \"Dumbo (2019 film)\")*.[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-34)\n\n### Critical response\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=14 \"Edit section: Critical response\")\\]\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c3\/Lupita_Nyong%27o_SXSW_2019_%2847282558132%29.jpg\/250px-Lupita_Nyong%27o_SXSW_2019_%2847282558132%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Lupita_Nyong%27o_SXSW_2019_\$47282558132\$.jpg)\n\n[Lupita Nyong'o](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lupita_Nyong%27o \"Lupita Nyong'o\") received widespread critical acclaim for her dual role performance in the film.\n\nOn the [review aggregator](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Review_aggregator \"Review aggregator\") website [Rotten Tomatoes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rotten_Tomatoes \"Rotten Tomatoes\"), 93% of 550 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9\/10. The website's critical consensus reads, \"With Jordan Peele's second inventive, ambitious horror film, we have seen how to beat the sophomore jinx, and it is *Us*.\"[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-35) On [Metacritic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metacritic \"Metacritic\"), the film has a [weighted average](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weighted_average \"Weighted average\") score of 81 out of 100, based on 56 critics, indicating \"universal acclaim\".[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-36) Audiences polled by [CinemaScore](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CinemaScore \"CinemaScore\") gave the film an average grade of \"B\" on an A+ to F scale, while those at [PostTrak](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PostTrak \"PostTrak\") gave it an overall positive score of 80%, with 60% saying they would definitely recommend it.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-opening-23) *Us* was described by *[Rolling Stone](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rolling_Stone \"Rolling Stone\")* as \"spill-your-soda scary\", compared to the \"existentially terrifying\" *Get Out*.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-RS_2019-6)\n\nMonica Castillo of *[RogerEbert.com](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RogerEbert.com \"RogerEbert.com\")* gave the film four out of four, writing that: \"*Us* is another thrilling exploration of the past and oppression this country is still too afraid to bring up. Peele wants us to talk, and he's given audiences the material to think, to feel our way through some of the darker sides of the human condition and the American experience.\"[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-37) David Griffin of *[IGN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IGN \"IGN\")* gave the film 9.0\/10, calling it \"a very, very strange film. But that's OK because it wouldn't be a Jordan Peele joint if there wasn't a little risk involved. Peele has proven that he's not a one-hit wonder with this truly terrifying, poignant look at one American family that goes through hell at the hands of maniacal doppelgangers\".[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-ign-38) John DeFore of *[The Hollywood Reporter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hollywood_Reporter \"The Hollywood Reporter\")* called *Us* \"a fiercely scary movie whose meaning is up for grabs\".[\\[39\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-thr-39)\n\n[Richard Brody](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Brody \"Richard Brody\") of *[The New Yorker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_Yorker \"The New Yorker\")* called the film a \"colossal achievement,\" writing, \"*Us* is a horror film—though saying so is like offering a reminder that *[The Godfather](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Godfather \"The Godfather\")* is a gangster film or that *[2001: A Space Odyssey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_\$film\$ \"2001: A Space Odyssey (film)\")* is science fiction. Genre is irrelevant to the merits of a film, whether its conventions are followed or defied; what matters is that Peele cites the tropes and precedents of horror in order to deeply root his film in the terrain of pop culture—and then to pull up those roots.\"[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-40)\n\nIn July 2025, *[The Hollywood Reporter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hollywood_Reporter \"The Hollywood Reporter\")* ranked it number 12 on its list of the \"25 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century.\"[\\[41\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-41)\n\nConversely, [Stephanie Zacharek](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephanie_Zacharek \"Stephanie Zacharek\") of *[Time](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Time_\$magazine\$ \"Time (magazine)\")* thought Peele had too many ideas and not enough answers compared to *Get Out* and said, \"Peele goes even deeper into the conflicted territory of class and race and privilege; he also ponders the traits that make us most human. But this time, he's got so many ideas he can barely corral them, let alone connect them. He overthinks himself into a corner, and we're stuck there with him.\"[\\[42\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-42)\n\n[Disability rights](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disability_rights_movement \"Disability rights movement\") groups National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association and [RespectAbility](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RespectAbility \"RespectAbility\") criticised Nyong'o for basing her performance on [spasmodic dysphonia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spasmodic_dysphonia \"Spasmodic dysphonia\").[\\[43\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-43) She later apologized, stating that she \"wasn’t interested in vilifying or demonising the condition,\" and \"crafted Red with love and care.\"[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-44)\n\n### Themes and interpretations\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=15 \"Edit section: Themes and interpretations\")\\]\n\nCritic Jim Vejvoda related the Tethered to \"[urban legends](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Urban_legend \"Urban legend\")\" and \"[xenophobic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xenophobia \"Xenophobia\") paranoia about the [Other](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Other_\$philosophy\$ \"Other (philosophy)\")\", also writing they resembled the [Morlocks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morlock \"Morlock\") in [H. G. Wells](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H._G._Wells \"H. G. Wells\")'s 1895 novel, *[The Time Machine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Time_Machine \"The Time Machine\")*.[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-45) Journalist Noel Ransome viewed the film as being about \"the effects of [classism](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Classism \"Classism\") and marginalization\", writing \"the Tethered are effigies of this same situational classism. They're trapped—mentally and physically—and ignored\".[\\[46\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-46) Joel Meares of Rotten Tomatoes also noted that the Tethered, referencing the \"we're Americans\" line, are representatives of the duality of American society, how some citizens can afford to live on top of the class system while others are stuck in poverty. He also noted the title *Us* could mean \"U.S.\", or United States.[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-RTtheory-47)\n\n[Manohla Dargis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manohla_Dargis \"Manohla Dargis\") of *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")* notes that the Wilsons are \"introduced with an aerial sweep of greenery\" similar to the opening of [Stanley Kubrick](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanley_Kubrick \"Stanley Kubrick\")'s *[The Shining](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Shining_\$film\$ \"The Shining (film)\")*, and sees that movie as the principal influence on *Us*. Describing Peele as a \"true cinephile\", she also identifies allusions to other films, including *[Jaws](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jaws_\$film\$ \"Jaws (film)\")*, *[A Nightmare on Elm Street](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\")*, and *[The Goonies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Goonies \"The Goonies\")*, as well as one scene suggesting an influence by the Austrian film director [Michael Haneke](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Haneke \"Michael Haneke\")'s 1997 horror film *[Funny Games](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funny_Games_\$1997_film\$ \"Funny Games (1997 film)\")* and subsequent [U.S. remake](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funny_Games_\$2007_film\$ \"Funny Games (2007 film)\").[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-48)\n\nThe Tethered's red jump suits and single glove were an allusion to [Michael Jackson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Jackson \"Michael Jackson\"), as was the \"[Thriller](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thriller_\$song\$ \"Thriller (song)\")\" shirt seen on young Adelaide, and Peele has stated that Jackson was \"the patron saint of duality\".[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-RTtheory-47)[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-mj-49) Peele referenced many other instances of 1980s culture, including allusions to *[The Lost Boys](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Lost_Boys \"The Lost Boys\")* and Hands Across America, stating \"Everything in this movie was deliberate, that is one thing I can guarantee you. Unless you didn't like something and that was a complete accident\".[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-mj-49)[\\[50\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-50)\n\nThe film contains numerous references to [Jeremiah 11:11](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeremiah_11 \"Jeremiah 11\"), which reads: \"Therefore thus saith the Lord: 'I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them'\" ([NIV](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_International_Version \"New International Version\")). Critic Rosie Fletcher commented on the context, with [Jeremiah](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeremiah \"Jeremiah\") warning [Jerusalem](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerusalem \"Jerusalem\") was facing destruction due to [false idols](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/False_idol \"False idol\"), and expressed the opinion that the film's characters also \"worshiped the wrong things\", such as Ophelia, the [virtual assistant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virtual_assistant \"Virtual assistant\").[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-51)\n\nPeele later explained in the film's digital release special features that a central theme of the film is [American privilege](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_World_privilege \"First World privilege\"):[\\[52\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-SF_Privilege-52)\n\n> \"One of the central themes in *Us* is that we can do a good job collectively of ignoring the ramifications of [privilege](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_privilege \"Social privilege\"). I think it's the idea that what we feel like we deserve comes, you know, at the expense of someone else's freedom or joy. You know, the biggest disservice we can do as a faction with a collective privilege like the United States is to presume that we deserve it, and that it isn't luck that has us born where we're born. For us to have our privilege, someone suffers. That's where the Tethered connection, I think, resonates the most, is that those who suffer and those who prosper are two sides of the same coin. You can never forget that. We need to fight for the less fortunate.\"\n\n— Jordan Peele[\\[52\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-SF_Privilege-52)\n\n### Accolades\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=16 \"Edit section: Accolades\")\\]\n\nMain article: [List of accolades received by *Us* (2019 film)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_accolades_received_by_Us_\$2019_film\$ \"List of accolades received by Us (2019 film)\")\n\n*Us* was nominated for one [Art Directors Guild](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Art_Directors_Guild \"Art Directors Guild\"),[\\[53\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-ADG19-53) four [Critics' Choice Movie Awards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Awards \"Critics' Choice Movie Awards\"),[\\[54\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-CCA20-54) one [Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Make-Up_Artists_and_Hair_Stylists_Guild#Make-Up_Artists_and_Hair_Stylists_Guild_Awards \"Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild\"),[\\[55\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-MUAHA19-55) three [MTV Movie & TV Awards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MTV_Movie_%26_TV_Awards \"MTV Movie & TV Awards\"),[\\[56\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-MTVMA19-56) eight [NAACP Image Awards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NAACP_Image_Awards \"NAACP Image Awards\"),[\\[57\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-NAACP2020-57) four [People's Choice Awards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People%27s_Choice_Awards \"People's Choice Awards\"),[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-PCA19-58) one [Bram Stoker Award](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bram_Stoker_Award \"Bram Stoker Award\") (won),[\\[59\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-59) seven [Saturn Awards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturn_Awards \"Saturn Awards\") (winning one),[\\[60\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-SA19-60) one [Screen Actors Guild Award](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award \"Screen Actors Guild Award\"),[\\[61\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-SAGAS20-61) and one [World Soundtrack Awards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Soundtrack_Academy \"World Soundtrack Academy\") (won).[\\[62\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-WSA19-62)\n\n## See also\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=17 \"Edit section: See also\")\\]\n\n- [List of black films of the 2010s](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_black_films_of_the_2010s \"List of black films of the 2010s\")\n- [List of horror films of the 2010s](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_horror_films_of_the_2010s \"List of horror films of the 2010s\")\n- [Disability in horror films](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disability_in_horror_films \"Disability in horror films\")\n\n## References\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=18 \"Edit section: References\")\\]\n\n1. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-fone_1-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-fone_1-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-fone_1-2) [***d***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-fone_1-3) [***e***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-fone_1-4)\n   [\"Us (2019)\"](https:\/\/www.moviefone.com\/movie\/us\/kYh7PJmnWFqsF5EA22FYj6\/main\/). *[Moviefone](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moviefone \"Moviefone\")*. Retrieved October 11, 2025.\n2. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-2)**\n   [\"Us\"](https:\/\/www.amctheatres.com\/movies\/us-2019-53983). *[AMC Theatres](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AMC_Theatres \"AMC Theatres\")*. Retrieved March 5, 2019.\n3. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-BOM_3-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-BOM_3-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-BOM_3-2)\n   [\"Us (2019)\"](https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/movies\/?id=untitledjordanpeele.htm). *[Box Office Mojo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Box_Office_Mojo \"Box Office Mojo\")*. Retrieved June 25, 2019.\n4. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-4)**\n   Ramella, Brynne (November 3, 2020). [\"Us' Tethered Explained\"](https:\/\/screenrant.com\/us-movie-government-experiment-tethered-underground-tunnels-explained\/). *[Screen Rant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Screen_Rant \"Screen Rant\")*. Retrieved October 27, 2023.\n5. **[^](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-5)**\n   Vargas, Alani (March 2019). [\"Jordan Peele's 'Us' Cameo Is Very Hard To Spot, But Impossible To Forget\"](https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/p\/jordan-peeles-us-cameo-is-very-hard-to-spot-but-impossible-to-forget-16980707). *[Bustle.com](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bustle.com \"Bustle.com\")*. Retrieved March 26, 2019.\n6. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-RS_2019_6-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-RS_2019_6-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-RS_2019_6-2)\n   Hiatt, Brian (January 29, 2019). 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A tear is seen streaming out of her eye.\")Theatrical release poster |   |\n| Directed by | [Jordan Peele](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordan_Peele \"Jordan Peele\") |\n| Written by | Jordan Peele |\n| Produced by | [Jason Blum](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jason_Blum \"Jason Blum\") [Ian Cooper](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ian_Cooper_\$artist\$ \"Ian Cooper (artist)\") [Sean McKittrick](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sean_McKittrick \"Sean McKittrick\") Jordan Peele |\n| Starring | [Lupita Nyong'o](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lupita_Nyong%27o \"Lupita Nyong'o\") [Winston Duke](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winston_Duke \"Winston Duke\") [Elisabeth Moss](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elisabeth_Moss \"Elisabeth Moss\") [Tim Heidecker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Heidecker \"Tim Heidecker\") |\n| Cinematography | [Mike Gioulakis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Gioulakis \"Mike Gioulakis\") |\n| Edited by | Nicholas Monsour |\n| Music by | [Michael Abels](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Abels \"Michael Abels\") |\n| Production companies | [Universal Pictures](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universal_Pictures \"Universal Pictures\")[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-fone-1) [Perfect World Pictures](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perfect_World_Pictures \"Perfect World Pictures\")[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-fone-1) [Monkeypaw Productions](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monkeypaw_Productions \"Monkeypaw Productions\")[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-fone-1) [Blumhouse Productions](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blumhouse_Productions \"Blumhouse Productions\")[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-fone-1) QC Entertainment[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-fone-1) |\n| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |\n| Release dates | March 8, 2019 ([SXSW](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_by_Southwest \"South by Southwest\")) March 22, 2019 (United States) |\n| Running time | 116 minutes[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-2) |\n| Country | United States |\n| Language | English |\n| Budget | \\$20 million[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-BOM-3) |\n| Box office | \\$256.1 million[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-BOM-3) |\n\n***Us*** is a 2019 American [psychological horror film](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Psychological_horror_film \"Psychological horror film\") written and directed by [Jordan Peele](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordan_Peele \"Jordan Peele\"), and starring [Lupita Nyong'o](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lupita_Nyong%27o \"Lupita Nyong'o\"), [Winston Duke](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winston_Duke \"Winston Duke\"), [Elisabeth Moss](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elisabeth_Moss \"Elisabeth Moss\") and [Tim Heidecker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Heidecker \"Tim Heidecker\"). The story follows Adelaide Wilson and her family, who are attacked by a group of menacing [doppelgängers](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doppelg%C3%A4ngers \"Doppelgängers\"), called the \"Tethered\".\n\nThe project was announced in February 2018. Peele produced the film alongside [Jason Blum](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jason_Blum \"Jason Blum\") and [Sean McKittrick](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sean_McKittrick \"Sean McKittrick\"), having previously collaborated with them on *[Get Out](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Get_Out \"Get Out\")* and *[BlacKkKlansman](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BlacKkKlansman \"BlacKkKlansman\")*. Filming took place in California, including [Los Angeles](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles \"Los Angeles\"), [Pasadena](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pasadena,_California \"Pasadena, California\") and [Santa Cruz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santa_Cruz,_California \"Santa Cruz, California\"), from July to October 2018.\n\n*Us* premiered at [South by Southwest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_by_Southwest \"South by Southwest\") on March 8, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 22, by [Universal Pictures](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Universal_Pictures \"Universal Pictures\"). It received widespread critical acclaim, and grossed \\$256 million against a budget of \\$20 million, making it a commercial success.\n\nIn 1986, young Adelaide Thomas wanders away from her parents at the [Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santa_Cruz_Beach_Boardwalk \"Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk\") and enters a [funhouse](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funhouse \"Funhouse\"). She encounters Red, a [doppelgänger](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doppelg%C3%A4nger \"Doppelgänger\") of herself, in the [house of mirrors](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_of_mirrors \"House of mirrors\"). Following the encounter, she suddenly stops speaking, and withdraws from her family.\n\nThirty-three years later, Adelaide, now an adult, reluctantly joins her husband, Gabe Wilson, and their children, Zora and Jason, on a vacation. They are joined by friends, Josh and Kitty Tyler, along with their twin daughters, Becca and Lindsey, at the beach. During their outing, they observe paramedics removing the body of an elderly man holding a sign that matches one Adelaide had seen on the day she encountered her doppelgänger, as a child. Later, Jason spots an individual bearing a striking resemblance to the deceased, motionless with outstretched arms and bloodied hands.\n\nThat night, Adelaide relays her story to Gabe, when the lights suddenly go out. Jason notices a family of four in the driveway, who break into the house and corner the Wilsons. The intruders are the Wilsons' doppelgängers: Red (Adelaide's doppelganger), Pluto (Jason's pyromaniac, facially scarred double), Umbrae (Zora's sadistic double) and Abraham (Gabe's animalistic double). Red is the only double who can speak, albeit in a raspy voice. She explains that they are called \"the Tethered\", as they share a soul with their counterparts and have come to \"untether\" themselves. The Wilsons are separated and terrorized by their doppelgängers. Jason discovers that Pluto mirrors his actions. After Gabe kills Abraham, the family escapes.\n\nMeanwhile, the Tyler family is attacked and murdered in their home by their doppelgängers. The Wilsons arrive and are attacked as well, but they manage to overpower and kill the Tylers' doubles. They watch the news and learn that the Tethered have been murdering their equivalents across the city then joining hands to form a human chain (similar to the one from the [Hands Across America](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hands_Across_America \"Hands Across America\") demonstration) that surrounds the city. The Wilsons decide to drive along the coast and escape to Mexico. While they are leaving, Umbrae intercepts the car but Zora throws her off the car and kills her; Adelaide goes separately to comfort Umbrae as she dies.\n\nArriving at the boardwalk, the Wilsons find many townspeople slaughtered. The road is blocked by a burning car. Jason, realizing it is a trap set by Pluto, orders everyone out of the car. Before Pluto can ignite the family's car, Jason walks backwards, causing Pluto to do the same and thus walk directly into the fire, to Adelaide's sadness. While the Wilsons are distracted by Pluto burning to death, Red appears and snatches Jason away. Adelaide chases Red to the funhouse where they first met and finds a secret entrance that leads to an underground facility overrun by white rabbits, where she finds Red in a classroom.\n\nRed vaguely explains that the Tethered are duplicates created, presumably by the government, to control the populace.[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-4) When the experiment failed, the Tethered were abandoned underground mindlessly mimicking the actions of their counterparts and surviving on raw rabbit meat. After the other doppelgängers realized Red was \"different\", when she snapped them out of their lethargy, she spent years organizing them to escape and take vengeance by murdering their counterparts. Red and Adelaide begin to fight, but Red evades and counters all of Adelaide's attacks. When Adelaide allows Red to attack, she impales Red with a fireplace poker, then strangles her and breaks her neck. She rescues Jason from a locker with Jason also rescuing one of the rabbits. As she escapes in an ambulance with her family, Adelaide reflects back to the night she first met Red: it's revealed that she is the Tethered doppelgänger and that Red was the original Adelaide. The doppelgänger, having choked Adelaide unconscious, dragged and trapped her underground then returned to the surface to usurp her life. Jason looks at his mother who simply smiles, while the Tethered form a human chain that stretches across the countryside.\n\n| Performer | Main character | \"Tethered\" character |\n|---|---|---|\n| [Lupita Nyong'o](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lupita_Nyong%27o \"Lupita Nyong'o\") | Adelaide \"Addy\" Wilson | Red |\n| [Winston Duke](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winston_Duke \"Winston Duke\") | Gabriel \"Gabe\" Wilson | Abraham |\n| [Shahadi Wright Joseph](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shahadi_Wright_Joseph \"Shahadi Wright Joseph\") | Zora Wilson | Umbrae |\n| Evan Alex | Jason Wilson | Pluto |\n| [Elisabeth Moss](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elisabeth_Moss \"Elisabeth Moss\") | Kitty Tyler | Dahlia |\n| [Tim Heidecker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Heidecker \"Tim Heidecker\") | Josh Tyler | Tex |\n| [Yahya Abdul-Mateen II](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yahya_Abdul-Mateen_II \"Yahya Abdul-Mateen II\") | Russel Thomas | Weyland |\n| [Anna Diop](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anna_Diop \"Anna Diop\") | Rayne Thomas | Eartha |\n| Cali Sheldon | Becca Tyler | Io |\n| Noelle Sheldon | Lindsey Tyler | Nix |\n| Madison Curry | Young Adelaide | Young Red |\n| Ashley McKoy | Teenage Adelaide | Teenage Red |\n| Napiera Groves | Dr. Foster | N\/A |\n| Lon Gowan | Don | N\/A |\n| Alan Frazier | Ferdie | Jeremiah |\n| Duke Nicholson | Danny | Tony |\n| [Dustin Ybarra](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dustin_Ybarra \"Dustin Ybarra\") | Troy | Brand |\n| Nathan Harrington | Glen | Jack |\n| [Kara Hayward](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kara_Hayward \"Kara Hayward\") | Nancy | Syd |\n| [Jordan Peele](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordan_Peele \"Jordan Peele\") | Dying Rabbit\/Fun House Narrator[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-5) | N\/A |\n\n[![Jordan Peele at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards in 2014.](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/0d\/Jordan_Peele_%2814532261920%29_%28cropped%29.jpg\/250px-Jordan_Peele_%2814532261920%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jordan_Peele_\$14532261920\$_\$cropped\$.jpg)\n\nWriter, director, and producer [Jordan Peele](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordan_Peele \"Jordan Peele\")\n\nAfter being dismayed with the \"genre confusion\" over his previous film, *[Get Out](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Get_Out \"Get Out\")*,[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-RS_2019-6) Peele opted to make his next film a \"full-on\" horror film.[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-7) Peele has said that an inspiration for *Us* was *[The Twilight Zone](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Twilight_Zone_\$1959_TV_series\$ \"The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)\")* episode \"[Mirror Image](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mirror_Image_\$The_Twilight_Zone\$ \"Mirror Image (The Twilight Zone)\")\", which was centered on a young woman and her evil doppelgänger.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-RS_2019-6)\n\nPeele also revealed that the idea of the Tethered living underground came to him when he was a teenager taking the train home from studying at [Sarah Lawrence College](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sarah_Lawrence_College \"Sarah Lawrence College\"):\n\n> \"You get out of the train and you have to go down through an underpass and come out the other side. There's no one else there, just this dark, American town. I'd come up and I'd look over to the other side, and I'd picture seeing the tail end of myself going down that same tunnel, to presumably emerge right near me 30 seconds later. And that’s where I love to start with a horror story: ‘What is this primal thing that’s affecting me in a way I don’t quite understand?’\"\n\n— Jordan Peele[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-8)\n\nOn May 8, 2018, it was announced that [Lupita Nyong'o](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lupita_Nyong%27o \"Lupita Nyong'o\"), [Winston Duke](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winston_Duke \"Winston Duke\") and [Elisabeth Moss](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elisabeth_Moss \"Elisabeth Moss\") were all in negotiations to star in the film, with Nyong'o and Duke portraying a black couple, and Moss portraying one half of a white couple.[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-9) Nyong'o later confirmed her casting by posting the film's promotional poster on her [Instagram](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Instagram \"Instagram\").[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-10) The rest of the cast, including [Tim Heidecker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tim_Heidecker \"Tim Heidecker\"), [Yahya Abdul-Mateen II](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yahya_Abdul-Mateen_II \"Yahya Abdul-Mateen II\"), [Shahadi Wright Joseph](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shahadi_Wright_Joseph \"Shahadi Wright Joseph\") and Evan Alex were all confirmed in July of that year.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-11)\n\nPeele saw the characters of the film as an \"archetypal foursome\", with Adelaide being the leader, Zora being the warrior, Gabe being jester\/fool and Jason being the wiz\/magician.[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-12) For her role, Nyong'o had to use a different voice for the character of Red. She said her performance was inspired by the condition [spasmodic dysphonia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spasmodic_dysphonia \"Spasmodic dysphonia\"), a condition that causes a person's voice to go into periods of [spasm](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spasm \"Spasm\"). In order to perfect her voice, she \"worked with an ear, nose, and throat doctor, a vocal therapist, and my dialect coach to try and make sure I could do it and do it safely. 'Cause I had two roles to play, I couldn't afford to damage my voice.\"[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-13)\n\n[Principal photography](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Principal_photography \"Principal photography\") began on July 30, 2018, in [Santa Cruz, California](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santa_Cruz,_California \"Santa Cruz, California\"), including their famous [Boardwalk](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santa_Cruz_Beach_Boardwalk \"Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk\"). Most of the film was shot in [Los Angeles](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles \"Los Angeles\"), and the main house featured is located in [Pasadena](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pasadena,_California \"Pasadena, California\"). The house had modifications and the team spent six weeks there.[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-14) Filming [wrapped](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wrap_\$filmmaking\$ \"Wrap (filmmaking)\") on October 8, 2018.[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-ProductionStart-15)\n\nThe visual effects were provided by [Industrial Light & Magic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Industrial_Light_%26_Magic \"Industrial Light & Magic\") and supervised by Grady Cofer.[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-16)\n\n[Michael Abels](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Abels \"Michael Abels\"), who had previously scored Peele's *Get Out*, returned to do the same for *Us*.[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-17)\n\nThe 1995 [Luniz](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luniz \"Luniz\") song \"[I Got 5 on It](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_Got_5_on_It \"I Got 5 on It\")\" is heavily featured in this film, first at the beginning, when the family is driving to the beach and then later on in the film when the \"tethered\" family breaks into the vacation home. The once-fun song transmogrifies into an eerily orchestral \"Tethered Mix\", slowing everything down, and fully indulging the ominous quality of the film. Due to the track's popularity upon the trailer's release, it was edited into the final cut of the film, appearing during the climax.[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-18) [Waxwork Records](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waxwork_Records \"Waxwork Records\") announced in August 2019 that they would release the soundtrack to the film on vinyl, which contained Abels's popular score.[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-19) The [N.W.A](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/N.W.A \"N.W.A\") song \"[Fuck tha Police](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fuck_tha_Police \"Fuck tha Police\")\" is also heard when Kitty Tyler tells the voice assistant Ophelia to \"call the police\", moments before she is killed by her Tethered counterpart, Dahlia, and the song plays throughout when the Wilsons enter the Tyler family's home. The ending features the [Minnie Riperton](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minnie_Riperton \"Minnie Riperton\") song \"[Les Fleurs](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Les_Fleur \"Les Fleur\")\".\n\nThe official trailer was released on December 25, 2018.[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-20) The trailer, which was set to a darker version of the song \"I Got 5 on It\", featured a similar tone, editing, and shots as Peele's *Get Out*, prompting speculation that the two films were set in the same universe.[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-21)\n\nA second trailer was released on February 3, 2019, for [Super Bowl LIII](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Super_Bowl_LIII \"Super Bowl LIII\"). That trailer featured a narration by Lupita Nyong'o's character, Adelaide, speaking with her husband Gabriel about the strange coincidences happening since they arrived at their beach house, and describing it as a \"black cloud\" hanging over them. The new theatrical release date, March 22, was announced at the end of the trailer.[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-22) *[Deadline Hollywood](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deadline_Hollywood \"Deadline Hollywood\")* estimated the studio spent around \\$77 million on promotion and advertisements for the film.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-opening-23)\n\n*Us* had its world premiere at the [South by Southwest](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_by_Southwest \"South by Southwest\") film festival (SXSW) on March 8, 2019.[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-24) It was also screened on March 6, 2019, before its official release, at [Howard University](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Howard_University \"Howard University\").[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-25) The film was originally scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on March 15, 2019, but was pushed back a week to March 22, following the announcement of its SXSW premiere.[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-26)\n\n*Us* was released on [4K UHD Blu-ray](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ultra_HD_Blu-ray \"Ultra HD Blu-ray\"), [Blu-ray](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blu-ray \"Blu-ray\") and [DVD](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DVD \"DVD\") on June 18, 2019.[\\[27\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-27) The 4K release is an [upscale](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image_scaling \"Image scaling\") from the [2K](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2K_resolution \"2K resolution\") master.[\\[28\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-28)\n\n*Us* grossed \\$175.2 million in the United States and Canada, and \\$80.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of \\$256.1 million, against a production budget of \\$20 million.[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-BOM-3) *Deadline Hollywood* calculated the net profit of the film to be \\$119 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues.[\\[29\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-DeadlineProfit-29)\n\nIn the United States and Canada, initial tracking had *Us* grossing \\$35–40 million in its opening weekend.[\\[30\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-30) By the week of its release, estimates had risen to \\$45–50 million, with advance ticket sales on [Fandango](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fandango_Media \"Fandango Media\") outpacing *[A Quiet Place](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Quiet_Place_\$film\$ \"A Quiet Place (film)\")* (\\$50.2 million) and *Get Out* (\\$33.7 million).[\\[31\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-31) The film made \\$28.9 million on its first day, including \\$7.4 million from Thursday night previews, one of the best-ever for a horror film and far higher than the Thursday night preview numbers for *Get Out*, which only grossed \\$1.8 million, increasing weekend estimates for *Us* to \\$68 million.[\\[32\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-32) It went on to earn \\$71.1 million at the box office, debuting at number one and becoming the second best opening for a live-action original film after *[Avatar](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avatar_\$2009_film\$ \"Avatar (2009 film)\")* (\\$77 million in 2009), as well as the third-best total for a horror film after *[It](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/It_\$2017_film\$ \"It (2017 film)\")* (\\$123.4 million in 2017) and *[Halloween](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halloween_\$2018_film\$ \"Halloween (2018 film)\")* (\\$76.2 million in 2018) and the best ever opening for an original horror film not based on a known property.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-opening-23)[\\[33\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-33) In its second weekend, the film made \\$33.6 million, dropping 52.7% (slightly above-average for a horror film but much larger than the 15% seen by *Get Out*) and finishing second behind newcomer *[Dumbo](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dumbo_\$2019_film\$ \"Dumbo (2019 film)\")*.[\\[34\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-34)\n\n[![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c3\/Lupita_Nyong%27o_SXSW_2019_%2847282558132%29.jpg\/250px-Lupita_Nyong%27o_SXSW_2019_%2847282558132%29.jpg)](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Lupita_Nyong%27o_SXSW_2019_\$47282558132\$.jpg)\n\n[Lupita Nyong'o](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lupita_Nyong%27o \"Lupita Nyong'o\") received widespread critical acclaim for her dual role performance in the film.\n\nOn the [review aggregator](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Review_aggregator \"Review aggregator\") website [Rotten Tomatoes](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rotten_Tomatoes \"Rotten Tomatoes\"), 93% of 550 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9\/10. The website's critical consensus reads, \"With Jordan Peele's second inventive, ambitious horror film, we have seen how to beat the sophomore jinx, and it is *Us*.\"[\\[35\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-35) On [Metacritic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metacritic \"Metacritic\"), the film has a [weighted average](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weighted_average \"Weighted average\") score of 81 out of 100, based on 56 critics, indicating \"universal acclaim\".[\\[36\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-36) Audiences polled by [CinemaScore](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CinemaScore \"CinemaScore\") gave the film an average grade of \"B\" on an A+ to F scale, while those at [PostTrak](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PostTrak \"PostTrak\") gave it an overall positive score of 80%, with 60% saying they would definitely recommend it.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-opening-23) *Us* was described by *[Rolling Stone](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rolling_Stone \"Rolling Stone\")* as \"spill-your-soda scary\", compared to the \"existentially terrifying\" *Get Out*.[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-RS_2019-6)\n\nMonica Castillo of *[RogerEbert.com](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RogerEbert.com \"RogerEbert.com\")* gave the film four out of four, writing that: \"*Us* is another thrilling exploration of the past and oppression this country is still too afraid to bring up. Peele wants us to talk, and he's given audiences the material to think, to feel our way through some of the darker sides of the human condition and the American experience.\"[\\[37\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-37) David Griffin of *[IGN](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IGN \"IGN\")* gave the film 9.0\/10, calling it \"a very, very strange film. But that's OK because it wouldn't be a Jordan Peele joint if there wasn't a little risk involved. Peele has proven that he's not a one-hit wonder with this truly terrifying, poignant look at one American family that goes through hell at the hands of maniacal doppelgangers\".[\\[38\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-ign-38) John DeFore of *[The Hollywood Reporter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hollywood_Reporter \"The Hollywood Reporter\")* called *Us* \"a fiercely scary movie whose meaning is up for grabs\".[\\[39\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-thr-39)\n\n[Richard Brody](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Brody \"Richard Brody\") of *[The New Yorker](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_Yorker \"The New Yorker\")* called the film a \"colossal achievement,\" writing, \"*Us* is a horror film—though saying so is like offering a reminder that *[The Godfather](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Godfather \"The Godfather\")* is a gangster film or that *[2001: A Space Odyssey](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_\$film\$ \"2001: A Space Odyssey (film)\")* is science fiction. Genre is irrelevant to the merits of a film, whether its conventions are followed or defied; what matters is that Peele cites the tropes and precedents of horror in order to deeply root his film in the terrain of pop culture—and then to pull up those roots.\"[\\[40\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-40)\n\nIn July 2025, *[The Hollywood Reporter](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hollywood_Reporter \"The Hollywood Reporter\")* ranked it number 12 on its list of the \"25 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century.\"[\\[41\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-41)\n\nConversely, [Stephanie Zacharek](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephanie_Zacharek \"Stephanie Zacharek\") of *[Time](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Time_\$magazine\$ \"Time (magazine)\")* thought Peele had too many ideas and not enough answers compared to *Get Out* and said, \"Peele goes even deeper into the conflicted territory of class and race and privilege; he also ponders the traits that make us most human. But this time, he's got so many ideas he can barely corral them, let alone connect them. He overthinks himself into a corner, and we're stuck there with him.\"[\\[42\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-42)\n\n[Disability rights](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disability_rights_movement \"Disability rights movement\") groups National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association and [RespectAbility](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RespectAbility \"RespectAbility\") criticised Nyong'o for basing her performance on [spasmodic dysphonia](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spasmodic_dysphonia \"Spasmodic dysphonia\").[\\[43\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-43) She later apologized, stating that she \"wasn’t interested in vilifying or demonising the condition,\" and \"crafted Red with love and care.\"[\\[44\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-44)\n\n### Themes and interpretations\n\\[[edit](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Us_\$2019_film\$&action=edit&section=15 \"Edit section: Themes and interpretations\")\\]\n\nCritic Jim Vejvoda related the Tethered to \"[urban legends](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Urban_legend \"Urban legend\")\" and \"[xenophobic](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xenophobia \"Xenophobia\") paranoia about the [Other](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Other_\$philosophy\$ \"Other (philosophy)\")\", also writing they resembled the [Morlocks](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morlock \"Morlock\") in [H. G. Wells](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H._G._Wells \"H. G. Wells\")'s 1895 novel, *[The Time Machine](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Time_Machine \"The Time Machine\")*.[\\[45\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-45) Journalist Noel Ransome viewed the film as being about \"the effects of [classism](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Classism \"Classism\") and marginalization\", writing \"the Tethered are effigies of this same situational classism. They're trapped—mentally and physically—and ignored\".[\\[46\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-46) Joel Meares of Rotten Tomatoes also noted that the Tethered, referencing the \"we're Americans\" line, are representatives of the duality of American society, how some citizens can afford to live on top of the class system while others are stuck in poverty. He also noted the title *Us* could mean \"U.S.\", or United States.[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-RTtheory-47)\n\n[Manohla Dargis](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manohla_Dargis \"Manohla Dargis\") of *[The New York Times](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_New_York_Times \"The New York Times\")* notes that the Wilsons are \"introduced with an aerial sweep of greenery\" similar to the opening of [Stanley Kubrick](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanley_Kubrick \"Stanley Kubrick\")'s *[The Shining](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Shining_\$film\$ \"The Shining (film)\")*, and sees that movie as the principal influence on *Us*. Describing Peele as a \"true cinephile\", she also identifies allusions to other films, including *[Jaws](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jaws_\$film\$ \"Jaws (film)\")*, *[A Nightmare on Elm Street](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street \"A Nightmare on Elm Street\")*, and *[The Goonies](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Goonies \"The Goonies\")*, as well as one scene suggesting an influence by the Austrian film director [Michael Haneke](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Haneke \"Michael Haneke\")'s 1997 horror film *[Funny Games](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funny_Games_\$1997_film\$ \"Funny Games (1997 film)\")* and subsequent [U.S. remake](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funny_Games_\$2007_film\$ \"Funny Games (2007 film)\").[\\[48\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-48)\n\nThe Tethered's red jump suits and single glove were an allusion to [Michael Jackson](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Jackson \"Michael Jackson\"), as was the \"[Thriller](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thriller_\$song\$ \"Thriller (song)\")\" shirt seen on young Adelaide, and Peele has stated that Jackson was \"the patron saint of duality\".[\\[47\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-RTtheory-47)[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-mj-49) Peele referenced many other instances of 1980s culture, including allusions to *[The Lost Boys](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Lost_Boys \"The Lost Boys\")* and Hands Across America, stating \"Everything in this movie was deliberate, that is one thing I can guarantee you. Unless you didn't like something and that was a complete accident\".[\\[49\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-mj-49)[\\[50\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-50)\n\nThe film contains numerous references to [Jeremiah 11:11](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeremiah_11 \"Jeremiah 11\"), which reads: \"Therefore thus saith the Lord: 'I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them'\" ([NIV](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_International_Version \"New International Version\")). Critic Rosie Fletcher commented on the context, with [Jeremiah](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeremiah \"Jeremiah\") warning [Jerusalem](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerusalem \"Jerusalem\") was facing destruction due to [false idols](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/False_idol \"False idol\"), and expressed the opinion that the film's characters also \"worshiped the wrong things\", such as Ophelia, the [virtual assistant](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virtual_assistant \"Virtual assistant\").[\\[51\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-51)\n\nPeele later explained in the film's digital release special features that a central theme of the film is [American privilege](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_World_privilege \"First World privilege\"):[\\[52\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-SF_Privilege-52)\n\n> \"One of the central themes in *Us* is that we can do a good job collectively of ignoring the ramifications of [privilege](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_privilege \"Social privilege\"). I think it's the idea that what we feel like we deserve comes, you know, at the expense of someone else's freedom or joy. You know, the biggest disservice we can do as a faction with a collective privilege like the United States is to presume that we deserve it, and that it isn't luck that has us born where we're born. For us to have our privilege, someone suffers. That's where the Tethered connection, I think, resonates the most, is that those who suffer and those who prosper are two sides of the same coin. You can never forget that. We need to fight for the less fortunate.\"\n\n— Jordan Peele[\\[52\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-SF_Privilege-52)\n\n*Us* was nominated for one [Art Directors Guild](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Art_Directors_Guild \"Art Directors Guild\"),[\\[53\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-ADG19-53) four [Critics' Choice Movie Awards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Awards \"Critics' Choice Movie Awards\"),[\\[54\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-CCA20-54) one [Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Make-Up_Artists_and_Hair_Stylists_Guild#Make-Up_Artists_and_Hair_Stylists_Guild_Awards \"Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild\"),[\\[55\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-MUAHA19-55) three [MTV Movie & TV Awards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MTV_Movie_%26_TV_Awards \"MTV Movie & TV Awards\"),[\\[56\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-MTVMA19-56) eight [NAACP Image Awards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NAACP_Image_Awards \"NAACP Image Awards\"),[\\[57\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-NAACP2020-57) four [People's Choice Awards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People%27s_Choice_Awards \"People's Choice Awards\"),[\\[58\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-PCA19-58) one [Bram Stoker Award](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bram_Stoker_Award \"Bram Stoker Award\") (won),[\\[59\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-59) seven [Saturn Awards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturn_Awards \"Saturn Awards\") (winning one),[\\[60\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-SA19-60) one [Screen Actors Guild Award](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award \"Screen Actors Guild Award\"),[\\[61\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-SAGAS20-61) and one [World Soundtrack Awards](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Soundtrack_Academy \"World Soundtrack Academy\") (won).[\\[62\\]](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_note-WSA19-62)\n\n- [List of black films of the 2010s](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_black_films_of_the_2010s \"List of black films of the 2010s\")\n- [List of horror films of the 2010s](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_horror_films_of_the_2010s \"List of horror films of the 2010s\")\n- [Disability in horror films](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disability_in_horror_films \"Disability in horror films\")\n\n1. ^ [***a***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-fone_1-0) [***b***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-fone_1-1) [***c***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-fone_1-2) [***d***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-fone_1-3) [***e***](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Us_\$2019_film\$#cite_ref-fone_1-4)\n   [\"Us (2019)\"](https:\/\/www.moviefone.com\/movie\/us\/kYh7PJmnWFqsF5EA22FYj6\/main\/). *[Moviefone](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moviefone \"Moviefone\")*. 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Boilerpipe Text	Us Theatrical release poster Directed by Jordan Peele Written by Jordan Peele Produced by Jason Blum Ian Cooper Sean McKittrick Jordan Peele Starring Lupita Nyong'o Winston Duke Elisabeth Moss Tim Heidecker Cinematography Mike Gioulakis Edited by Nicholas Monsour Music by Michael Abels Production companies Universal Pictures [ 1 ] Perfect World Pictures [ 1 ] Monkeypaw Productions [ 1 ] Blumhouse Productions [ 1 ] QC Entertainment [ 1 ] Distributed by Universal Pictures Release dates March 8, 2019 ( SXSW ) March 22, 2019 (United States) Running time 116 minutes [ 2 ] Country United States Language English Budget $20 million [ 3 ] Box office $256.1 million [ 3 ] Us is a 2019 American psychological horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele , and starring Lupita Nyong'o , Winston Duke , Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker . The story follows Adelaide Wilson and her family, who are attacked by a group of menacing doppelgängers , called the "Tethered". The project was announced in February 2018. Peele produced the film alongside Jason Blum and Sean McKittrick , having previously collaborated with them on Get Out and BlacKkKlansman . Filming took place in California, including Los Angeles , Pasadena and Santa Cruz , from July to October 2018. Us premiered at South by Southwest on March 8, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 22, by Universal Pictures . It received widespread critical acclaim, and grossed $256 million against a budget of $20 million, making it a commercial success. In 1986, young Adelaide Thomas wanders away from her parents at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and enters a funhouse . She encounters Red, a doppelgänger of herself, in the house of mirrors . Following the encounter, she suddenly stops speaking, and withdraws from her family. Thirty-three years later, Adelaide, now an adult, reluctantly joins her husband, Gabe Wilson, and their children, Zora and Jason, on a vacation. They are joined by friends, Josh and Kitty Tyler, along with their twin daughters, Becca and Lindsey, at the beach. During their outing, they observe paramedics removing the body of an elderly man holding a sign that matches one Adelaide had seen on the day she encountered her doppelgänger, as a child. Later, Jason spots an individual bearing a striking resemblance to the deceased, motionless with outstretched arms and bloodied hands. That night, Adelaide relays her story to Gabe, when the lights suddenly go out. Jason notices a family of four in the driveway, who break into the house and corner the Wilsons. The intruders are the Wilsons' doppelgängers: Red (Adelaide's doppelganger), Pluto (Jason's pyromaniac, facially scarred double), Umbrae (Zora's sadistic double) and Abraham (Gabe's animalistic double). Red is the only double who can speak, albeit in a raspy voice. She explains that they are called "the Tethered", as they share a soul with their counterparts and have come to "untether" themselves. The Wilsons are separated and terrorized by their doppelgängers. Jason discovers that Pluto mirrors his actions. After Gabe kills Abraham, the family escapes. Meanwhile, the Tyler family is attacked and murdered in their home by their doppelgängers. The Wilsons arrive and are attacked as well, but they manage to overpower and kill the Tylers' doubles. They watch the news and learn that the Tethered have been murdering their equivalents across the city then joining hands to form a human chain (similar to the one from the Hands Across America demonstration) that surrounds the city. The Wilsons decide to drive along the coast and escape to Mexico. While they are leaving, Umbrae intercepts the car but Zora throws her off the car and kills her; Adelaide goes separately to comfort Umbrae as she dies. Arriving at the boardwalk, the Wilsons find many townspeople slaughtered. The road is blocked by a burning car. Jason, realizing it is a trap set by Pluto, orders everyone out of the car. Before Pluto can ignite the family's car, Jason walks backwards, causing Pluto to do the same and thus walk directly into the fire, to Adelaide's sadness. While the Wilsons are distracted by Pluto burning to death, Red appears and snatches Jason away. Adelaide chases Red to the funhouse where they first met and finds a secret entrance that leads to an underground facility overrun by white rabbits, where she finds Red in a classroom. Red vaguely explains that the Tethered are duplicates created, presumably by the government, to control the populace. [ 4 ] When the experiment failed, the Tethered were abandoned underground mindlessly mimicking the actions of their counterparts and surviving on raw rabbit meat. After the other doppelgängers realized Red was "different", when she snapped them out of their lethargy, she spent years organizing them to escape and take vengeance by murdering their counterparts. Red and Adelaide begin to fight, but Red evades and counters all of Adelaide's attacks. When Adelaide allows Red to attack, she impales Red with a fireplace poker, then strangles her and breaks her neck. She rescues Jason from a locker with Jason also rescuing one of the rabbits. As she escapes in an ambulance with her family, Adelaide reflects back to the night she first met Red: it's revealed that she is the Tethered doppelgänger and that Red was the original Adelaide. The doppelgänger, having choked Adelaide unconscious, dragged and trapped her underground then returned to the surface to usurp her life. Jason looks at his mother who simply smiles, while the Tethered form a human chain that stretches across the countryside. Performer Main character "Tethered" character Lupita Nyong'o Adelaide "Addy" Wilson Red Winston Duke Gabriel "Gabe" Wilson Abraham Shahadi Wright Joseph Zora Wilson Umbrae Evan Alex Jason Wilson Pluto Elisabeth Moss Kitty Tyler Dahlia Tim Heidecker Josh Tyler Tex Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Russel Thomas Weyland Anna Diop Rayne Thomas Eartha Cali Sheldon Becca Tyler Io Noelle Sheldon Lindsey Tyler Nix Madison Curry Young Adelaide Young Red Ashley McKoy Teenage Adelaide Teenage Red Napiera Groves Dr. Foster N/A Lon Gowan Don N/A Alan Frazier Ferdie Jeremiah Duke Nicholson Danny Tony Dustin Ybarra Troy Brand Nathan Harrington Glen Jack Kara Hayward Nancy Syd Jordan Peele Dying Rabbit/Fun House Narrator [ 5 ] N/A Writer, director, and producer Jordan Peele After being dismayed with the "genre confusion" over his previous film, Get Out , [ 6 ] Peele opted to make his next film a "full-on" horror film. [ 7 ] Peele has said that an inspiration for Us was The Twilight Zone episode " Mirror Image ", which was centered on a young woman and her evil doppelgänger. [ 6 ] Peele also revealed that the idea of the Tethered living underground came to him when he was a teenager taking the train home from studying at Sarah Lawrence College : "You get out of the train and you have to go down through an underpass and come out the other side. There's no one else there, just this dark, American town. I'd come up and I'd look over to the other side, and I'd picture seeing the tail end of myself going down that same tunnel, to presumably emerge right near me 30 seconds later. And that’s where I love to start with a horror story: ‘What is this primal thing that’s affecting me in a way I don’t quite understand?’" — Jordan Peele [ 8 ] On May 8, 2018, it was announced that Lupita Nyong'o , Winston Duke and Elisabeth Moss were all in negotiations to star in the film, with Nyong'o and Duke portraying a black couple, and Moss portraying one half of a white couple. [ 9 ] Nyong'o later confirmed her casting by posting the film's promotional poster on her Instagram . [ 10 ] The rest of the cast, including Tim Heidecker , Yahya Abdul-Mateen II , Shahadi Wright Joseph and Evan Alex were all confirmed in July of that year. [ 11 ] Peele saw the characters of the film as an "archetypal foursome", with Adelaide being the leader, Zora being the warrior, Gabe being jester/fool and Jason being the wiz/magician. [ 12 ] For her role, Nyong'o had to use a different voice for the character of Red. She said her performance was inspired by the condition spasmodic dysphonia , a condition that causes a person's voice to go into periods of spasm . In order to perfect her voice, she "worked with an ear, nose, and throat doctor, a vocal therapist, and my dialect coach to try and make sure I could do it and do it safely. 'Cause I had two roles to play, I couldn't afford to damage my voice." [ 13 ] Principal photography began on July 30, 2018, in Santa Cruz, California , including their famous Boardwalk . Most of the film was shot in Los Angeles , and the main house featured is located in Pasadena . The house had modifications and the team spent six weeks there. [ 14 ] Filming wrapped on October 8, 2018. [ 15 ] The visual effects were provided by Industrial Light & Magic and supervised by Grady Cofer. [ 16 ] Michael Abels , who had previously scored Peele's Get Out , returned to do the same for Us . [ 17 ] The 1995 Luniz song " I Got 5 on It " is heavily featured in this film, first at the beginning, when the family is driving to the beach and then later on in the film when the "tethered" family breaks into the vacation home. The once-fun song transmogrifies into an eerily orchestral "Tethered Mix", slowing everything down, and fully indulging the ominous quality of the film. Due to the track's popularity upon the trailer's release, it was edited into the final cut of the film, appearing during the climax. [ 18 ] Waxwork Records announced in August 2019 that they would release the soundtrack to the film on vinyl, which contained Abels's popular score. [ 19 ] The N.W.A song " Fuck tha Police " is also heard when Kitty Tyler tells the voice assistant Ophelia to "call the police", moments before she is killed by her Tethered counterpart, Dahlia, and the song plays throughout when the Wilsons enter the Tyler family's home. The ending features the Minnie Riperton song " Les Fleurs ". The official trailer was released on December 25, 2018. [ 20 ] The trailer, which was set to a darker version of the song "I Got 5 on It", featured a similar tone, editing, and shots as Peele's Get Out , prompting speculation that the two films were set in the same universe. [ 21 ] A second trailer was released on February 3, 2019, for Super Bowl LIII . That trailer featured a narration by Lupita Nyong'o's character, Adelaide, speaking with her husband Gabriel about the strange coincidences happening since they arrived at their beach house, and describing it as a "black cloud" hanging over them. The new theatrical release date, March 22, was announced at the end of the trailer. [ 22 ] Deadline Hollywood estimated the studio spent around $77 million on promotion and advertisements for the film. [ 23 ] Us had its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival (SXSW) on March 8, 2019. [ 24 ] It was also screened on March 6, 2019, before its official release, at Howard University . [ 25 ] The film was originally scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on March 15, 2019, but was pushed back a week to March 22, following the announcement of its SXSW premiere. [ 26 ] Us was released on 4K UHD Blu-ray , Blu-ray and DVD on June 18, 2019. [ 27 ] The 4K release is an upscale from the 2K master. [ 28 ] Us grossed $175.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $80.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $256.1 million, against a production budget of $20 million. [ 3 ] Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $119 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues. [ 29 ] In the United States and Canada, initial tracking had Us grossing $35–40 million in its opening weekend. [ 30 ] By the week of its release, estimates had risen to $45–50 million, with advance ticket sales on Fandango outpacing A Quiet Place ($50.2 million) and Get Out ($33.7 million). [ 31 ] The film made $28.9 million on its first day, including $7.4 million from Thursday night previews, one of the best-ever for a horror film and far higher than the Thursday night preview numbers for Get Out , which only grossed $1.8 million, increasing weekend estimates for Us to $68 million. [ 32 ] It went on to earn $71.1 million at the box office, debuting at number one and becoming the second best opening for a live-action original film after Avatar ($77 million in 2009), as well as the third-best total for a horror film after It ($123.4 million in 2017) and Halloween ($76.2 million in 2018) and the best ever opening for an original horror film not based on a known property. [ 23 ] [ 33 ] In its second weekend, the film made $33.6 million, dropping 52.7% (slightly above-average for a horror film but much larger than the 15% seen by Get Out ) and finishing second behind newcomer Dumbo . [ 34 ] Lupita Nyong'o received widespread critical acclaim for her dual role performance in the film. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 93% of 550 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "With Jordan Peele's second inventive, ambitious horror film, we have seen how to beat the sophomore jinx, and it is Us ." [ 35 ] On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 81 out of 100, based on 56 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". [ 36 ] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an overall positive score of 80%, with 60% saying they would definitely recommend it. [ 23 ] Us was described by Rolling Stone as "spill-your-soda scary", compared to the "existentially terrifying" Get Out . [ 6 ] Monica Castillo of RogerEbert.com gave the film four out of four, writing that: " Us is another thrilling exploration of the past and oppression this country is still too afraid to bring up. Peele wants us to talk, and he's given audiences the material to think, to feel our way through some of the darker sides of the human condition and the American experience." [ 37 ] David Griffin of IGN gave the film 9.0/10, calling it "a very, very strange film. But that's OK because it wouldn't be a Jordan Peele joint if there wasn't a little risk involved. Peele has proven that he's not a one-hit wonder with this truly terrifying, poignant look at one American family that goes through hell at the hands of maniacal doppelgangers". [ 38 ] John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter called Us "a fiercely scary movie whose meaning is up for grabs". [ 39 ] Richard Brody of The New Yorker called the film a "colossal achievement," writing, " Us is a horror film—though saying so is like offering a reminder that The Godfather is a gangster film or that 2001: A Space Odyssey is science fiction. Genre is irrelevant to the merits of a film, whether its conventions are followed or defied; what matters is that Peele cites the tropes and precedents of horror in order to deeply root his film in the terrain of pop culture—and then to pull up those roots." [ 40 ] In July 2025, The Hollywood Reporter ranked it number 12 on its list of the "25 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century." [ 41 ] Conversely, Stephanie Zacharek of Time thought Peele had too many ideas and not enough answers compared to Get Out and said, "Peele goes even deeper into the conflicted territory of class and race and privilege; he also ponders the traits that make us most human. But this time, he's got so many ideas he can barely corral them, let alone connect them. He overthinks himself into a corner, and we're stuck there with him." [ 42 ] Disability rights groups National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association and RespectAbility criticised Nyong'o for basing her performance on spasmodic dysphonia . [ 43 ] She later apologized, stating that she "wasn’t interested in vilifying or demonising the condition," and "crafted Red with love and care." [ 44 ] Themes and interpretations [ edit ] Critic Jim Vejvoda related the Tethered to " urban legends " and " xenophobic paranoia about the Other ", also writing they resembled the Morlocks in H. G. Wells 's 1895 novel, The Time Machine . [ 45 ] Journalist Noel Ransome viewed the film as being about "the effects of classism and marginalization", writing "the Tethered are effigies of this same situational classism. They're trapped—mentally and physically—and ignored". [ 46 ] Joel Meares of Rotten Tomatoes also noted that the Tethered, referencing the "we're Americans" line, are representatives of the duality of American society, how some citizens can afford to live on top of the class system while others are stuck in poverty. He also noted the title Us could mean "U.S.", or United States. [ 47 ] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times notes that the Wilsons are "introduced with an aerial sweep of greenery" similar to the opening of Stanley Kubrick 's The Shining , and sees that movie as the principal influence on Us . Describing Peele as a "true cinephile", she also identifies allusions to other films, including Jaws , A Nightmare on Elm Street , and The Goonies , as well as one scene suggesting an influence by the Austrian film director Michael Haneke 's 1997 horror film Funny Games and subsequent U.S. remake . [ 48 ] The Tethered's red jump suits and single glove were an allusion to Michael Jackson , as was the " Thriller " shirt seen on young Adelaide, and Peele has stated that Jackson was "the patron saint of duality". [ 47 ] [ 49 ] Peele referenced many other instances of 1980s culture, including allusions to The Lost Boys and Hands Across America, stating "Everything in this movie was deliberate, that is one thing I can guarantee you. Unless you didn't like something and that was a complete accident". [ 49 ] [ 50 ] The film contains numerous references to Jeremiah 11:11 , which reads: "Therefore thus saith the Lord: 'I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them'" ( NIV ). Critic Rosie Fletcher commented on the context, with Jeremiah warning Jerusalem was facing destruction due to false idols , and expressed the opinion that the film's characters also "worshiped the wrong things", such as Ophelia, the virtual assistant . [ 51 ] Peele later explained in the film's digital release special features that a central theme of the film is American privilege : [ 52 ] "One of the central themes in Us is that we can do a good job collectively of ignoring the ramifications of privilege . I think it's the idea that what we feel like we deserve comes, you know, at the expense of someone else's freedom or joy. You know, the biggest disservice we can do as a faction with a collective privilege like the United States is to presume that we deserve it, and that it isn't luck that has us born where we're born. For us to have our privilege, someone suffers. That's where the Tethered connection, I think, resonates the most, is that those who suffer and those who prosper are two sides of the same coin. You can never forget that. We need to fight for the less fortunate." — Jordan Peele [ 52 ] Us was nominated for one Art Directors Guild , [ 53 ] four Critics' Choice Movie Awards , [ 54 ] one Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild , [ 55 ] three MTV Movie & TV Awards , [ 56 ] eight NAACP Image Awards , [ 57 ] four People's Choice Awards , [ 58 ] one Bram Stoker Award (won), [ 59 ] seven Saturn Awards (winning one), [ 60 ] one Screen Actors Guild Award , [ 61 ] and one World Soundtrack Awards (won). [ 62 ] List of black films of the 2010s List of horror films of the 2010s Disability in horror films ^ a b c d e "Us (2019)" . Moviefone . Retrieved October 11, 2025 . ^ "Us" . AMC Theatres . Retrieved March 5, 2019 . ^ a b c "Us (2019)" . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved June 25, 2019 . ^ Ramella, Brynne (November 3, 2020). "Us' Tethered Explained" . Screen Rant . Retrieved October 27, 2023 . ^ Vargas, Alani (March 2019). "Jordan Peele's 'Us' Cameo Is Very Hard To Spot, But Impossible To Forget" . Bustle.com . 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For American films in general, see [Cinema of the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States "Cinema of the United States"). \| Us \| \| \|---\|---\| \| [![In a black background, Lupita Nyong'o (portraying as her respective role and seen wearing a red jumpsuit) looks out at the viewer while holding a mask of herself. A tear is seen streaming out of her eye.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/Us_%282019%29_theatrical_poster.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Us_$2019$_theatrical_poster.png "In a black background, Lupita Nyong'o (portraying as her respective role and seen wearing a red jumpsuit) looks out at the viewer while holding a mask of herself. A tear is seen streaming out of her eye.")Theatrical release poster \| \| \| Directed by \| [Jordan Peele](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peele "Jordan Peele") \| \| Written by \| Jordan Peele \| \| Produced by \| [Jason Blum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Blum "Jason Blum") [Ian Cooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Cooper_$artist$ "Ian Cooper (artist)") [Sean McKittrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_McKittrick "Sean McKittrick") Jordan Peele \| \| Starring \| [Lupita Nyong'o](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o "Lupita Nyong'o") [Winston Duke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Duke "Winston Duke") [Elisabeth Moss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Moss "Elisabeth Moss") [Tim Heidecker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Heidecker "Tim Heidecker") \| \| Cinematography \| [Mike Gioulakis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gioulakis "Mike Gioulakis") \| \| Edited by \| Nicholas Monsour \| \| Music by \| [Michael Abels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Abels "Michael Abels") \| \| Production companies \| [Universal Pictures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Pictures "Universal Pictures")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-fone-1) [Perfect World Pictures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_World_Pictures "Perfect World Pictures")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-fone-1) [Monkeypaw Productions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeypaw_Productions "Monkeypaw Productions")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-fone-1) [Blumhouse Productions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blumhouse_Productions "Blumhouse Productions")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-fone-1) QC Entertainment[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-fone-1) \| \| Distributed by \| Universal Pictures \| \| Release dates \| March 8, 2019 (2019-03-08) ([SXSW](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_by_Southwest "South by Southwest")) March 22, 2019 (2019-03-22) (United States) \| \| Running time \| 116 minutes[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-2) \| \| Country \| United States \| \| Language \| English \| \| Budget \| \$20 million[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-BOM-3) \| \| Box office \| \$256.1 million[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-BOM-3) \| *Us* is a 2019 American [psychological horror film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_horror_film "Psychological horror film") written and directed by [Jordan Peele](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peele "Jordan Peele"), and starring [Lupita Nyong'o](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o "Lupita Nyong'o"), [Winston Duke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Duke "Winston Duke"), [Elisabeth Moss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Moss "Elisabeth Moss") and [Tim Heidecker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Heidecker "Tim Heidecker"). The story follows Adelaide Wilson and her family, who are attacked by a group of menacing [doppelgängers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4ngers "Doppelgängers"), called the "Tethered". The project was announced in February 2018. Peele produced the film alongside [Jason Blum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Blum "Jason Blum") and [Sean McKittrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_McKittrick "Sean McKittrick"), having previously collaborated with them on [Get Out](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Out "Get Out") and [BlacKkKlansman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlacKkKlansman "BlacKkKlansman"). Filming took place in California, including [Los Angeles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles "Los Angeles"), [Pasadena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena,_California "Pasadena, California") and [Santa Cruz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz,_California "Santa Cruz, California"), from July to October 2018. Us premiered at [South by Southwest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_by_Southwest "South by Southwest") on March 8, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 22, by [Universal Pictures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Pictures "Universal Pictures"). It received widespread critical acclaim, and grossed \$256 million against a budget of \$20 million, making it a commercial success. ## Plot \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Plot")\] In 1986, young Adelaide Thomas wanders away from her parents at the [Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Beach_Boardwalk "Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk") and enters a [funhouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funhouse "Funhouse"). She encounters Red, a [doppelgänger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4nger "Doppelgänger") of herself, in the [house of mirrors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_mirrors "House of mirrors"). Following the encounter, she suddenly stops speaking, and withdraws from her family. Thirty-three years later, Adelaide, now an adult, reluctantly joins her husband, Gabe Wilson, and their children, Zora and Jason, on a vacation. They are joined by friends, Josh and Kitty Tyler, along with their twin daughters, Becca and Lindsey, at the beach. During their outing, they observe paramedics removing the body of an elderly man holding a sign that matches one Adelaide had seen on the day she encountered her doppelgänger, as a child. Later, Jason spots an individual bearing a striking resemblance to the deceased, motionless with outstretched arms and bloodied hands. That night, Adelaide relays her story to Gabe, when the lights suddenly go out. Jason notices a family of four in the driveway, who break into the house and corner the Wilsons. The intruders are the Wilsons' doppelgängers: Red (Adelaide's doppelganger), Pluto (Jason's pyromaniac, facially scarred double), Umbrae (Zora's sadistic double) and Abraham (Gabe's animalistic double). Red is the only double who can speak, albeit in a raspy voice. She explains that they are called "the Tethered", as they share a soul with their counterparts and have come to "untether" themselves. The Wilsons are separated and terrorized by their doppelgängers. Jason discovers that Pluto mirrors his actions. After Gabe kills Abraham, the family escapes. Meanwhile, the Tyler family is attacked and murdered in their home by their doppelgängers. The Wilsons arrive and are attacked as well, but they manage to overpower and kill the Tylers' doubles. They watch the news and learn that the Tethered have been murdering their equivalents across the city then joining hands to form a human chain (similar to the one from the [Hands Across America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_Across_America "Hands Across America") demonstration) that surrounds the city. The Wilsons decide to drive along the coast and escape to Mexico. While they are leaving, Umbrae intercepts the car but Zora throws her off the car and kills her; Adelaide goes separately to comfort Umbrae as she dies. Arriving at the boardwalk, the Wilsons find many townspeople slaughtered. The road is blocked by a burning car. Jason, realizing it is a trap set by Pluto, orders everyone out of the car. Before Pluto can ignite the family's car, Jason walks backwards, causing Pluto to do the same and thus walk directly into the fire, to Adelaide's sadness. While the Wilsons are distracted by Pluto burning to death, Red appears and snatches Jason away. Adelaide chases Red to the funhouse where they first met and finds a secret entrance that leads to an underground facility overrun by white rabbits, where she finds Red in a classroom. Red vaguely explains that the Tethered are duplicates created, presumably by the government, to control the populace.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-4) When the experiment failed, the Tethered were abandoned underground mindlessly mimicking the actions of their counterparts and surviving on raw rabbit meat. After the other doppelgängers realized Red was "different", when she snapped them out of their lethargy, she spent years organizing them to escape and take vengeance by murdering their counterparts. Red and Adelaide begin to fight, but Red evades and counters all of Adelaide's attacks. When Adelaide allows Red to attack, she impales Red with a fireplace poker, then strangles her and breaks her neck. She rescues Jason from a locker with Jason also rescuing one of the rabbits. As she escapes in an ambulance with her family, Adelaide reflects back to the night she first met Red: it's revealed that she is the Tethered doppelgänger and that Red was the original Adelaide. The doppelgänger, having choked Adelaide unconscious, dragged and trapped her underground then returned to the surface to usurp her life. Jason looks at his mother who simply smiles, while the Tethered form a human chain that stretches across the countryside. ## Cast \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Cast")\] \| Performer \| Main character \| "Tethered" character \| \|---\|---\|---\| \| [Lupita Nyong'o](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o "Lupita Nyong'o") \| Adelaide "Addy" Wilson \| Red \| \| [Winston Duke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Duke "Winston Duke") \| Gabriel "Gabe" Wilson \| Abraham \| \| [Shahadi Wright Joseph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahadi_Wright_Joseph "Shahadi Wright Joseph") \| Zora Wilson \| Umbrae \| \| Evan Alex \| Jason Wilson \| Pluto \| \| [Elisabeth Moss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Moss "Elisabeth Moss") \| Kitty Tyler \| Dahlia \| \| [Tim Heidecker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Heidecker "Tim Heidecker") \| Josh Tyler \| Tex \| \| [Yahya Abdul-Mateen II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya_Abdul-Mateen_II "Yahya Abdul-Mateen II") \| Russel Thomas \| Weyland \| \| [Anna Diop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Diop "Anna Diop") \| Rayne Thomas \| Eartha \| \| Cali Sheldon \| Becca Tyler \| Io \| \| Noelle Sheldon \| Lindsey Tyler \| Nix \| \| Madison Curry \| Young Adelaide \| Young Red \| \| Ashley McKoy \| Teenage Adelaide \| Teenage Red \| \| Napiera Groves \| Dr. Foster \| N/A \| \| Lon Gowan \| Don \| N/A \| \| Alan Frazier \| Ferdie \| Jeremiah \| \| Duke Nicholson \| Danny \| Tony \| \| [Dustin Ybarra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Ybarra "Dustin Ybarra") \| Troy \| Brand \| \| Nathan Harrington \| Glen \| Jack \| \| [Kara Hayward](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Hayward "Kara Hayward") \| Nancy \| Syd \| \| [Jordan Peele](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peele "Jordan Peele") \| Dying Rabbit/Fun House Narrator[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-5) \| N/A \| ## Production \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Production")\] ### Development \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Development")\] [![Jordan Peele at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards in 2014.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Jordan_Peele_%2814532261920%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Jordan_Peele_%2814532261920%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jordan_Peele_$14532261920$_$cropped$.jpg) Writer, director, and producer [Jordan Peele](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peele "Jordan Peele") After being dismayed with the "genre confusion" over his previous film, [Get Out](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Out "Get Out"),[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-RS_2019-6) Peele opted to make his next film a "full-on" horror film.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-7) Peele has said that an inspiration for Us was [The Twilight Zone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_$1959_TV_series$ "The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)") episode "[Mirror Image](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_Image_$The_Twilight_Zone$ "Mirror Image (The Twilight Zone)")", which was centered on a young woman and her evil doppelgänger.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-RS_2019-6) Peele also revealed that the idea of the Tethered living underground came to him when he was a teenager taking the train home from studying at [Sarah Lawrence College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Lawrence_College "Sarah Lawrence College"): > "You get out of the train and you have to go down through an underpass and come out the other side. There's no one else there, just this dark, American town. I'd come up and I'd look over to the other side, and I'd picture seeing the tail end of myself going down that same tunnel, to presumably emerge right near me 30 seconds later. And that’s where I love to start with a horror story: ‘What is this primal thing that’s affecting me in a way I don’t quite understand?’" — Jordan Peele[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-8) ### Casting \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Casting")\] On May 8, 2018, it was announced that [Lupita Nyong'o](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o "Lupita Nyong'o"), [Winston Duke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Duke "Winston Duke") and [Elisabeth Moss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Moss "Elisabeth Moss") were all in negotiations to star in the film, with Nyong'o and Duke portraying a black couple, and Moss portraying one half of a white couple.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-9) Nyong'o later confirmed her casting by posting the film's promotional poster on her [Instagram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram "Instagram").[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-10) The rest of the cast, including [Tim Heidecker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Heidecker "Tim Heidecker"), [Yahya Abdul-Mateen II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya_Abdul-Mateen_II "Yahya Abdul-Mateen II"), [Shahadi Wright Joseph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahadi_Wright_Joseph "Shahadi Wright Joseph") and Evan Alex were all confirmed in July of that year.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-11) Peele saw the characters of the film as an "archetypal foursome", with Adelaide being the leader, Zora being the warrior, Gabe being jester/fool and Jason being the wiz/magician.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-12) For her role, Nyong'o had to use a different voice for the character of Red. She said her performance was inspired by the condition [spasmodic dysphonia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasmodic_dysphonia "Spasmodic dysphonia"), a condition that causes a person's voice to go into periods of [spasm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasm "Spasm"). In order to perfect her voice, she "worked with an ear, nose, and throat doctor, a vocal therapist, and my dialect coach to try and make sure I could do it and do it safely. 'Cause I had two roles to play, I couldn't afford to damage my voice."[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-13) ### Filming \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Filming")\] [Principal photography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_photography "Principal photography") began on July 30, 2018, in [Santa Cruz, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz,_California "Santa Cruz, California"), including their famous [Boardwalk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Beach_Boardwalk "Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk"). Most of the film was shot in [Los Angeles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles "Los Angeles"), and the main house featured is located in [Pasadena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena,_California "Pasadena, California"). The house had modifications and the team spent six weeks there.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-14) Filming [wrapped](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrap_$filmmaking$ "Wrap (filmmaking)") on October 8, 2018.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-ProductionStart-15) ### Post-production \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Post-production")\] The visual effects were provided by [Industrial Light & Magic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Light_%26_Magic "Industrial Light & Magic") and supervised by Grady Cofer.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-16) [Michael Abels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Abels "Michael Abels"), who had previously scored Peele's Get Out, returned to do the same for Us.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-17) ## Soundtrack \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Soundtrack")\] Main article: [Us (soundtrack)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$soundtrack$ "Us (soundtrack)") The 1995 [Luniz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luniz "Luniz") song "[I Got 5 on It](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Got_5_on_It "I Got 5 on It")" is heavily featured in this film, first at the beginning, when the family is driving to the beach and then later on in the film when the "tethered" family breaks into the vacation home. The once-fun song transmogrifies into an eerily orchestral "Tethered Mix", slowing everything down, and fully indulging the ominous quality of the film. Due to the track's popularity upon the trailer's release, it was edited into the final cut of the film, appearing during the climax.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-18) [Waxwork Records](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waxwork_Records "Waxwork Records") announced in August 2019 that they would release the soundtrack to the film on vinyl, which contained Abels's popular score.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-19) The [N.W.A](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A "N.W.A") song "[Fuck tha Police](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck_tha_Police "Fuck tha Police")" is also heard when Kitty Tyler tells the voice assistant Ophelia to "call the police", moments before she is killed by her Tethered counterpart, Dahlia, and the song plays throughout when the Wilsons enter the Tyler family's home. The ending features the [Minnie Riperton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Riperton "Minnie Riperton") song "[Les Fleurs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Fleur "Les Fleur")". ## Marketing \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Marketing")\] The official trailer was released on December 25, 2018.[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-20) The trailer, which was set to a darker version of the song "I Got 5 on It", featured a similar tone, editing, and shots as Peele's Get Out, prompting speculation that the two films were set in the same universe.[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-21) A second trailer was released on February 3, 2019, for [Super Bowl LIII](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_LIII "Super Bowl LIII"). That trailer featured a narration by Lupita Nyong'o's character, Adelaide, speaking with her husband Gabriel about the strange coincidences happening since they arrived at their beach house, and describing it as a "black cloud" hanging over them. The new theatrical release date, March 22, was announced at the end of the trailer.[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-22) [Deadline Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadline_Hollywood "Deadline Hollywood") estimated the studio spent around \$77 million on promotion and advertisements for the film.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-opening-23) ## Release \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Release")\] Us had its world premiere at the [South by Southwest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_by_Southwest "South by Southwest") film festival (SXSW) on March 8, 2019.[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-24) It was also screened on March 6, 2019, before its official release, at [Howard University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_University "Howard University").[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-25) The film was originally scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on March 15, 2019, but was pushed back a week to March 22, following the announcement of its SXSW premiere.[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-26) ### Home media \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Home media")\] Us was released on [4K UHD Blu-ray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_HD_Blu-ray "Ultra HD Blu-ray"), [Blu-ray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray "Blu-ray") and [DVD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD "DVD") on June 18, 2019.[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-27) The 4K release is an [upscale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_scaling "Image scaling") from the [2K](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution "2K resolution") master.[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-28) ## Reception \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Reception")\] ### Box office \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: Box office")\] Us grossed \$175.2 million in the United States and Canada, and \$80.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of \$256.1 million, against a production budget of \$20 million.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-BOM-3) Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be \$119 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-DeadlineProfit-29) In the United States and Canada, initial tracking had Us grossing \$35–40 million in its opening weekend.[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-30) By the week of its release, estimates had risen to \$45–50 million, with advance ticket sales on [Fandango](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandango_Media "Fandango Media") outpacing [A Quiet Place](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Quiet_Place_$film$ "A Quiet Place (film)") (\$50.2 million) and Get Out (\$33.7 million).[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-31) The film made \$28.9 million on its first day, including \$7.4 million from Thursday night previews, one of the best-ever for a horror film and far higher than the Thursday night preview numbers for Get Out, which only grossed \$1.8 million, increasing weekend estimates for Us to \$68 million.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-32) It went on to earn \$71.1 million at the box office, debuting at number one and becoming the second best opening for a live-action original film after [Avatar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_$2009_film$ "Avatar (2009 film)") (\$77 million in 2009), as well as the third-best total for a horror film after [It](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_$2017_film$ "It (2017 film)") (\$123.4 million in 2017) and [Halloween](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_$2018_film$ "Halloween (2018 film)") (\$76.2 million in 2018) and the best ever opening for an original horror film not based on a known property.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-opening-23)[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-33) In its second weekend, the film made \$33.6 million, dropping 52.7% (slightly above-average for a horror film but much larger than the 15% seen by Get Out) and finishing second behind newcomer [Dumbo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbo_$2019_film$ "Dumbo (2019 film)").[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-34) ### Critical response \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=14 "Edit section: Critical response")\] [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Lupita_Nyong%27o_SXSW_2019_%2847282558132%29.jpg/250px-Lupita_Nyong%27o_SXSW_2019_%2847282558132%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lupita_Nyong%27o_SXSW_2019_$47282558132$.jpg) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o "Lupita Nyong'o") received widespread critical acclaim for her dual role performance in the film. On the [review aggregator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_aggregator "Review aggregator") website [Rotten Tomatoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes "Rotten Tomatoes"), 93% of 550 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "With Jordan Peele's second inventive, ambitious horror film, we have seen how to beat the sophomore jinx, and it is Us."[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-35) On [Metacritic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic "Metacritic"), the film has a [weighted average](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted_average "Weighted average") score of 81 out of 100, based on 56 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-36) Audiences polled by [CinemaScore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinemaScore "CinemaScore") gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, while those at [PostTrak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostTrak "PostTrak") gave it an overall positive score of 80%, with 60% saying they would definitely recommend it.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-opening-23) Us was described by [Rolling Stone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone "Rolling Stone") as "spill-your-soda scary", compared to the "existentially terrifying" Get Out.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-RS_2019-6) Monica Castillo of [RogerEbert.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RogerEbert.com "RogerEbert.com") gave the film four out of four, writing that: "Us is another thrilling exploration of the past and oppression this country is still too afraid to bring up. Peele wants us to talk, and he's given audiences the material to think, to feel our way through some of the darker sides of the human condition and the American experience."[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-37) David Griffin of [IGN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGN "IGN") gave the film 9.0/10, calling it "a very, very strange film. But that's OK because it wouldn't be a Jordan Peele joint if there wasn't a little risk involved. Peele has proven that he's not a one-hit wonder with this truly terrifying, poignant look at one American family that goes through hell at the hands of maniacal doppelgangers".[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-ign-38) John DeFore of [The Hollywood Reporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter "The Hollywood Reporter") called Us "a fiercely scary movie whose meaning is up for grabs".[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-thr-39) [Richard Brody](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brody "Richard Brody") of [The New Yorker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker "The New Yorker") called the film a "colossal achievement," writing, "Us is a horror film—though saying so is like offering a reminder that [The Godfather](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather "The Godfather") is a gangster film or that [2001: A Space Odyssey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_$film$ "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)") is science fiction. Genre is irrelevant to the merits of a film, whether its conventions are followed or defied; what matters is that Peele cites the tropes and precedents of horror in order to deeply root his film in the terrain of pop culture—and then to pull up those roots."[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-40) In July 2025, [The Hollywood Reporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter "The Hollywood Reporter") ranked it number 12 on its list of the "25 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century."[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-41) Conversely, [Stephanie Zacharek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Zacharek "Stephanie Zacharek") of [Time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_$magazine$ "Time (magazine)") thought Peele had too many ideas and not enough answers compared to Get Out and said, "Peele goes even deeper into the conflicted territory of class and race and privilege; he also ponders the traits that make us most human. But this time, he's got so many ideas he can barely corral them, let alone connect them. He overthinks himself into a corner, and we're stuck there with him."[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-42) [Disability rights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_rights_movement "Disability rights movement") groups National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association and [RespectAbility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RespectAbility "RespectAbility") criticised Nyong'o for basing her performance on [spasmodic dysphonia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasmodic_dysphonia "Spasmodic dysphonia").[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-43) She later apologized, stating that she "wasn’t interested in vilifying or demonising the condition," and "crafted Red with love and care."[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-44) ### Themes and interpretations \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=15 "Edit section: Themes and interpretations")\] Critic Jim Vejvoda related the Tethered to "[urban legends](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_legend "Urban legend")" and "[xenophobic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophobia "Xenophobia") paranoia about the [Other](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_$philosophy$ "Other (philosophy)")", also writing they resembled the [Morlocks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morlock "Morlock") in [H. G. Wells](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells "H. G. Wells")'s 1895 novel, [The Time Machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Machine "The Time Machine").[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-45) Journalist Noel Ransome viewed the film as being about "the effects of [classism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classism "Classism") and marginalization", writing "the Tethered are effigies of this same situational classism. They're trapped—mentally and physically—and ignored".[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-46) Joel Meares of Rotten Tomatoes also noted that the Tethered, referencing the "we're Americans" line, are representatives of the duality of American society, how some citizens can afford to live on top of the class system while others are stuck in poverty. He also noted the title Us could mean "U.S.", or United States.[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-RTtheory-47) [Manohla Dargis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manohla_Dargis "Manohla Dargis") of [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times") notes that the Wilsons are "introduced with an aerial sweep of greenery" similar to the opening of [Stanley Kubrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick "Stanley Kubrick")'s [The Shining](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_$film$ "The Shining (film)"), and sees that movie as the principal influence on Us. Describing Peele as a "true cinephile", she also identifies allusions to other films, including [Jaws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_$film$ "Jaws (film)"), [A Nightmare on Elm Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street "A Nightmare on Elm Street"), and [The Goonies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goonies "The Goonies"), as well as one scene suggesting an influence by the Austrian film director [Michael Haneke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Haneke "Michael Haneke")'s 1997 horror film [Funny Games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funny_Games_$1997_film$ "Funny Games (1997 film)") and subsequent [U.S. remake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funny_Games_$2007_film$ "Funny Games (2007 film)").[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-48) The Tethered's red jump suits and single glove were an allusion to [Michael Jackson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson "Michael Jackson"), as was the "[Thriller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_$song$ "Thriller (song)")" shirt seen on young Adelaide, and Peele has stated that Jackson was "the patron saint of duality".[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-RTtheory-47)[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-mj-49) Peele referenced many other instances of 1980s culture, including allusions to [The Lost Boys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Boys "The Lost Boys") and Hands Across America, stating "Everything in this movie was deliberate, that is one thing I can guarantee you. Unless you didn't like something and that was a complete accident".[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-mj-49)[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-50) The film contains numerous references to [Jeremiah 11:11](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_11 "Jeremiah 11"), which reads: "Therefore thus saith the Lord: 'I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them'" ([NIV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_International_Version "New International Version")). Critic Rosie Fletcher commented on the context, with [Jeremiah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah "Jeremiah") warning [Jerusalem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem "Jerusalem") was facing destruction due to [false idols](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_idol "False idol"), and expressed the opinion that the film's characters also "worshiped the wrong things", such as Ophelia, the [virtual assistant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_assistant "Virtual assistant").[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-51) Peele later explained in the film's digital release special features that a central theme of the film is [American privilege](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_privilege "First World privilege"):[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-SF_Privilege-52) > "One of the central themes in Us is that we can do a good job collectively of ignoring the ramifications of [privilege](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_privilege "Social privilege"). I think it's the idea that what we feel like we deserve comes, you know, at the expense of someone else's freedom or joy. You know, the biggest disservice we can do as a faction with a collective privilege like the United States is to presume that we deserve it, and that it isn't luck that has us born where we're born. For us to have our privilege, someone suffers. That's where the Tethered connection, I think, resonates the most, is that those who suffer and those who prosper are two sides of the same coin. You can never forget that. We need to fight for the less fortunate." — Jordan Peele[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-SF_Privilege-52) ### Accolades \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=16 "Edit section: Accolades")\] Main article: [List of accolades received by Us (2019 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accolades_received_by_Us_$2019_film$ "List of accolades received by Us (2019 film)") Us was nominated for one [Art Directors Guild](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Directors_Guild "Art Directors Guild"),[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-ADG19-53) four [Critics' Choice Movie Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Awards "Critics' Choice Movie Awards"),[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-CCA20-54) one [Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make-Up_Artists_and_Hair_Stylists_Guild#Make-Up_Artists_and_Hair_Stylists_Guild_Awards "Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild"),[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-MUAHA19-55) three [MTV Movie & TV Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Movie_%26_TV_Awards "MTV Movie & TV Awards"),[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-MTVMA19-56) eight [NAACP Image Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP_Image_Awards "NAACP Image Awards"),[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-NAACP2020-57) four [People's Choice Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Choice_Awards "People's Choice Awards"),[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-PCA19-58) one [Bram Stoker Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker_Award "Bram Stoker Award") (won),[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-59) seven [Saturn Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Awards "Saturn Awards") (winning one),[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-SA19-60) one [Screen Actors Guild Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award "Screen Actors Guild Award"),[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-SAGAS20-61) and one [World Soundtrack Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Soundtrack_Academy "World Soundtrack Academy") (won).[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-WSA19-62) ## See also \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=17 "Edit section: See also")\] - [List of black films of the 2010s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_black_films_of_the_2010s "List of black films of the 2010s") - [List of horror films of the 2010s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_horror_films_of_the_2010s "List of horror films of the 2010s") - [Disability in horror films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_in_horror_films "Disability in horror films") ## References \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=18 "Edit section: References")\] 1. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_ref-fone_1-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_ref-fone_1-1) [c](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_ref-fone_1-2) [d](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_ref-fone_1-3) [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_ref-fone_1-4) ["Us (2019)"](https://www.moviefone.com/movie/us/kYh7PJmnWFqsF5EA22FYj6/main/). 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Readable Markdown	\| Us \| \| \|---\|---\| \| [![In a black background, Lupita Nyong'o (portraying as her respective role and seen wearing a red jumpsuit) looks out at the viewer while holding a mask of herself. A tear is seen streaming out of her eye.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/Us_%282019%29_theatrical_poster.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Us_$2019$_theatrical_poster.png "In a black background, Lupita Nyong'o (portraying as her respective role and seen wearing a red jumpsuit) looks out at the viewer while holding a mask of herself. A tear is seen streaming out of her eye.")Theatrical release poster \| \| \| Directed by \| [Jordan Peele](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peele "Jordan Peele") \| \| Written by \| Jordan Peele \| \| Produced by \| [Jason Blum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Blum "Jason Blum") [Ian Cooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Cooper_$artist$ "Ian Cooper (artist)") [Sean McKittrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_McKittrick "Sean McKittrick") Jordan Peele \| \| Starring \| [Lupita Nyong'o](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o "Lupita Nyong'o") [Winston Duke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Duke "Winston Duke") [Elisabeth Moss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Moss "Elisabeth Moss") [Tim Heidecker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Heidecker "Tim Heidecker") \| \| Cinematography \| [Mike Gioulakis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gioulakis "Mike Gioulakis") \| \| Edited by \| Nicholas Monsour \| \| Music by \| [Michael Abels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Abels "Michael Abels") \| \| Production companies \| [Universal Pictures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Pictures "Universal Pictures")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-fone-1) [Perfect World Pictures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_World_Pictures "Perfect World Pictures")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-fone-1) [Monkeypaw Productions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeypaw_Productions "Monkeypaw Productions")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-fone-1) [Blumhouse Productions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blumhouse_Productions "Blumhouse Productions")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-fone-1) QC Entertainment[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-fone-1) \| \| Distributed by \| Universal Pictures \| \| Release dates \| March 8, 2019 ([SXSW](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_by_Southwest "South by Southwest")) March 22, 2019 (United States) \| \| Running time \| 116 minutes[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-2) \| \| Country \| United States \| \| Language \| English \| \| Budget \| \$20 million[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-BOM-3) \| \| Box office \| \$256.1 million[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-BOM-3) \| *Us* is a 2019 American [psychological horror film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_horror_film "Psychological horror film") written and directed by [Jordan Peele](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peele "Jordan Peele"), and starring [Lupita Nyong'o](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o "Lupita Nyong'o"), [Winston Duke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Duke "Winston Duke"), [Elisabeth Moss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Moss "Elisabeth Moss") and [Tim Heidecker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Heidecker "Tim Heidecker"). The story follows Adelaide Wilson and her family, who are attacked by a group of menacing [doppelgängers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4ngers "Doppelgängers"), called the "Tethered". The project was announced in February 2018. Peele produced the film alongside [Jason Blum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Blum "Jason Blum") and [Sean McKittrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_McKittrick "Sean McKittrick"), having previously collaborated with them on [Get Out](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Out "Get Out") and [BlacKkKlansman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlacKkKlansman "BlacKkKlansman"). Filming took place in California, including [Los Angeles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles "Los Angeles"), [Pasadena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena,_California "Pasadena, California") and [Santa Cruz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz,_California "Santa Cruz, California"), from July to October 2018. Us premiered at [South by Southwest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_by_Southwest "South by Southwest") on March 8, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 22, by [Universal Pictures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Pictures "Universal Pictures"). It received widespread critical acclaim, and grossed \$256 million against a budget of \$20 million, making it a commercial success. In 1986, young Adelaide Thomas wanders away from her parents at the [Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Beach_Boardwalk "Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk") and enters a [funhouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funhouse "Funhouse"). She encounters Red, a [doppelgänger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4nger "Doppelgänger") of herself, in the [house of mirrors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_mirrors "House of mirrors"). Following the encounter, she suddenly stops speaking, and withdraws from her family. Thirty-three years later, Adelaide, now an adult, reluctantly joins her husband, Gabe Wilson, and their children, Zora and Jason, on a vacation. They are joined by friends, Josh and Kitty Tyler, along with their twin daughters, Becca and Lindsey, at the beach. During their outing, they observe paramedics removing the body of an elderly man holding a sign that matches one Adelaide had seen on the day she encountered her doppelgänger, as a child. Later, Jason spots an individual bearing a striking resemblance to the deceased, motionless with outstretched arms and bloodied hands. That night, Adelaide relays her story to Gabe, when the lights suddenly go out. Jason notices a family of four in the driveway, who break into the house and corner the Wilsons. The intruders are the Wilsons' doppelgängers: Red (Adelaide's doppelganger), Pluto (Jason's pyromaniac, facially scarred double), Umbrae (Zora's sadistic double) and Abraham (Gabe's animalistic double). Red is the only double who can speak, albeit in a raspy voice. She explains that they are called "the Tethered", as they share a soul with their counterparts and have come to "untether" themselves. The Wilsons are separated and terrorized by their doppelgängers. Jason discovers that Pluto mirrors his actions. After Gabe kills Abraham, the family escapes. Meanwhile, the Tyler family is attacked and murdered in their home by their doppelgängers. The Wilsons arrive and are attacked as well, but they manage to overpower and kill the Tylers' doubles. They watch the news and learn that the Tethered have been murdering their equivalents across the city then joining hands to form a human chain (similar to the one from the [Hands Across America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_Across_America "Hands Across America") demonstration) that surrounds the city. The Wilsons decide to drive along the coast and escape to Mexico. While they are leaving, Umbrae intercepts the car but Zora throws her off the car and kills her; Adelaide goes separately to comfort Umbrae as she dies. Arriving at the boardwalk, the Wilsons find many townspeople slaughtered. The road is blocked by a burning car. Jason, realizing it is a trap set by Pluto, orders everyone out of the car. Before Pluto can ignite the family's car, Jason walks backwards, causing Pluto to do the same and thus walk directly into the fire, to Adelaide's sadness. While the Wilsons are distracted by Pluto burning to death, Red appears and snatches Jason away. Adelaide chases Red to the funhouse where they first met and finds a secret entrance that leads to an underground facility overrun by white rabbits, where she finds Red in a classroom. Red vaguely explains that the Tethered are duplicates created, presumably by the government, to control the populace.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-4) When the experiment failed, the Tethered were abandoned underground mindlessly mimicking the actions of their counterparts and surviving on raw rabbit meat. After the other doppelgängers realized Red was "different", when she snapped them out of their lethargy, she spent years organizing them to escape and take vengeance by murdering their counterparts. Red and Adelaide begin to fight, but Red evades and counters all of Adelaide's attacks. When Adelaide allows Red to attack, she impales Red with a fireplace poker, then strangles her and breaks her neck. She rescues Jason from a locker with Jason also rescuing one of the rabbits. As she escapes in an ambulance with her family, Adelaide reflects back to the night she first met Red: it's revealed that she is the Tethered doppelgänger and that Red was the original Adelaide. The doppelgänger, having choked Adelaide unconscious, dragged and trapped her underground then returned to the surface to usurp her life. Jason looks at his mother who simply smiles, while the Tethered form a human chain that stretches across the countryside. \| Performer \| Main character \| "Tethered" character \| \|---\|---\|---\| \| [Lupita Nyong'o](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o "Lupita Nyong'o") \| Adelaide "Addy" Wilson \| Red \| \| [Winston Duke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Duke "Winston Duke") \| Gabriel "Gabe" Wilson \| Abraham \| \| [Shahadi Wright Joseph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahadi_Wright_Joseph "Shahadi Wright Joseph") \| Zora Wilson \| Umbrae \| \| Evan Alex \| Jason Wilson \| Pluto \| \| [Elisabeth Moss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Moss "Elisabeth Moss") \| Kitty Tyler \| Dahlia \| \| [Tim Heidecker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Heidecker "Tim Heidecker") \| Josh Tyler \| Tex \| \| [Yahya Abdul-Mateen II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya_Abdul-Mateen_II "Yahya Abdul-Mateen II") \| Russel Thomas \| Weyland \| \| [Anna Diop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Diop "Anna Diop") \| Rayne Thomas \| Eartha \| \| Cali Sheldon \| Becca Tyler \| Io \| \| Noelle Sheldon \| Lindsey Tyler \| Nix \| \| Madison Curry \| Young Adelaide \| Young Red \| \| Ashley McKoy \| Teenage Adelaide \| Teenage Red \| \| Napiera Groves \| Dr. Foster \| N/A \| \| Lon Gowan \| Don \| N/A \| \| Alan Frazier \| Ferdie \| Jeremiah \| \| Duke Nicholson \| Danny \| Tony \| \| [Dustin Ybarra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Ybarra "Dustin Ybarra") \| Troy \| Brand \| \| Nathan Harrington \| Glen \| Jack \| \| [Kara Hayward](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Hayward "Kara Hayward") \| Nancy \| Syd \| \| [Jordan Peele](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peele "Jordan Peele") \| Dying Rabbit/Fun House Narrator[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-5) \| N/A \| [![Jordan Peele at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards in 2014.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Jordan_Peele_%2814532261920%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Jordan_Peele_%2814532261920%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jordan_Peele_$14532261920$_$cropped$.jpg) Writer, director, and producer [Jordan Peele](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peele "Jordan Peele") After being dismayed with the "genre confusion" over his previous film, [Get Out](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Out "Get Out"),[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-RS_2019-6) Peele opted to make his next film a "full-on" horror film.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-7) Peele has said that an inspiration for Us was [The Twilight Zone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_$1959_TV_series$ "The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)") episode "[Mirror Image](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_Image_$The_Twilight_Zone$ "Mirror Image (The Twilight Zone)")", which was centered on a young woman and her evil doppelgänger.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-RS_2019-6) Peele also revealed that the idea of the Tethered living underground came to him when he was a teenager taking the train home from studying at [Sarah Lawrence College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Lawrence_College "Sarah Lawrence College"): > "You get out of the train and you have to go down through an underpass and come out the other side. There's no one else there, just this dark, American town. I'd come up and I'd look over to the other side, and I'd picture seeing the tail end of myself going down that same tunnel, to presumably emerge right near me 30 seconds later. And that’s where I love to start with a horror story: ‘What is this primal thing that’s affecting me in a way I don’t quite understand?’" — Jordan Peele[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-8) On May 8, 2018, it was announced that [Lupita Nyong'o](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o "Lupita Nyong'o"), [Winston Duke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Duke "Winston Duke") and [Elisabeth Moss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Moss "Elisabeth Moss") were all in negotiations to star in the film, with Nyong'o and Duke portraying a black couple, and Moss portraying one half of a white couple.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-9) Nyong'o later confirmed her casting by posting the film's promotional poster on her [Instagram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram "Instagram").[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-10) The rest of the cast, including [Tim Heidecker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Heidecker "Tim Heidecker"), [Yahya Abdul-Mateen II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya_Abdul-Mateen_II "Yahya Abdul-Mateen II"), [Shahadi Wright Joseph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahadi_Wright_Joseph "Shahadi Wright Joseph") and Evan Alex were all confirmed in July of that year.[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-11) Peele saw the characters of the film as an "archetypal foursome", with Adelaide being the leader, Zora being the warrior, Gabe being jester/fool and Jason being the wiz/magician.[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-12) For her role, Nyong'o had to use a different voice for the character of Red. She said her performance was inspired by the condition [spasmodic dysphonia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasmodic_dysphonia "Spasmodic dysphonia"), a condition that causes a person's voice to go into periods of [spasm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasm "Spasm"). In order to perfect her voice, she "worked with an ear, nose, and throat doctor, a vocal therapist, and my dialect coach to try and make sure I could do it and do it safely. 'Cause I had two roles to play, I couldn't afford to damage my voice."[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-13) [Principal photography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_photography "Principal photography") began on July 30, 2018, in [Santa Cruz, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz,_California "Santa Cruz, California"), including their famous [Boardwalk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Beach_Boardwalk "Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk"). Most of the film was shot in [Los Angeles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles "Los Angeles"), and the main house featured is located in [Pasadena](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena,_California "Pasadena, California"). The house had modifications and the team spent six weeks there.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-14) Filming [wrapped](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrap_$filmmaking$ "Wrap (filmmaking)") on October 8, 2018.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-ProductionStart-15) The visual effects were provided by [Industrial Light & Magic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Light_%26_Magic "Industrial Light & Magic") and supervised by Grady Cofer.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-16) [Michael Abels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Abels "Michael Abels"), who had previously scored Peele's Get Out, returned to do the same for Us.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-17) The 1995 [Luniz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luniz "Luniz") song "[I Got 5 on It](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Got_5_on_It "I Got 5 on It")" is heavily featured in this film, first at the beginning, when the family is driving to the beach and then later on in the film when the "tethered" family breaks into the vacation home. The once-fun song transmogrifies into an eerily orchestral "Tethered Mix", slowing everything down, and fully indulging the ominous quality of the film. Due to the track's popularity upon the trailer's release, it was edited into the final cut of the film, appearing during the climax.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-18) [Waxwork Records](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waxwork_Records "Waxwork Records") announced in August 2019 that they would release the soundtrack to the film on vinyl, which contained Abels's popular score.[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-19) The [N.W.A](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A "N.W.A") song "[Fuck tha Police](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck_tha_Police "Fuck tha Police")" is also heard when Kitty Tyler tells the voice assistant Ophelia to "call the police", moments before she is killed by her Tethered counterpart, Dahlia, and the song plays throughout when the Wilsons enter the Tyler family's home. The ending features the [Minnie Riperton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Riperton "Minnie Riperton") song "[Les Fleurs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Fleur "Les Fleur")". The official trailer was released on December 25, 2018.[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-20) The trailer, which was set to a darker version of the song "I Got 5 on It", featured a similar tone, editing, and shots as Peele's Get Out, prompting speculation that the two films were set in the same universe.[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-21) A second trailer was released on February 3, 2019, for [Super Bowl LIII](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_LIII "Super Bowl LIII"). That trailer featured a narration by Lupita Nyong'o's character, Adelaide, speaking with her husband Gabriel about the strange coincidences happening since they arrived at their beach house, and describing it as a "black cloud" hanging over them. The new theatrical release date, March 22, was announced at the end of the trailer.[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-22) [Deadline Hollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadline_Hollywood "Deadline Hollywood") estimated the studio spent around \$77 million on promotion and advertisements for the film.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-opening-23) Us had its world premiere at the [South by Southwest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_by_Southwest "South by Southwest") film festival (SXSW) on March 8, 2019.[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-24) It was also screened on March 6, 2019, before its official release, at [Howard University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_University "Howard University").[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-25) The film was originally scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on March 15, 2019, but was pushed back a week to March 22, following the announcement of its SXSW premiere.[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-26) Us was released on [4K UHD Blu-ray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_HD_Blu-ray "Ultra HD Blu-ray"), [Blu-ray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray "Blu-ray") and [DVD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD "DVD") on June 18, 2019.[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-27) The 4K release is an [upscale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_scaling "Image scaling") from the [2K](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K_resolution "2K resolution") master.[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-28) Us grossed \$175.2 million in the United States and Canada, and \$80.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of \$256.1 million, against a production budget of \$20 million.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-BOM-3) Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be \$119 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-DeadlineProfit-29) In the United States and Canada, initial tracking had Us grossing \$35–40 million in its opening weekend.[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-30) By the week of its release, estimates had risen to \$45–50 million, with advance ticket sales on [Fandango](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandango_Media "Fandango Media") outpacing [A Quiet Place](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Quiet_Place_$film$ "A Quiet Place (film)") (\$50.2 million) and Get Out (\$33.7 million).[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-31) The film made \$28.9 million on its first day, including \$7.4 million from Thursday night previews, one of the best-ever for a horror film and far higher than the Thursday night preview numbers for Get Out, which only grossed \$1.8 million, increasing weekend estimates for Us to \$68 million.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-32) It went on to earn \$71.1 million at the box office, debuting at number one and becoming the second best opening for a live-action original film after [Avatar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_$2009_film$ "Avatar (2009 film)") (\$77 million in 2009), as well as the third-best total for a horror film after [It](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_$2017_film$ "It (2017 film)") (\$123.4 million in 2017) and [Halloween](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_$2018_film$ "Halloween (2018 film)") (\$76.2 million in 2018) and the best ever opening for an original horror film not based on a known property.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-opening-23)[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-33) In its second weekend, the film made \$33.6 million, dropping 52.7% (slightly above-average for a horror film but much larger than the 15% seen by Get Out) and finishing second behind newcomer [Dumbo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbo_$2019_film$ "Dumbo (2019 film)").[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-34) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Lupita_Nyong%27o_SXSW_2019_%2847282558132%29.jpg/250px-Lupita_Nyong%27o_SXSW_2019_%2847282558132%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lupita_Nyong%27o_SXSW_2019_$47282558132$.jpg) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o "Lupita Nyong'o") received widespread critical acclaim for her dual role performance in the film. On the [review aggregator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_aggregator "Review aggregator") website [Rotten Tomatoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes "Rotten Tomatoes"), 93% of 550 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "With Jordan Peele's second inventive, ambitious horror film, we have seen how to beat the sophomore jinx, and it is Us."[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-35) On [Metacritic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacritic "Metacritic"), the film has a [weighted average](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted_average "Weighted average") score of 81 out of 100, based on 56 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-36) Audiences polled by [CinemaScore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CinemaScore "CinemaScore") gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, while those at [PostTrak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostTrak "PostTrak") gave it an overall positive score of 80%, with 60% saying they would definitely recommend it.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-opening-23) Us was described by [Rolling Stone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone "Rolling Stone") as "spill-your-soda scary", compared to the "existentially terrifying" Get Out.[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-RS_2019-6) Monica Castillo of [RogerEbert.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RogerEbert.com "RogerEbert.com") gave the film four out of four, writing that: "Us is another thrilling exploration of the past and oppression this country is still too afraid to bring up. Peele wants us to talk, and he's given audiences the material to think, to feel our way through some of the darker sides of the human condition and the American experience."[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-37) David Griffin of [IGN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGN "IGN") gave the film 9.0/10, calling it "a very, very strange film. But that's OK because it wouldn't be a Jordan Peele joint if there wasn't a little risk involved. Peele has proven that he's not a one-hit wonder with this truly terrifying, poignant look at one American family that goes through hell at the hands of maniacal doppelgangers".[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-ign-38) John DeFore of [The Hollywood Reporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter "The Hollywood Reporter") called Us "a fiercely scary movie whose meaning is up for grabs".[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-thr-39) [Richard Brody](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brody "Richard Brody") of [The New Yorker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker "The New Yorker") called the film a "colossal achievement," writing, "Us is a horror film—though saying so is like offering a reminder that [The Godfather](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather "The Godfather") is a gangster film or that [2001: A Space Odyssey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_$film$ "2001: A Space Odyssey (film)") is science fiction. Genre is irrelevant to the merits of a film, whether its conventions are followed or defied; what matters is that Peele cites the tropes and precedents of horror in order to deeply root his film in the terrain of pop culture—and then to pull up those roots."[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-40) In July 2025, [The Hollywood Reporter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter "The Hollywood Reporter") ranked it number 12 on its list of the "25 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century."[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-41) Conversely, [Stephanie Zacharek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Zacharek "Stephanie Zacharek") of [Time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_$magazine$ "Time (magazine)") thought Peele had too many ideas and not enough answers compared to Get Out and said, "Peele goes even deeper into the conflicted territory of class and race and privilege; he also ponders the traits that make us most human. But this time, he's got so many ideas he can barely corral them, let alone connect them. He overthinks himself into a corner, and we're stuck there with him."[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-42) [Disability rights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_rights_movement "Disability rights movement") groups National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association and [RespectAbility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RespectAbility "RespectAbility") criticised Nyong'o for basing her performance on [spasmodic dysphonia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasmodic_dysphonia "Spasmodic dysphonia").[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-43) She later apologized, stating that she "wasn’t interested in vilifying or demonising the condition," and "crafted Red with love and care."[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-44) ### Themes and interpretations \[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Us_$2019_film$&action=edit&section=15 "Edit section: Themes and interpretations")\] Critic Jim Vejvoda related the Tethered to "[urban legends](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_legend "Urban legend")" and "[xenophobic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophobia "Xenophobia") paranoia about the [Other](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_$philosophy$ "Other (philosophy)")", also writing they resembled the [Morlocks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morlock "Morlock") in [H. G. Wells](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells "H. G. Wells")'s 1895 novel, [The Time Machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Machine "The Time Machine").[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-45) Journalist Noel Ransome viewed the film as being about "the effects of [classism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classism "Classism") and marginalization", writing "the Tethered are effigies of this same situational classism. They're trapped—mentally and physically—and ignored".[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-46) Joel Meares of Rotten Tomatoes also noted that the Tethered, referencing the "we're Americans" line, are representatives of the duality of American society, how some citizens can afford to live on top of the class system while others are stuck in poverty. He also noted the title Us could mean "U.S.", or United States.[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-RTtheory-47) [Manohla Dargis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manohla_Dargis "Manohla Dargis") of [The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times") notes that the Wilsons are "introduced with an aerial sweep of greenery" similar to the opening of [Stanley Kubrick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick "Stanley Kubrick")'s [The Shining](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_$film$ "The Shining (film)"), and sees that movie as the principal influence on Us. Describing Peele as a "true cinephile", she also identifies allusions to other films, including [Jaws](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_$film$ "Jaws (film)"), [A Nightmare on Elm Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street "A Nightmare on Elm Street"), and [The Goonies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goonies "The Goonies"), as well as one scene suggesting an influence by the Austrian film director [Michael Haneke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Haneke "Michael Haneke")'s 1997 horror film [Funny Games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funny_Games_$1997_film$ "Funny Games (1997 film)") and subsequent [U.S. remake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funny_Games_$2007_film$ "Funny Games (2007 film)").[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-48) The Tethered's red jump suits and single glove were an allusion to [Michael Jackson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson "Michael Jackson"), as was the "[Thriller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_$song$ "Thriller (song)")" shirt seen on young Adelaide, and Peele has stated that Jackson was "the patron saint of duality".[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-RTtheory-47)[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-mj-49) Peele referenced many other instances of 1980s culture, including allusions to [The Lost Boys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Boys "The Lost Boys") and Hands Across America, stating "Everything in this movie was deliberate, that is one thing I can guarantee you. Unless you didn't like something and that was a complete accident".[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-mj-49)[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-50) The film contains numerous references to [Jeremiah 11:11](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_11 "Jeremiah 11"), which reads: "Therefore thus saith the Lord: 'I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them'" ([NIV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_International_Version "New International Version")). Critic Rosie Fletcher commented on the context, with [Jeremiah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah "Jeremiah") warning [Jerusalem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem "Jerusalem") was facing destruction due to [false idols](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_idol "False idol"), and expressed the opinion that the film's characters also "worshiped the wrong things", such as Ophelia, the [virtual assistant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_assistant "Virtual assistant").[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-51) Peele later explained in the film's digital release special features that a central theme of the film is [American privilege](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_privilege "First World privilege"):[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-SF_Privilege-52) > "One of the central themes in Us is that we can do a good job collectively of ignoring the ramifications of [privilege](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_privilege "Social privilege"). I think it's the idea that what we feel like we deserve comes, you know, at the expense of someone else's freedom or joy. You know, the biggest disservice we can do as a faction with a collective privilege like the United States is to presume that we deserve it, and that it isn't luck that has us born where we're born. For us to have our privilege, someone suffers. That's where the Tethered connection, I think, resonates the most, is that those who suffer and those who prosper are two sides of the same coin. You can never forget that. We need to fight for the less fortunate." — Jordan Peele[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-SF_Privilege-52) Us was nominated for one [Art Directors Guild](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Directors_Guild "Art Directors Guild"),[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-ADG19-53) four [Critics' Choice Movie Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Awards "Critics' Choice Movie Awards"),[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-CCA20-54) one [Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make-Up_Artists_and_Hair_Stylists_Guild#Make-Up_Artists_and_Hair_Stylists_Guild_Awards "Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild"),[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-MUAHA19-55) three [MTV Movie & TV Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Movie_%26_TV_Awards "MTV Movie & TV Awards"),[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-MTVMA19-56) eight [NAACP Image Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP_Image_Awards "NAACP Image Awards"),[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-NAACP2020-57) four [People's Choice Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Choice_Awards "People's Choice Awards"),[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-PCA19-58) one [Bram Stoker Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker_Award "Bram Stoker Award") (won),[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-59) seven [Saturn Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Awards "Saturn Awards") (winning one),[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-SA19-60) one [Screen Actors Guild Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Award "Screen Actors Guild Award"),[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-SAGAS20-61) and one [World Soundtrack Awards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Soundtrack_Academy "World Soundtrack Academy") (won).[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_note-WSA19-62) - [List of black films of the 2010s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_black_films_of_the_2010s "List of black films of the 2010s") - [List of horror films of the 2010s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_horror_films_of_the_2010s "List of horror films of the 2010s") - [Disability in horror films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_in_horror_films "Disability in horror films") 1. ^ [*a](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_ref-fone_1-0) [b](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_ref-fone_1-1) [c](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_ref-fone_1-2) [d](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_ref-fone_1-3) [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_$2019_film$#cite_ref-fone_1-4) ["Us (2019)"](https://www.moviefone.com/movie/us/kYh7PJmnWFqsF5EA22FYj6/main/). 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