TriStar has a sequel to their sleeper comedy One of Them Days in the works with stars Keke Palmer and SZA expected to return.
The comedy opened to $11.8 million in January and did a near 5x multiple at the domestic box office, grossing $50M.
The buddy comedy follows best friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa, who discover that the latter's boyfriend has spent all of their rent money. The two find themselves going to extremes in a race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact. The pic notched 94% with critics and 90% with audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie before P&A cost a reported $14M.
The movie's creative team is also expected to return, Deadline can confirm. Lawrence Lamont directed the original off a screenplay by Syreeta Singleton.
Sony has a reputation for keeping its production costs low and profit margins high, particularly on titles that are counterprogramming and stoking underserved demographics, i.e., female moviegoers.
It Ends With Us, which Sony co-financed for $25M, mushroomed to a net $207M after all ancillaries in its first cycle off a global box office take near $350M. Another cash cow for Sony was the Sydney Sweeney-Glen Powell romantic comedy Anyone But You, which netted $103M off a budget of $25M before P&A after racking up $219M worldwide.
Sony currently has Karate Kid: Legends in theaters; it opened to $20.3M domestically this past weekend, and close to $50M worldwide off a $45M production cost. The movie teams Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan from the previous Karate Kid movies.
Variety first had the news on the One of Them Days sequel.
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