Hereditary currently dominates Us 73–27
Hereditary buries Us in a modern horror bracket.
The Verdict
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Hereditary is dominating Us, and the margin says Aster’s craft — the miniatures, the sound design, Collette’s physical performance — produces a more durable response than Peele’s more ambitious social mechanism. Nyong’o’s dual role is extraordinary. The Tethered’s synchronised movement is genuinely unsettling. But Us’s mythology keeps expanding in ways that dilute the initial dread, while Hereditary’s dread only concentrates. Every scene adds pressure. Nothing releases it. Aster’s refusal to let the audience breathe is proving more powerful than Peele’s refusal to let them stop thinking. In a modern horror bracket, the body outlasts the brain.
The Numbers
| Us | Hereditary | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 27% | 73% |
| Overall Win Rate | 34% | 57% |
| Championships | 11 | 109 |
| Budget | $20M | $10M |
| Box Office | $256M | $88M |
Where This Matchup Sits
Out of 38 Horror films on the platform, Us is in the bottom quarter and Hereditary is in the upper half.
Looking at shared opponents, The Witch draws a line between them: Hereditary dominates that matchup, but Us comes out on the wrong side.
Hereditary with 109 titles and Us with 11 — the tournament record and the head-to-head point the same direction.
The box office gap is clear: $256M for Us, $88M for Hereditary. But Hereditary wins head-to-head despite earning less.
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