The Witch currently dominates Us 69–31
Eggers' slow-burn withholding leads Peele's doppelganger mythology.
The Verdict
The Witch asks its audience to sit with seventeenth-century English and the possibility that nothing supernatural is happening at all. That's a formal demand most horror films won't make, and the voters who accept it tend to hold their position. Us makes a different demand: accept the Tethered, accept the underground, accept that Nyong'o's performance is holding together a mythology that strains under its own ambition. Both demands are real. But Eggers' restraint creates a kind of conviction that Peele's maximalism doesn't quite generate. When you leave The Witch uncertain about what happened, the uncertainty follows you. When you leave Us understanding the allegory, you've finished with it.
The Numbers
| The Witch | Us | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 69% | 31% |
| Overall Win Rate | 55% | 33% |
| Championships | 25 | 9 |
| Avg Decision | 2.6s | 2.6s |
| Budget | $4M | $20M |
| Box Office | $40M | $256M |
Where This Matchup Sits
Out of 38 Horror films on the platform, The Witch is in the upper half and Us is in the bottom quarter.
Against other opponents, one pattern stands out: Get Out beats both of them. It's the one film that sits above this entire matchup.
The Witch with 25 titles and Us with 9 — the tournament record and the head-to-head point the same direction.
Us outgrossed The Witch ($256M to $40M), but The Witch wins the head-to-head. What sells tickets and what wins a bracket are two different questions.
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