This article contains light spoilers for the first two "Knives Out" films; keep reading at your own risk if you haven't seen them!
Before 2019, Rian Johnson was probably best known for movies with original concepts like "Looper" and "Brick" as well as his "Star Wars" sequel "The Last Jedi" (which I will personally defend until my dying breath), but these days, his name is basically synonymous with the "Knives Out" franchise. Late that year, Johnson released his first whodunit with Daniel Craig in the lead role of Benoit Blanc, a charming Southern detective with a knack for solving seemingly impossible crimes, murders, and misdemeanors ... and it became a massive success at the box office, with "Knives Out" making an absolutely astounding $312.9 million on a $40 million budget.
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