Usually, studios avoid the weekend before Halloween like the plague—audiences have tricks to do, treats to see—a lesson that Lionsgate and Millenium are learning all too well withHunter Killer. The submarine flick starringGerard ButlerandGary Oldmanopened to a meager $6.7 million, good enough for fifth place. Michael Myers, on the other hand, can not be stopped by mere All Hallow’s Eve tradition;David Gordon Green’sHalloweensequel sliced up another $32 million in its second weekend, ballooning the film’s domestic total to a killer $126.7 million.
Halloween, produced for just around $10 million, has proved to be a terrifying money-making machine for Blumhouse and Universal. The film—which sees Jamie Lee Curtis reprising the role of Laurie Strode—is by far the best R-rated horror earner since 2017’sItadaptation, and already sits as the second best October opening of all time. A depressing but certainly true tidbit, though, is that Halloween’s strong second opening was most likely buoyed byDamien Chazelle’sFirst Man—which earned $4.9 million in its third weekend—vacating a number of IMAX locations after an overall lackluster performance.
Meanwhile,VenomandA Star Is Borncontinue to defy expectations of what it means to be an October movie.Venom, which still holds the top October opening of all time, chomped up another $10.8 million, while A Star Is Born is still soaring with a $14 million, second place finish.
At the specialty box office,Luca Guadagnino’sSuspiriaremake actually bewitched a solid opening, considering it played in two theaters. The enchanting horror film earned $89, 903, the best per-theater average since Guadagnino’sCall Me By Your Namenabbed $103,233 from two theaters as well.
Check out the weekend’s top 10 estimates below, and be back here next week to see ifBohemian Rhapsodyis guaranteed to blow your mind.
$32,045,000
$126,698,400
A Star Is Born
$14,145,000
$148,772,400
$10,800,000
$187,282,314
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
$7,500,000
$38,348,809
Hunter Killer
$6,650,000
The Hate U Give
$5,100,000
$18,300,005
$4,935,000
$37,880,080
$4,750,000
$72,591,050
Night School
$3,225,000
$71,451,025
$3,000,000
$3,350,170
