Halloween dropped 58% from its robust opening last weekend as it earned $32 million to bring its domestic total to $126.7 million after just ten days of release. Halloween has also earned $45.6 million overseas for a global total of $172 million, all on a production budget of just $10 million, demonstrating the tremendous earning power of the horror film genre.
Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born remained at #2, dropping just 26% as it earned $14.1 million driving its domestic total to almost $150 million. A Star Is Born has already passed such recent musical hits as Mamma Mia! ($144 million), and Les Miserables ($148 million), and will soon pass La La Land ($151 million). It appears that A Star Is Born will definitely catch The Greatest Showman ($174 million), and has a real chance at making $200 million.
Though musicals don’t play like superhero films overseas, A Star Is Born has earned $104.6 million outside of North America for a global total of over $253 million.
Ruben Fleischer’s Venom dropped 40.1% in its fourth weekend as it earned $10.8 million to push its domestic total to $187.3 million. While Venom will surely make it over the $200 million mark here in North America, it has already earned $321 million overseas for a current global total of $508 million. Venom also now has an opening date in China (November 9), which means that the Spider-Verse franchise-establishing film could end up with a worldwide total in the $650-$700 million frame.
Sony’s YA horror film Goosebumps 2 remained in fourth place as it earned $7.5 million to bring its domestic total to $38.3 million. With a current worldwide total of $62.4 million, this $38 million production is not yet in the black, and this may be that last we see of films based on R.L. Stine’s horror novels for quite some time.
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Weekend Box Office (Studio Estimates): October 26-28, 2018 |
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Film |
Weekend Gross |
Screens |
Avg./Screen |
Total Gross |
Wk# |
|
|
1 |
Halloween |
$32,045,000 |
3,990 |
$8,031 |
$126,698,400 |
2 |
|
2 |
A Star is Born |
$14,145,000 |
3,904 |
$3,623 |
$148,722,400 |
4 |
|
3 |
Venom |
$10,800,000 |
3,567 |
$3,028 |
$187,282,314 |
4 |
|
4 |
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween |
$7,500,000 |
3,723 |
$2,015 |
$38,348,809 |
3 |
|
5 |
Hunter Killer |
$6,650,000 |
2,728 |
$2,438 |
$6,650,000 |
1 |
|
6 |
The Hate U Give |
$5,100,000 |
2,375 |
$2,147 |
$18,300,005 |
4 |
|
7 |
First Man |
$4,935,000 |
2,959 |
$1,668 |
$37,880,080 |
3 |
|
8 |
Smallfoot |
$4,750,000 |
2,662 |
$1,784 |
$72,591,050 |
5 |
|
9 |
Night School |
$3,255,000 |
1,991 |
$1,635 |
$71,451,025 |
5 |
|
10 |
Mid90s |
$3,000,000 |
1,206 |
$2,488 |
$3,350,170 |
2 |
The only new film to make the top ten was Lionsgate’s submarine thriller Hunter Killer, which opened meekly with $6.5 million. The only thing this film has going for it now is a solid A- CinemaScore from opening weekend audiences that skewed male (55%) and older (even for an R-rated film) with 93% of the crowd over 25.
The socially conscious YA drama The Hate You Give dropped just 32.9% as it earned $5.1 million. It may take Oscar nominations to get this powerful film the kind of attention it deserves, but it is still on a bit of an upswing, and has the potential to break out.
The same cannot be said of Damien Chazelle’s Neal Armstrong biopic First Man, which continues to fade, earning just $4.9 million in its third weekend of release. Perhaps Oscar nominations can give First Man a boost, but so far the film’s performance at the box office is the very definition of “disappointing.”
Making its first appearance in the top ten is Jonah Hill’s coming-of-age drama Mid90s, which added 1200 theaters as it earned $3 million. So far Mid90s has done well, but given few signs that it will break out of the modestly successful indie coming-of-age bracket.
Two new films in fairly limited release, had disappointing debuts. The Rowan Atkinson comedy Johnny English Strikes Again, bombed here, earning just $1.6 million from 544 theaters, though the UK comedy has already earned $107 million overseas, while the faith-themed Indivisible brought in $1.75 million from 830 venues.
One film in limited release to watch is the horror film remake Suspiria, which earned nearly $180K from just two theaters, posting the best per-theater performance since Call Me By Your Name ($107K per theater in November of 2017.
Be sure to check back here next weekend to see what happens when of a trio of wide releases will try to start November off with a bang. Fox will open Bryan Singer’s Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, which already set a new mark for modern musicals in the UK, in 3,800 locations, while Disney will unleash the live-action fantasy drama The Nutcracker and the Four Realms in 3,800 theaters, and Tyler Perry’s Nobody’s Fool, which stars Tiffany Haddish, debut in over 2,400 theaters.
