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‘Halloween’ Had the Biggest Opening Weekend in Slasher Movie History
The new Halloween absolutely slaughtered its competition at the weekend box office — and pretty much every other slasher film in history. Move over, Freddy Krueger. Take a seat, Jason. Michael Myers is the new slasher box-office champ.
Bowing with an incredible $77.5 million gave the new Halloween — directed by David Gordon Green and featuring the franchise’s original star, Jamie Lee Curtis — the biggest opening weekend in the history of the slasher genre. (The previous champ was the 2009 reboot of Friday the 13th, which grossed $40.7 million in its first three days in theaters.)
Here’s the weekend’s full box-office chart:
Film | Weekend | Per Screen | Total | |
1 | Halloween | $77,501,000 | $19,730 | $77,501,000 |
2 | A Star Is Born | $19,300,000 (-32%) | $4,969 | $126,376,246 |
3 | Venom | $18,105,000 (-48%) | $4,658 | $171,125,095 |
4 | Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween | $9,715,000 (-38%) | $2,759 | $28,804,812 |
5 | First Man | $8,565,000 (-46%) | $2,353 | $29,999,050 |
6 | The Hate U Give | $7,500,000 (+331%) | $3,257 | $10,641,873 |
7 | Smallfoot | $6,615,000 (-27%) | $2,182 | $66,366,035 |
8 | Night School | $5,000,000 (-35%) | $2,178 | $66,906,825 |
9 | Bad Times at the El Royale | $3,300,000 (-53%) | $1,175 | $13.341,801 |
10 | The Old Man & the Gun | $2,050,000 (+123%) | $2,556 | $4,200,856 |
Halloween also had the second-biggest opening for any October film ever, behind Venom from just three weeks ago. And it was the second-biggest opening ever for an R-rated horror film of any kind — slasher, splatter, psychological horror, killer clowns, what have you — behind only the $123 million that It made last October.
When it comes to horror movies led by women, it broke a couple more records:
And here’s another record for you: It’s also the biggest opening weekend ever for its producers, the prolific and economical horror specialists at Blumhouse Productions. Speaking of economical: The new Halloween reportedly cost just $10 million to make, which means even after marketing costs, the movie is already close to turning a profit, if it hasn’t already. Clearly the gambit to wipe the franchise’s slate clean and return the series back to its roots — with Curtis once again squaring off with Michael Myers — was an idea that appealed to audiences. How long before Freddy and Jason follow suit?
Gallery - References to the Original Halloween in the New Film:
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