Wkd Box Office - 10•19-21•18 - Michael Myers slays audiences, but not Venom's October OW record.

kswiston · Oct 21, 2018

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'Halloween' Scares Up Second-Best October Opening With $77M+; Best Debut For Blumhouse & Carpenter Canon; Great Launch For Miramax

Universal is calling Miramax/Blumhouse's Halloween at $77.5M after a $27.2M Saturday, making it the second-best opening ever of October behind Sony's Venom ($80.2M). As we've known since Thursday night, Halloween is the best domestic opening ever in the John Carpenter 40-year old franchise, Halloween producer and co-financier Blumhouse beating their 2011 $52.5M start to Paranormal Activity 3, and it's wonderful reboot for Miramax under CEO Bill Block and Chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who also co-funded and produced the 11th sequel on screen; their recent highlight being Oscar winner I, Tonya.

We hear that Halloween played best in the East and the South, but overall excellent across the board with six out of the top 10 runs coming from the West Coast. A $200M final killing for the movie stateside is definitely within grasp. Updated demos are 53%-47% male-to-female with 72% under 35 years old with the single largest quad being 25-34 at 32%. Overall under 25 turned up at 41% (who says young people don't go to the movies?). Diversity make-up was 47% Caucasian, 23% Hispanic, 17% African American and 13% Asian.

In a statement, producer Jason Blum, who is seeing the best opening ever in U.S./Canada for his Blumhouse label, said, "The reception of fans and critics alike is a huge endorsement of the Blumhouse model. Combining legendary source material, the participation of original creators and a fresh take from talented directors and writers who don't normally do horror films, Halloween brings the franchise back to life in a fresh, relevant and fun way."

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DOMESTIC WEEKEND BOX OFFICE

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WORLDWIDE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE

Halloween - $92M

Venom - $462M
A Star is Born - $201M
Smallfoot - $137M
The House with a Clock in its Walls - $102M
Johnny English Strikes Again - $96M
First Man - $56M

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HStallion · Oct 21, 2018

I'm going to see Halloween tonight with some friends. Can't wait and glad to see it's be so incredibly well received.

ViewtifulJC · Oct 21, 2018

Annapurna sucks lmao

Beautiful Bomba numbers aint good either. Or Flop Man. Or Bomba Times at the El Royale.

(sorry not sorry)

dancingphlower · Oct 21, 2018

Saw First Man in IMAX over the weekend. Would highly recommend doing so in that format.

HStallion · Oct 21, 2018

What is Venom at world wide now?

Deepthought_ · Oct 21, 2018

HStallion said:
What is Venom at world wide now?

$407 million

kswiston · Oct 21, 2018

Deepthought_ said:
407 million

That doesn't include a week of international grosses. Venom was at $417M on Thursday. We are still waiting for this weekend's OS update.

jett · Oct 21, 2018

ViewtifulJC said:
Annapurna sucks lmao

Beautiful Bomba numbers aint good either. Or Flop Man. Or Bomba Times at the El Royale.

(sorry not sorry)

Daddy Larry about to yank this studio from his daughter.

HStallion · Oct 21, 2018

Deepthought_ said:
407 million

So we'll probably see a $500 million world wide take for the movie when all said and done. I was not expecting that.

ElBoxy · Oct 21, 2018

THE NIGHT HE CAME HOME.

Bronx-Man · Oct 21, 2018

Congrats to Halloween, well-deserved performance

Sedated · Oct 21, 2018

HStallion said:
So we'll probably see a $500 million world wide take for the movie when all said and done. I was not expecting that.

Hasn't released in China yet so 600+ when all is said and done honestly.

HStallion · Oct 21, 2018

Sedated said:
Hasn't released in China yet so 600+ when all is said and done honestly.

Ahh didn't realize it wasn't out in every territory. So yeah, even more impressive then. Hopefully the sequel is better written and put together.

kswiston · Oct 21, 2018

jett said:
Daddy Larry about to yank this studio from his daughter.

The Sisters Brothers had a $38M budget too. Annapurna has really come off as incompetent since starting their own distribution. They get the quality and talent on most of these films (usually by overspending), but can't sell them.

Sweeney Swift · Oct 21, 2018

So glad to see Halloween so successful already. $10mil budget

Guzim · Oct 21, 2018

Go Halloween!

Sense · Oct 21, 2018

One does not simply break the October opening weekend record of Venom in just two weeks!!!!!

How is venom 2nd weekend drop compared to other comic book movies.

Officer Big Mac · Oct 21, 2018

How does Venoms drop look like to most films in week 3?

Xx 720 · Oct 21, 2018

Enjoyed Halloween, glad it slayed. Especially impressive considering it had no 3d or imax plus r rated. A Star is Born showing major leg, award season should extend the life, add in soundtrack/blu ray this movies a cash cow.

mreddie · Oct 21, 2018

Dammit, America loved that gooey girlfriend more than The Shape.

ElBoxy · Oct 21, 2018

Sense said:
One does not simply break the October opening weekend record of Venom in just two weeks!!!!!

How is venom 2nd weekend drop compared to other comic book movies.

Better than Ant-Man and the Wasp.

kswiston · Oct 21, 2018

Venom's new worldwide gross is $462M. That gives it a pretty good shot at hitting $500M next weekend. China opens on Nov 9th. Japan opens on Nov 2nd, but Japan is going to be around $10M. They still don't like American superheroes.

scitek · Oct 21, 2018

mreddie said:
Dammit, America loved that gooey girlfriend more than The Shape.

Its hard R-rating limits its audience a bit.

Deleted member 32822 · Oct 21, 2018

Xx 720 said:
Enjoyed Halloween, glad it slayed. Especially impressive considering it had no 3d or imax plus r rated. A Star is Born showing major leg, award season should extend the life, add in soundtrack/blu ray this movies a cash cow.

Can't believe how well it's doing!

HStallion · Oct 21, 2018

kswiston said:
Venom's new worldwide gross is $462M. That gives it a pretty good shot at hitting $500M next weekend. China opens on Nov 9th. Japan opens on Nov 2nd, but Japan is going to be around $10M. They still don't like American superheroes.

But Venom has tentacles!

Sense · Oct 21, 2018

Goddamn venom is almost guaranteed to break 600m and maybe even reach 650m

Officer Big Mac · Oct 21, 2018

HStallion said:
But Venom has tentacles!

And toes.

mreddie · Oct 21, 2018

scitek said:
Its hard R-rating limits its audience a bit.

I had kids in the Halloween showing but I guess some are still uptight about that.

Deleted member 42 · Oct 21, 2018

Oh Halloween ONLY made 77 mil well darn

Venom still killin' it

kswiston · Oct 21, 2018

Sense said:
Goddamn venom is almost guaranteed to break 600m and maybe even reach 650m

600M is locked. We are pretty close to a lock for Venom topping Ant-Man and the Wasp worldwide as well. The only thing that would prevent that is China coming in much softer than expected. If Venom hits well in China, over Justice League is still in sight.

Deepthought_ · Oct 21, 2018

kswiston said:
That doesn't include a week of international grosses. Venom was at $417M on Thursday. We are still waiting for this weekend's OS update.

My bad spoke to soon

HStallion · Oct 21, 2018

kswiston said:
600M is locked. We are pretty close to a lock for Venom topping Ant-Man and the Wasp worldwide as well. The only thing that would prevent that is China coming in much softer than expected. If Venom hits well in China, over Justice League is still in sight.

Venom making more than Justice League would be hilarious.

TheSkullPrince · Oct 21, 2018

Going to go watch Halloween tonight, can't wait!

And it only had a $10 million budget? Holy shit.

Deleted member 2802 · Oct 21, 2018

Deepthought_ said:
$407 million

Venom 2 should be called Venob, cause it's gonna make billions

ElBoxy · Oct 21, 2018

Sweeney Swift said:
So glad to see Halloween so successful already. $10mil budget

TheSkullPrince said:
Going to go watch Halloween tonight, can't wait!

And it only had a $10 million budget? Holy shit.

It's a Blumhouse movie. They make $100M on $20.

Jon Carter · Oct 21, 2018

Isn't 77m+ even above tracking? Wasn't it expected to be between 55 and 70?

mreddie · Oct 21, 2018

Blumhouse rarely goes over 15M

THEVOID · Oct 21, 2018

mreddie said:
Blumhouse rarely goes over 15M

They never go over 10M.

H-I-M · Oct 21, 2018

Gaga serving longevity

kswiston · Oct 21, 2018

THEVOID said:
They never go over 10M.

The First Purge was $13M

Ridley327 · Oct 21, 2018

kswiston said:
The Sisters Brothers had a $38M budget too. Annapurna has really come off as incompetent since starting their own distribution. They get the quality and talent on most of these films (usually by overspending), but can't sell them.

I always really skeptical of them when they announced that they wanted to get into distribution, since the only real hit they had up until that point was Sausage Party, which was very much the antithesis of their usual business model (super cheap film that catered to a mass-market audience). If Beale Street Could Talk really ought to be the kind of movie they should focus more on, with small budgets but plenty of prestige, and then I glance over at what the budget on Vice is looking like (~$60 million) and I just have to sigh.

mreddie · Oct 21, 2018

THEVOID said:
They never go over 10M.

Blackkksman was the rare one but Blum wasn't the only one chipping in.

THEVOID · Oct 21, 2018

mreddie said:
Blackkksman was the rare one but Blum wasn't the only one chipping in.

Right. Same with the upcoming Glass.

Falconbox · Oct 21, 2018

Saw Halloween this weekend. Wasn't overly impressed. Guess nothing will really hit the heights of the first movie.

Side note: If you're looking for some interesting horror, The Haunting of Hill House (10 episodes) on Netflix is really really good.

Kodama4 · Oct 21, 2018

What the hell.... 77 million opening!!

THEVOID · Oct 21, 2018

kswiston said:
The First Purge was $13M

Did they fund the entire film?

mreddie · Oct 21, 2018

THEVOID said:
Did they fund the entire film?

I think that one yes but Universal also pitched in because it was setting up the TV miniseries

Freddy=Legend · Oct 21, 2018

Awesome for Halloween grabbing the second highest R-rated horror OW. But damn, does it show what a monster IT was at the box office for a horror opening weekend.

Glad it did well. Sucks it could've have gotten little extra to snag that record from Venom.

kswiston · Oct 21, 2018

Border · Oct 21, 2018

Great work by Halloween. I still can't help but wonder what pushed it to the forefront of popular culture.

It always seemed to me like Michael Myers was a second-string player behind Jason and Freddy. Halloween 2007 only opened to 26M and H20 only did 16M.

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