Even though the horror-friendly Halloween season is officially over, did Halloween (2018) continue to dominate at the box office?
Here’s this past weekend’s (Nov 2 – 4, 2018) North American box office body count of horror and thriller films, and their ranking within the Top 50.
Halloween (2018) (#5)
Weeks in Release: 3
Weekend Gross: $10.8 million
Compared to Last Week: -65.5%
Total Domestic Gross: $150.2 million
Total Foreign Gross: $79.2 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $229.4 million
Production Budget: $10 million
Judgment Day: H2018 drops from the top spot in its third outing, but remains the week’s highest earning thriller/horror title at the box office. A monster hit, any way you cut it.
Rabbit in Red Rating: 4 knives
Suspiria (#19)
Weeks in Release: 2
Weekend Gross: $979,882
Compared to Last Week: +432.4%
Total Domestic Gross: $1.23 million
Total Foreign Gross: $0
Total Worldwide Gross: $1.23 million
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgment Day: Jumping from 2 to 311 theaters resulted in an impressive growth spurt, but the $3,151 per screen average is indicative of a more modest return.
Bad Times at the El Royale (#22)
Weeks in Release: 4
Weekend Gross: $296,514
Compared to Last Week: -78.1%
Total Domestic Gross: $17.47 million
Total Foreign Gross: $11.53 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $29 million
Production Budget: $32 million
Judgment Day: More like Bomb Times at the El Royale.
The Nun (#29)
Weeks in Release: 9
Weekend Gross: $128,890
Compared to Last Week: -25.2%
Total Domestic Gross: $117.27 million
Total Foreign Gross: $247.3 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $364.57 million
Production Budget: $22 million
Judgment Day: The only thing slow about this Nun is her decline down the chart.
Rampant (#33)
Weeks in Release: 2
Weekend Gross: $70,878
Compared to Last Week: +268.8%
Total Domestic Gross: $70,878
Total Foreign Gross: $0
Total Worldwide Gross: $70,878
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgment Day: This South Korean historical action zombie film was anything but undead as a result of being in more theaters this week (from 2 to 29).
A Simple Favor (#36)
Weeks in Release: 8
Weekend Gross: $65,631
Compared to Last Week: -56.4%
Total Domestic Gross: $53.36 million
Total Foreign Gross: $33.76 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $87.12 million
Production Budget: $20 million
Judgment Day: Being in fewer theaters is doing these ladies no favors.
Searching (#48)
Weeks in Release: 11
Weekend Gross: $27,323
Compared to Last Week: +279.9%
Total Domestic Gross: $25.99 million
Total Foreign Gross: $43.65 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $69.64 million
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgment Day: A surprise increase in theaters (from 25 to 52) has Searching returning to the top 50.
Hell Fest (#50)
Weeks in Release: 6
Weekend Gross: $25,615
Compared to Last Week: -85.3%
Total Domestic Gross: $11.10 million
Total Foreign Gross: $2.65 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $13.75 million
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgment Day: Late reporting theaters last week robbed Hell Fest of a place on the chart (it would have landed at #24), but this week appears to be its last.
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