Were either of this week’s new releases, Overlord and The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story, strong enough contenders to replace Halloween (2018) as the week’s top horror/thriller film?

Here’s this past weekend’s (Nov 9 – 11, 2018) North American box office body count of horror and thriller films, and their ranking within the Top 50.

Overlord (#3)

Weeks in Release: 1
Weekend Gross: $10.2 million
Total Domestic Gross: $10.2 million
Total Foreign Gross: $9.2 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $19.4 million
Production Budget: $38 million
Judgment Day: The week’s top title debuted with a less-than-overwhelming haul from almost 2,900 screens.

The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story (#6)

Weeks in Release: 1
Weekend Gross: $7.8 million
Total Domestic Gross: $7.81 million
Total Foreign Gross: $8.09 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $15.9 million
Production Budget: $43 million
Judgment Day: The Girl debuted in the top 10, but will likely not remain there for very long.

Halloween (2018) (#9)

Weeks in Release: 4
Weekend Gross: $4 million
Compared to Last Week: -63.1%
Total Domestic Gross: $157 million
Total Foreign Gross: $88.3 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $245.3 million
Production Budget: $10 million
Judgment Day: Halloween may be over, but H2018 is still scaring up some decent box office after a month in release.

Rabbit in Red Rating: 4 knives

Suspiria (#23)

Weeks in Release: 3
Weekend Gross: $366,600
Compared to Last Week: -62.6%
Total Domestic Gross: $1.95 million
Total Foreign Gross: $239,742
Total Worldwide Gross: $2.18 million
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgment Day: Despite an encouraging start a few weeks ago, disappearing theaters will continue to provide diminishing returns.

Bad Times at the El Royale (#32)

Weeks in Release: 5
Weekend Gross: $95,182
Compared to Last Week: -67.9%
Total Domestic Gross: $17.7 million
Total Foreign Gross: $12.37 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $30.07 million
Production Budget: $32 million
Judgment Day: A bad time at the El Box Office continues.

A Simple Favor (#36)

Weeks in Release: 9
Weekend Gross: $69,012
Compared to Last Week: +5.2%
Total Domestic Gross: $53.46 million
Total Foreign Gross: $36.17 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $89.63 million
Production Budget: $20 million
Judgment Day: An increase in theaters (from 102 to 127) keeps these ladies from vanishing.

The Nun (#38)

Weeks in Release: 10
Weekend Gross: $63,978
Compared to Last Week: -50.4%
Total Domestic Gross: $117.37 million
Total Foreign Gross: $247.4 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $364.77 million
Production Budget: $22 million
Judgment Day: Going…going…but definitely not gone.

El Angel (#47)

Weeks in Release: 1
Weekend Gross: $23,348
Total Domestic Gross: $23,348
Total Foreign Gross: $0
Total Worldwide Gross: $23,348
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgment Day: The Argentine-Spanish crime thriller, co-produced by Pedro Almodovar and his younger brother Agustin, debuted with the third highest per screen average ($11,674) of any of the movies appearing in this week’s top 50.