Did this week’s only new release, Widows, have what it takes to overthrow Overlord, or did the star-studded crime thriller fail to make an impact with movie goers?

Here’s this past weekend’s (Nov 16 – 18, 2018) North American box office body count of horror and thriller films, and their ranking within the Top 50.

Widows (#5)

Weeks in Release: 1
Weekend Gross: $12.36 million
Total Domestic Gross: $12.36 million
Total Foreign Gross: $7.21 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $19.57 million
Production Budget: $42 million
Judgment Day: Director Steve McQueen’s acclaimed new crime thriller was the highest earning R-rated film for this week.

Overlord (#8)

Weeks in Release: 2
Weekend Gross: $3.79 million
Compared to Last Week: -62.8%
Total Domestic Gross: $17.68 million
Total Foreign Gross: $15 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $32.68 million
Production Budget: $38 million
Judgment Day: Last week’s top horror film took a fairly massive hit in its second week, despite remaining in the same number of theaters.

The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story (#9)

Weeks in Release: 2
Weekend Gross: $2.5 million
Compared to Last Week: -68%
Total Domestic Gross: $13.29 million
Total Foreign Gross: $13.07 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $26.36 million
Production Budget: $43 million
Judgment Day: Similar to Overlord, only worse, despite no change in the number of theaters it was playing in, the box office returns for this Girl are fading fast.

Halloween (2018) (#17)

Weeks in Release: 5
Weekend Gross: $699,185
Compared to Last Week: -82.5%
Total Domestic Gross: $158.8 million
Total Foreign Gross: $92.2 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $251 million
Production Budget: $10 million
Judgment Day: Losing almost 70% of its theaters from last week, it’s not surprising that H2018’s cut at the box office was significantly less than killer this time around.

Rabbit in Red Rating: 4 knives

Suspiria (#31)

Weeks in Release: 4
Weekend Gross: $95,804
Compared to Last Week: -73.9%
Total Domestic Gross: $2.24 million
Total Foreign Gross: $403,256
Total Worldwide Gross: $2.64 million
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgment Day: Spiralling downwards.

Bad Times at the El Royale (#42)

Weeks in Release: 6
Weekend Gross: $36,942
Compared to Last Week: -61.2%
Total Domestic Gross: $17.78 million
Total Foreign Gross: $12.46 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $30.24 million
Production Budget: $32 million
Judgment Day: Times is running out for the El Royale.

A Simple Favor (#43)

Weeks in Release: 10
Weekend Gross: $33,854
Compared to Last Week: -50.9%
Total Domestic Gross: $53.53 million
Total Foreign Gross: $37.59 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $91.12 million
Production Budget: $20 million
Judgment Day: Positioned favorably after 10 weeks in release.

The Nun (#45)

Weeks in Release: 11
Weekend Gross: $32,556
Compared to Last Week: -49.1%
Total Domestic Gross: $117.43 million
Total Foreign Gross: $247.5 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $364.93 million
Production Budget: $22 million
Judgment Day: This nun is still bringing in some at the box office.

El Angel (#47)

Weeks in Release: 2
Weekend Gross: $21,976
Compared to Last Week: -5.9%
Total Domestic Gross: $53,999
Total Foreign Gross: $0
Total Worldwide Gross: $53,999
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgment Day: Despite an increase in theaters (from 2 to 11) the Argentine-Spanish crime thriller, co-produced by Pedro Almodovar and his younger brother Agustin, suffered a bit of a decrease in its second week.