As the cinematic calendar distances itself further from the scariest season of the year, were movie-goers continuing to seek out some thrills and chills at the theaters, or were the crowds and chaos of Black Friday already scary enough?
Here’s this past weekend’s (Nov 23 – 25, 2018) North American box office body count of horror and thriller films, and their ranking within the Top 50.
Widows (#8)
Weeks in Release: 2
Weekend Gross: $8.23 million
Compared to Last Week: -33.4%
Total Domestic Gross: $25.86 million
Total Foreign Gross: $12.78 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $38.64 million
Production Budget: $42 million
Judgment Day: Director Steve McQueen’s acclaimed new crime thriller remained the highest earning R-rated film in its second week of release, with an impressive dip of only 33.4% from last week.
Overlord (#13)
Weeks in Release: 3
Weekend Gross: $1.11 million
Compared to Last Week: -70.7%
Total Domestic Gross: $20.19 million
Total Foreign Gross: $17.5 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $37.69 million
Production Budget: $38 million
Judgment Day: Losing half of its theaters from last week, it would seem that audiences have not been won over by this lord.
The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story (#21)
Weeks in Release: 3
Weekend Gross: $356,485
Compared to Last Week: -85.7%
Total Domestic Gross: $14.39 million
Total Foreign Gross: $16.9 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $31.29 million
Production Budget: $43 million
Judgment Day: Given its beyond-disappointing performance at the box office, this “new” story will likely also be the last.
Halloween (2018) (#30)
Weeks in Release: 6
Weekend Gross: $119,305
Compared to Last Week: -82.9%
Total Domestic Gross: $159.1 million
Total Foreign Gross: $93.8 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $252.9 million
Production Budget: $10 million
Judgment Day: The fall’s biggest horror hit is living up to its own tag line of “face your fate” as it pays the consequences of being in significantly fewer theaters than last week.
Rabbit in Red Rating: 4 knives
Suspiria (#39)
Weeks in Release: 5
Weekend Gross: $46,677
Compared to Last Week: -51.3%
Total Domestic Gross: $2.34 million
Total Foreign Gross: $403,256
Total Worldwide Gross: $2.74 million
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgment Day: Continues its descent.
Bad Times at the El Royale (#42)
Weeks in Release: 7
Weekend Gross: $21,471
Compared to Last Week: -41.9%
Total Domestic Gross: $17.81 million
Total Foreign Gross: $13.12 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $30.93 million
Production Budget: $32 million
Judgment Day: Contrary to its tag line, all roads do not lead here; Bad Times is almost gone from theaters.
El Angel (#50)
Weeks in Release: 3
Weekend Gross: $10,078
Compared to Last Week: -54.1%
Total Domestic Gross: $75,856
Total Foreign Gross: $0
Total Worldwide Gross: $75,856
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgment Day: The Argentine-Spanish crime thriller, co-produced by Pedro Almodovar and his younger brother Agustin, lost 3 of its 11 theaters from last week, and with less-than-angelic returns as a result.