The horror movie event of the year, hell maybe even the decade, Halloween (2018) finally arrived in theaters after months of hype. Did it kill the competetion or was it a victim of its own making?

Here’s this past weekend’s (Oct 19 – 21, 2018) North American box office body count of horror and thriller films, and their ranking within the Top 50.

Halloween (2018) (#1)

Weeks in Release: 1
Weekend Gross: $76.2 million
Total Domestic Gross: $76.2 million
Total Foreign Gross: $14.3 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $90.5 million
Production Budget: $10 million
Judgment Day: A massive 3 day debut, the second largest October opening and THE largest October opening day of all-time (domestically), this Halloween will likely continue to reap all kinds of box office treats in the coming weeks.

Rabbit in Red Rating: 4 knives

Bad Times at the El Royale (#9)

Weeks in Release: 2
Weekend Gross: $3.42 million
Compared to Last Week: -52.1%
Total Domestic Gross: $13.46 million
Total Foreign Gross: $7.92 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $21.38 million
Production Budget: $32 million
Judgment Day: From kind of bad to a little worse.

The Nun (#17)

Weeks in Release: 7
Weekend Gross: $416,651
Compared to Last Week: -69%
Total Domestic Gross: $116.75 million
Total Foreign Gross: $245 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $361.75 million
Production Budget: $22 million
Judgment Day: Audiences are finding this habit a hard one to break.

A Simple Favor (#19)

Weeks in Release: 6
Weekend Gross: $359,889
Compared to Last Week: -72.9%
Total Domestic Gross: $52.9 million
Total Foreign Gross: $31 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $83.9 million
Production Budget: $20 million
Judgment Day: The simple truth is this flick is starting to fall out of favour, or at least theaters.

The Meg (#25)

Weeks in Release: 11
Weekend Gross: $138,454
Compared to Last Week: +83.2%
Total Domestic Gross: $142.8 million
Total Foreign Gross: $384.4 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $527.2 million
Production Budget: $130 million
Judgment Day: Adding one theater allowed a bigger bite of the box office.

Rabbit in Red Rating: 3 knives

Hell Fest (#30)

Weeks in Release: 4
Weekend Gross: $78,406
Compared to Last Week: -87.8%
Total Domestic Gross: $10.75 million
Total Foreign Gross: $2.1
Total Worldwide Gross: $12.85 million
Production Budget: $5.5 million
Judgment Day: Hell, no.

Peppermint (#31)

Weeks in Release: 7
Weekend Gross: $77,262
Compared to Last Week: -58.7%
Total Domestic Gross: $35.3 million
Total Foreign Gross: $11.1 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $46.4 million
Production Budget: $25 million
Judgment Day: Some added flavour courtesy of foreign audiences.

The Guilty (#35)

Weeks in Release: 1
Weekend Gross: $60,050
Total Domestic Gross: $60,050
Total Foreign Gross: $0
Total Worldwide Gross: $60,050
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgment Day: Will the Danish thriller having just arrived in 29 domestic theaters be a possible [not so] guilty pleasure for North American audiences?

The Slender Man (#41)

Weeks in Release: 11
Weekend Gross: $24,616
Compared to Last Week: -39.6%
Total Domestic Gross: $30.5 million
Total Foreign Gross: $19.9 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $50.4 million
Production Budget: $10 million
Judgment Day: Beginning to thin out again.

Mandy (#44)

Weeks in Release: 6
Weekend Gross: $20,360
Compared to Last Week: -55.3%
Total Domestic Gross: $1.17 million
Total Foreign Gross: $0
Total Worldwide Gross: $1.17 million
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgment Day: Late-to-report theaters kicked the Cage flick out of the reported Top 50 two weeks ago; now it’s back, but barely.