Girl power was alive and kicking at the horror/thriller box office this past weekend, whether in the form
of a nun, a single mother and her new best friend, a vigilante, or a lass and her axe.

Here’s this past weekend’s (Sept 14 – 16, 2018) North American box office body count of horror and
thriller films, and their ranking within the Top 50.

The Nun (#2)

Weeks in Release: 2
Weekend Gross: $18.2 million
Compared to Last Week: -66.1%
Total Domestic Gross: $85.1 million
Total Foreign Gross: $144.8 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $229.9 million
Production Budget: $22 million
Judgment Day: Almost 66.6% less blessed than its debut

A Simple Favor (#3)

Weeks in Release: 1
Weekend Gross: $16.05 million
Total Domestic Gross: $16.01 million
Total Foreign Gross: $3.5 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $19.51 million
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgment Day: A simply favorable arrival

Peppermint (#6)

Weeks in Release: 2
Weekend Gross: $6 million
Compared to Last Week: -55.3%
Total Domestic Gross: $24.2 million
Total Foreign Gross: $1.4 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $25.6 million
Production Budget: $25 million
Judgment Day: Losing its flavor fast

The Meg (#7)

Weeks in Release: 6
Weekend Gross: $3.9 million
Compared to Last Week: -36.6%
Total Domestic Gross: $137.1 million
Total Foreign Gross: $369.5 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $506.6 million
Production Budget: $130 million
Judgment Day: Swims its way into half a billion $$$ worldwide waters

Rabbit in Red Rating: 3 knives

Searching (#8)

Weeks in Release: 4
Weekend Gross: $3.18 million
Compared to Last Week: -30.4%
Total Domestic Gross: $19.6 million
Total Foreign Gross: $26.3 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $45.9 million
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgment Day: The smallest % drop within the top 20 continues to find an audience

Operation Finale (#14)

Weeks in Release: 3
Weekend Gross: $1.16 million
Compared to Last Week: -59.6%
Total Domestic Gross: $16.3 million
Total Foreign Gross: $0
Total Worldwide Gross: $16.3 million
Production Budget: $24 million
Judgement Day: Only the foreign box office can make this operation a success

Slender Man (#21)

Weeks in Release: 6
Weekend Gross: $322,279
Compared to Last Week: -59.6%
Total Domestic Gross: $30.2 million
Total Foreign Gross: $18.6 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $48.8 million
Production Budget: $10 million
Judgement Day: The box office is getting thinner…

Lizzie (#39)

Weeks in Release: 1
Weekend Gross: $47,580
Total Domestic Gross: $47,580
Total Foreign Gross: $0
Total Worldwide Gross: $47,580
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgement Day: Bloody encouraging results from 4 theaters; $11,895 per screen average is
the highest within this week’s top 50 films