The ladies hold firmly atop the horror/thriller box office again this past weekend, while the birth of a new “Nation” dies a quick death.

Here’s this past weekend’s (Sept 21 – 23, 2018) North American box office body count of horror and
thriller films, and their ranking within the Top 50.

A Simple Favor (#2)

Weeks in Release: 2
Weekend Gross: $10.25 million
Compared to Last Week: -36%
Total Domestic Gross: $32.4 million
Total Foreign Gross: $10.2 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $42.6 million
Production Budget: $20 million
Judgment Day: Playing favorites at the box office by rising from #3 last week to this week’s #2
position over all.

The Nun (#3)

Weeks in Release: 3
Weekend Gross: $9.97 million
Compared to Last Week: -45.4%
Total Domestic Gross: $100.6 million
Total Foreign Gross: $192.1 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $292.7 million
Production Budget: $22 million
Judgment Day: The Nun may be demonic, but the box office is heavenly.

Peppermint (#7)

Weeks in Release: 3
Weekend Gross: $3.68 million
Compared to Last Week: -38.6%
Total Domestic Gross: $30.3 million
Total Foreign Gross: $6 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $36.3 million
Production Budget: $25 million
Judgment Day: Less than fresh, but not entirely without flavor either.

The Meg (#9)

Weeks in Release: 7
Weekend Gross: $2.26 million
Compared to Last Week: -41.4%
Total Domestic Gross: $140.5 million
Total Foreign Gross: $377.3 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $517.7 million
Production Budget: $130 million
Judgment Day: Maintains its grip within the top 10.

Rabbit in Red Rating: 3 knives

Searching (#10)

Weeks in Release: 5
Weekend Gross: $2.15 million
Compared to Last Week: -32.4%
Total Domestic Gross: $23.09 million
Total Foreign Gross: $31.1 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $54.19 million
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgment Day: This Searching seems far from over.

Assassination Nation (#15)

Weeks in Release: 1
Weekend Gross: $1.05 million
Total Domestic Gross: $1.05 million
Total Foreign Gross: $0
Total Worldwide Gross: $1.05 million
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgement Day: Self Assassination Nation at the box office with an embarrassing $743 per screen
average in its first week at 1,403 theaters.

Operation Finale (#21)

Weeks in Release: 4
Weekend Gross: $340,978
Compared to Last Week: -70.6%
Total Domestic Gross: $17.16 million
Total Foreign Gross: $0
Total Worldwide Gross: $17.16 million
Production Budget: $24 million
Judgement Day: Operation Fail.

Lizzie (#24)

Weeks in Release: 2
Weekend Gross: $258,209
Compared to Last Week: +442.7%
Total Domestic Gross: $326,938
Total Foreign Gross: $0
Total Worldwide Gross: $326,938
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgement Day: Widening from 4 to 240 theaters resulted in substantial box office growth;
however, going from last week’s bloody good per screen average of $11,895 to $1,069 this
week is akin to taking an axe to the head.

Slender Man (#34)

Weeks in Release: 7
Weekend Gross: $101,787
Compared to Last Week: -68.5%
Total Domestic Gross: $30.4 million
Total Foreign Gross: $18.6 million
Total Worldwide Gross: $49 million
Production Budget: $10 million
Judgement Day: Suddenly fading fast.

The Children Act (#42)

Weeks in Release: 2
Weekend Gross: $53,101
Compared to Last Week: +190.3%
Total Domestic Gross: $79,082
Total Foreign Gross: $9.06
Total Worldwide Gross: $9.14 million
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgement Day: What appears to be respectable growth courtesy of expanding from 3 to 32
theaters, but the per screen average for the Emma Thompson thriller dropped from $6,098
last week to $1,659 this week. Not likely the last act for these Children though.

Bel Canto (#48)

Weeks in Release: 2
Weekend Gross: $25,566
Compared to Last Week: +105.8%
Total Domestic Gross: $43,025
Total Foreign Gross: $0
Total Worldwide Gross: $43,025
Production Budget: N.A.
Judgement Day: The Julianne Moore thriller expanded from 2 to 30 theaters, but the
resulting per screen average was an unimpressive $852. “Bel Canto” may translate into “Nice
singing”, but not necessarily into nice box office.