It was a busy marketplace, but Halloween proved a poor weekend at the box-office with plenty of films falling hard or starting soft.
Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” retained the top spot in its second weekend with $15.5 million, a 62% drop from its opening weekend. The film now stands at $292.1 million worldwide.
“Halloween Kills” was at No. 2 domestically in its third weekend with $8.5 million and now sits at $85.6 million domestic and $115.1 million worldwide.
James Bond film “No Time to Die” came in third with $7.8 million domestic. It now sits at $133.3 million in the U.S. and just over $600 million worldwide total – the latter boosted by a soft $28.2 million start in China.
In a surprise, the anime feature “My Hero Academia: World Heroes Mission” came in fourth with more than $6 million, beating out “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” in fifth with $5.8 million.
Sadly Edgar Wright’s psychological horror film “Last Night in Soho” couldn’t capitalise on its buzz and opened to $4.2 million in sixth place – well behind early projections of $8 million. Scott Cooper’s horror “Antlers” tied with that film for the same amount.
Combined movie ticket sales in North America for the month of October clocked in at an estimated $637 million. In pre-pandemic times, the month’s haul has ranged from $579 million to $832 million depending on its films and is a good indicator the box-office is healing.
Source: THR