For the second week in a row, director David Gordon Green’s Halloween has slain its competitors and has broken box office records in the process.
Having raked in an estimated $32 million domestically over the weekend, which brings its domestic total to $126 million, achieving the coveted $200 million mark isn’t far from reach. Internationally, Halloween now holds the number one spot in sixty two markets, making its international earnings $45.6 million. Cumulatively that puts the film’s earnings at $172 million, putting it well on the way to becoming the second highest grossing R-rated horror film EVER.
Additional records set include: second biggest horror movie opening ever, second biggest October movie opening ever, biggest opening for a slasher film ever (even adjusted for inflation), biggest Blumhouse debut, biggest Halloween franchise opening ever, biggest horror movie opening ever with a female lead (in star Jamie Lee Curtis) and biggest movie opening of all time with a female lead over fifty-five.
The eleventh film in the franchise and co-written by director Green, Danny McBride and Jeff Fradley, Halloween is intended as a direct sequel to John Carpenter’s 1978 classic, and thusly disregards all of the series subsequent entries. Trancas International Films’ Akkad, Blumhouse’s Jason Blum and Miramax’s Bill Block produce, with McBride, Green and returning star Jamie Lee Curtis serving as executive producers, along with Ryan Freimann and series originator Carpenter, who also serves as the film’s composer.
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