‘Halloween’ Box Office Tracking Indicates An Opening Weekend Best For The Franchise
Halloweenis about to get a trick-or-treat bag loaded with cash. The latest entry in the horror franchise could be headed towards the biggest opening weekend for the franchise ever. Yes, even bigger thanHalloween: Resurrection, starring Busta Rhymes. See the fullHalloweenbox office tracking info below.
The websiteBox Office Prois estimating thatDavid Gordon Green’sHalloweenmight be on the path towards a $50-60 million opening weekend (and could even go as high as $85 million). Should this happen, it won’t quite give it the October box office advantage –Venomis on track tomake slightly more its opening weekend. But itwillresult in the best opening weekend for aHalloweenfilm.
The current record holder is Rob Zombie’s 2007Halloween, which opened with$26,362,367.Halloween: H20hauled in$16,187,724for its opening weekend in 1998. Obviously there’s some inflation to be considered, but overall, a $50-60 million opening would still be well above both of those. This really shouldn’t surprise anyone. The hype forHalloweenhas been steadily on the rise. The fact that bothJamie Lee CurtisandJohn Carpenterwere both returning in some capacity thrilled fans of the series, and effective trailers helped catch the attention of everyone else.Reviews out of TIFFand Fantastic Fest were both overwhelmingly positive as well. In short, everyone is pretty damn excited forHalloween, and that excitement is going to translate over into box office earnings.
Halloweenpicks up 40 years after John Carpenter’s immortal classic. Laurie Strode (Curtis) has been spending the last four decades preparing for the inevitable return of Michael Myers. Sure enough, Michael escapes yet again, and finds his way back to Haddonfield, where he targets not only Laurie, but also her daughter (Judy Greer) and granddaughter (Andi Matichak). I saw the film at TIFF, and loved it (although it can’t hold a candle to Carpenter’s original). From myreview:
As a huge fan of this franchise (even the bad movies!), I’m thrilled to see audiences are excited for moreHalloween. There’s also something fun about having Jamie Lee Curtis lead a box office smash again.
