“Halloween Ends,” the divisive final film in the recent revival trilogy, came in under expectations in its opening weekend at the box-office.
The film collected $41.25 million from 3,901 North American theaters in its opening weekend, down from projections of $50-55 million and the first film to open above $40 million since “Nope” debuted to $44 million in July.
It’s thought the film’s day-and-date release on Peacock ate into its box-office returns. The film reportedy became Peacock’s most-watched series or film of all time over a two-day period, but Universal didn’t offer any more data.
Internationally the film made a further $17.17 million – leading to a global debut of $58.42 million – pretty good for a film with a budget of $33 million. Not so good was the terrible ‘C+’ CinemaScore, the worst grade of the trilogy.
The R-rated thriller “Smile” continued a strong run at the box-office with $12.4 million (a 33% drop) in its third weekend of release. It has grossed $137 million worldwide to date – very good for a film with a $17 million budget.
“Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” was third with $7.4 million, a drop of only 34% from last weekend. “The Woman King” was fourth with $3.7 million, and the star-studded “Amsterdam” was fifth with $2.9 million – a steep 56% drop from its terrible $6.5 million start.
