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“Trick or treat” took on a whole new meaning at the weekend box office, where Blumhouse and Universal’s Halloween opened to a terrifying $77.5 million from 3,920 theaters, the second-best showing of all time for an R-rated horror pic. It also scored the second-best debut ever for the month of October, coming in not far behind the record set by Venom earlier this month ($80 million).
The top 12 movies of the weekend, as of Sunday, October 21, are as follows:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halloween | Universal | $77,500,000 | 3,928 | $19,730 | $77,500,000 |
| 2 | Star Is Born, A | Warner Bros. | $19,300,000 | 3,884 | $4,969 | $126,376,246 |
| 3 | Venom | Sony | $18,105,000 | 3,887 | $4,658 | $171,125,095 |
| 4 | Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween | Sony | $9,715,000 | 3,521 | $2,759 | $28,804,812 |
| 5 | First Man | Universal | $8,565,000 | 3,640 | $2,353 | $30,000,050 |
| 6 | Hate U Give, The | 20th Century Fox | $7,500,000 | 2,303 | $3,257 | $10,641,873 |
| 7 | Smallfoot | Warner Bros. | $6,615,000 | 3,032 | $2,182 | $66,366,035 |
| 8 | Night School | Universal | $5,000,000 | 2,296 | $2,178 | $66,906,825 |
| 9 | Bad Times At The El Royale | 20th Century Fox | $3,300,000 | 2,808 | $1,175 | $13,341,801 |
| 10 | Old Man & The Gun, The | Fox Searchlight | $2,050,000 | 802 | $2,556 | $4,200,856 |
| 11 | House With A Clock In Its Walls, The | Universal | $1,740,000 | 1,588 | $1,096 | $64,927,590 |
| 12 | MET Opera: Samson Et Dalila (2018) | Fathom Events | $1,250,000 | 900 | $1,389 | $1,250,000 |
