Halloween Kills

On October 25, 1978, a low-budget horror film called Halloween quietly premiered at a theater in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Directed by a young filmmaker named John Carpenter and featuring a cast of unknowns (save British character actor Donald Pleasance,...

Marvel films have already contributed significantly to the pandemic era's box office recovery during the second half of 2021, and Eternals is hoping to join the chorus of big comic book movie openings in recent months.

Despite the opening of no fewer than three titles in wide release this weekend (Last Night in Soho, Antlers and My Hero Academia) and the expansion of The French Dispatch into 788 theaters, Warner Bros.’ Dune easily retained the top...

Warner Bros. earned their biggest opening weekend since pre-pandemic with Dune, the ambitious sci-fi epic debuting with an estimated $40.1M. Despite releasing simultaneously day-and-date on HBO Max, the title from director Denis Villeneuve exceeded the theatrical openings for his two most...

Fans have been clamoring for a modern remake of Frank Herbert's Dune, the influential 1965 science fiction novel, for thirty-seven years since David Lynch last attempted to bring the film to the big screen. This weekend, domestic audiences will be...

Halloween Kills slayed at the North American box office this weekend, outperforming expectations in its debut with an estimated $50.35M from 3,705 locations — offering yet more evidence of the theatrical business’ comeback from the prolonged pandemic slump. On the...

Another important October frame is on deck as the highly anticipated Halloween Kills will provide fans with the first R-rated event horror since 2019, while Ridley Scott's The Last Duel will make a play for drama-seeking adult audiences.

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins analyze the opening weekend figures of Daniel Craig’s final outing as James Bond, No Time to Die. Did the latest Bond film...

Our preview of October's packed slate continues this week with a preliminary forecast and analysis on Denis Villeneuve's long anticipated adaptation of Dune, slated for a hybrid release on October 22.

September had one huge movie: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, which singlehandedly earned more than half the month’s box office. October seems poised to be much more diversified, with a mixture of several potential hits and awards...

The next chapter in the Michael Myers saga arrives on October 15 with Halloween Kills, a direct sequel to 2018's highly successful revival of the franchise.