‘Halloween’ kills at the box office with a new horror record, as ‘Last Duel’ gets slayed
LOS ANGELES — Universal Pictures’ “Halloween Kills” slayed expectations at the North American box office this weekend, scaring up $50.4 million, according to estimates from measurement firm Comscore. The dozenth installment in the blockbuster “Halloween” franchise, which was projected to gross $35 million to $40 million, smashed the opening-weekend box office record for a horror film released ...
by Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times
Oct 17, 2021
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES — Universal Pictures’ “Halloween Kills” slayed expectations at the North American box office this weekend, scaring up $50.4 million, according to estimates from measurement firm Comscore.
The dozenth installment in the blockbuster “Halloween” franchise, which was projected to gross $35 million to $40 million, smashed the opening-weekend box office record for a horror film released during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now in second place is Paramount’s “A Quiet Place Part II,” which managed to generate a whopping $47.5 million back in May as one of the first highly touted theatrical-exclusive releases
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