Halloween Film Series Box Office

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Halloween film series box office. The figures have not been adjusted for inflation. The franchise began when the first novel appeared less than a year after the. The first halloween film is credited with beginning a long line of slasher films inspired by alfred hitchcock s psycho. Speaking of the overall box office it rose 21 from last weekend hitting 165 million.

As an attempt to reinvigorate the halloween franchise the film mostly works. Halloween is a 2018 american slasher film directed by david gordon green and written by green jeff fradley and danny mcbride. The film series is ranked fourth at the united states box office in adjusted 2008 dollars when compared to other american horror franchises. See full company information.

Both the hate u give and the old man and the gun expanded into the top ten which also helped the overall box office a little but. I have a few problems with it mostly involving the 40 year gap and ignoring the previous films. The curse of michael myers was released on september 29 1995 in the united states and brought in a 7 308 529 opening weekend gross coming in second to serial killer thriller seven being the first film in the series to be on par with halloween ii s opening weekend gross both halloween 4 and 5 had earned under 7. The halloween series when compared to the other top grossing american horror series a nightmare on elm street child s play friday the 13th the hannibal lecter series psycho saw scream and the texas chainsaw massacre and adjusting for 2018 inflation is the highest grossing horror series in the united states at approximately 761 3 million.

It is the eleventh installment in the halloween film series and a direct sequel to the 1978 film of the same name while effecting a retcon of all previous sequels. The following page lists the highest grossing horror films of all time the highest grossing horror film franchises at the box office and the biggest opening weekends for horror films. Normally a year over year change this dramatic only happens when there is a misalignment in holidays but this has been happening a lot this year. Halloween was also the 8th highest grossing r rated film of 2007 and finished out the year in 44th place for domestic box office gross.

All halloween films in order.