Halloween Kills The Box Office: Michael Myers Latest Scores Huge, Ridley Scott's The Last Duel Fails

 

The latest in the long running Halloween franchise has had an amazing first weekend at the box office. The sequel to David Gordon Green's 2018 Halloween has rung up $50.4 million at the box office, giving theaters some hope for a massive fall resurgence in ticket sales. It is also the highest ever day and date streaming and theatrical release. It bested Godzilla vs Kong's $31 million by a wide margin which shows people are definitely heading back out to the cinemas and that Michael Myers still has major interest in the pop culture landscape. As a side note, No Time To Die only made $56 million in its opening weekend. Comparatively, this is an amazing number for a film that was simultaneously available on streaming. 

Unfortunately, the only other wide release first weekend opener was Ridley Scott's latest period piece, The Last Duel. The movie featuring Jodie Comer, Matt Damon, Adam Driver and Ben Affleck turned out to be a massive flop for the studio. Despite positive reviews, the viewership did not turn out for the release. It only brought in $4.8 million. Against its inflated $100 million budget, this is an absolute disaster for the studio as there is no way it can recoup their investment in the feature film. 

No Time to Die went on to score another $24.3 million in its second full weekend of release which proves the film will most likely have some legs and will continue to drum up money at the movies. It came in the number two spot with Venom: Let There Be Carnage taking number three and The Addams Family 2 holding at the number four slot. 

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