Top 10 Halloween Box-Office Includes HALLOWEEN, HOCUS POCUS & NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Mike Sprague
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Due to COVID-19 and Halloween being all but canceled this past weekend, the box-office top 10 sported some interesting classic movies such as Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas, Hocus Pocus, and John Carpenter’s Halloween.
That said, writer-director Jacob Chase’s Come Play with Gillian Jacobs opened better than expected, snagging the No. 1 spot with $3.15M opening weekend.
Here’s the Top 10 weekend box office estimates:
- Come Play: $3.1M
- Honest Thief: $1.3M
- War With Grandpa: $1.0M
- Tenet: $885K
- The Empty Man: $561K
- Hocus Pocus: $456K
- Nightmare Before Christmas: $386K
- Halloween (1978): $315K
- Monsters, Inc: $232K
- Spell: $210K
Chase says: “Having my first studio movie be released to this wide of an audience is a really special experience. Moviegoers all across the country have had a chance to see this film that I, along with the entire cast and crew, but so much heart and empathy into. While it isn’t exactly how we pictured the movie coming out when we made it, I’ve been remarkably impressed with Focus getting it into so many theaters safely during COVID. Wear masks and keep your fellow humans safe!“
Focus Features’ Lisa Bunnell added: “Come Play became an alternative on Halloween. We’re thrilled that audiences came out to celebrate Halloween making Come Play the #1 movie this weekend. We had a great partnership with our friends at Amblin to bring Jacob Chase’s new vision of horror to the screen.”
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