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Box-Office Weekend: “Halloween Ends” Smile

Mike Tyrkus
Box Office Weekend

Halloween Ends led the box-office weekend as it bested Smile by $28.9 million, sending the previous number one film to a very distant second-place finish.

The return of Michael Myers garnered an impressive $41.3 million in its opening weekend, allowing it finish in first place over the weekend. Last weekend’s top film, Smile was relegated to second place in its third week of release as it added $12.4 million to bring its overall total to $71.2 million. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile also dropped a spot in its second weekend to finish in third place with $7.4 million. The film now claims a total of $22.8 million over its first two weeks in release. Holding firm in fourth place was The Woman King which added $3.7 million over the weekend to lift its five-week total to $59.7 million. Meanwhile, Amsterdam fell from third to finish in fifth place with $2.9 million. This gives the film a two-week total of $12.0 million.

Last weekend’s fifth-place film, Don’t Worry Darling, fell to sixth this weekend with $2.2 million, bringing the film’s four-week total to $42.4 million. This allowed Barbarian to hold onto seventh place with $1.4 million. The film now boasts a six-week total of $39.0 million. Similarly, Bros held its ground in the eighth spot with $920,000. This gives the film a three-week total of $10.8 million. Clinging onto the ninth spot was the horror film Terrifier 2 which added $850,000 over the weekend to bring its two-week tally to $2.3 million. Finally, Top Gun: Maverick held the final spot on the top ten with $685,000 over the weekend, bringing its overall total to $715.8 million, firmly ensconced as the fifth highest domestic gross of all time.

Only one film bowed out of the top ten this weekend as the re-release of Avatar ended with the film bringing in an additional $24.7 million during its three weeks back in theaters.

Weekend Box Office (October 14th – October 16th)

  1. Halloween Ends…$41.3 Million
  2. Smile…$12.4 Million
  3. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile…$7.4 Million
  4. The Woman King…$3.7 Million
  5. Amsterdam…$2.9 Million
  6. Don’t Worry Darling…$2.2 Million
  7. Barbarian…$1.4 Million
  8. Bros…$920,000
  9. Terrifier 2…$850,000
  10. Top Gun: Maverick…$685,000

Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.

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