'Halloween Kills' opens about as well as it would have sans-Covid in 2020 as 'The Last Duel' gets clobbered by the Michael Myers sequel and the James Bond epic.
It: Chapter 2in normal times, without Covid and the film streaming concurrently on Peacock, was not going to happen. You were always going to lose “folks were curious the first time” viewers as well as moviegoers otherwise uninterested in slasher franchises but who showed up for “the event.” That’s especially true with negative reviews emphasizing the lack of Michael vs Laurie scenes.
A $20 million horror movie opening with $50-$55 million on opening weekend is an absolute win. In pandemic-era comparisons, it may end up above the $47.5 million Fri-Sun debut ofto nab the year’s biggest horror debut . It’s the biggest R-rated opening sinceon December 22. If the movie does open to $50 million, it’ll mean that the streaming option didn’t really impact the theatrical opening weekend box office, which I’d argue has mostly been the case for the Warner Bros. movies.
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