(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)In no small part thanks to the success of 2018’s “Halloween,” which raked in a ridiculously great $255 million worldwide against a mere $10 million production budget, so-called legacy sequels have become all the rage in the horror genre.
Basically, you make a sequel that can serve as both a fresh entry point for new viewers while bringing back some familiar elements to anchor it to the nostalgia train as well.
You could certainly look to movies like “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” as part of this trend as well, but horror truly has been making the most of it in recent years.
But, a full 25 years ago, “Halloween” attempted to be well ahead of the curve in this department.The…
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