Tag: Halloween Kills
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Sci-Fi Epic ‘Dune’ Arrives, Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch’ To Heat Up Specialty Box Office
The month of October has shown strong box office returns for franchises, with Venom: Let There Be Carnage, No Time To Die, and Halloween Kills all opening above $50 million and boasting numbers that would have been respectable even in a pre-pandemic marketplace. The domestic launch of Dune this weekend will test whether the same…
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‘Halloween Kills’ Slashes Its Way To The Top Spot With $50.4 Million Bow; Damon And Affleck’s ‘The Last Duel’ Is A Dud
With just two weeks to go before trick-or-treaters head out on their annual holiday rounds, the latest chapter in the Michael Myers horror cycle, Halloween Kills, slayed the competition with a bloody good $50.4 million debut. The bogeyman’s box-office bow was especially impressive considering that the film was also available via VOD on the Peacock…
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‘Halloween’ Killed but ‘The Last Duel’ Is Dead as ‘No Time to Die’ Lives On
It’s a strange time for theaters. With a $50 million opening weekend for “Halloween Kills,” that means the Universal title won’t have Premium Video on Demand play for 31 days… but how meaningful is that when the Blumhouse sequel is already available free to Peacock subscribers?Even with home access, it still grossed only $5 million…
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Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel Bombs At The Box Office As Halloween Kills Dominates The Weekend
It’s been a mixed weekend at the box office. The steady shores of the horror genre delivered another hit with David Gordon Green’s sequel “Halloween Kills,” but Ridley Scott’s historical drama “The Last Duel” has been thoroughly glove-slapped by a dismal $4.8 million domestic debut. Those numbers are particularly painful when taking into consideration the…
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The Night House Writers Pitched A Halloween Reboot That Kept Things Simple
Who out there has seen “Halloween Kills” already? It hits theaters and the Peacock streaming service this weekend and the response from critics has been mixed, though our own Marshall Staffer’s non-spoiler review from the Venice International Film Festival last month leaned positive.If you don’t have Peacock and haven’t ventured out to the theater for “Halloween…
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Halloween Kills Producer Jason Blum On Why Sequels Are Difficult [Interview]
In 2018, Blumhouse surpassed expectations with “Halloween,” David Gordon Green’s sequel to John Carpenter’s 1978 slasher classic. Surpassing expectations wasn’t anything new to Blumhouse, but the production company delivered a hit reboot that most audiences weren’t expecting. Not just a hit, but more importantly, a well-liked return to the world of Laurie Strode and Michael…
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David Gordon Green Got Input From John Carpenter For All Of His Halloween Movies [Exclusive]
The 1978 horror classic “Halloween” was a singular vision from the minds of writer/director John Carpenter and writer/producer Debra Hill. Carpenter famously agreed to make the flick for only $10,000, which included his work writing, directing, and writing all of the music for the film. So when David Gordon Green co-wrote and directed the 2018 “Halloween”…
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Halloween Kills Ending Explained: Haddonfield Has Had It With The Boogeyman
Michael Myers has once again returned to terrorize the citizens of Haddonfield, Illinois in “
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Halloween Kills Has Almost No Deleted Scenes Because David Gordon Green Hates Wasting Money [Exclusive]
“Halloween Kills” is finally making it way to theaters after a Covid-induced delay, and director David Gordon Green along with producer Jason Blum are ready for folks to see it.In an interview with /Film’s Jack Giroux, Blum shared that the film didn’t change too much from when it was originally supposed to premiere in October…
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‘Halloween Kills’: Here’s How You Can Watch the Grisly Slasher Film at Home
All products and services featured by IndieWire are independently selected by IndieWire editors. However, IndieWire may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.Your favorite coverall-wearing, masked murderer sets out on another gruesome stabbing spree in “