Halloween

After being committed for 15 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution and immediately returns to Haddonfield to find his baby sister, Laurie.

Grosses

Domestic (72.4%)
$58,272,029
Summary Details
DistributorMGM
Opening$26,362,367
3,472 theaters
MPAAR
Running Time1 hr 49 min
GenresHorror
In Release126 days/18 weeks
Widest Release3,475 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Aug 31-Sep 21$26,362,367-3,472-$7,592$26,362,3671
Aug 31-Sep 3
Labor Day wknd
1$30,591,759-3,472-$8,810$30,591,7591
Sep 7-92$9,513,770-63.9%3,475+3$2,737$43,709,8542
Sep 14-166$4,867,522-48.8%3,051-424$1,595$51,120,5873
Sep 21-2312$2,189,266-55%2,338-713$936$54,612,0334
Sep 28-3018$990,099-54.8%1,245-1,093$795$56,201,1645
Oct 5-724$580,290-41.4%694-551$836$57,075,4236
Oct 5-8
Indig. Peoples' Day wknd
23$643,194-694-$926$57,138,327-
Oct 12-1433$288,583-50.3%371-323$777$57,570,4127
Oct 19-2145$110,492-61.7%195-176$566$57,776,4148
Oct 26-2831$176,829+60%271+76$652$57,991,3729
Nov 2-446$48,437-72.6%90-181$538$58,104,25810
Nov 9-1166$18,173-62.5%33-57$550$58,136,30111
Nov 16-1840$51,217+181.8%131+98$390$58,192,54512
Nov 21-25
Thanksgiving 5-Day
42$36,700-83-$442$58,240,637-
Nov 22-25
Thanksgiving 4-Day
42$31,185-83-$375$58,240,637-
Nov 23-25
Thanksgiving 3-Day
55$25,835-49.6%83-48$311$58,240,63713
Nov 30-Dec 2
Post-Thanksgiving
58$11,318-56.2%45-38$251$58,259,21714
Dec 7-986$4,011-64.6%19-26$211$58,267,26115