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'Halloween' opened with $77.5 million, the second highest ever for a horror movie

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Just over a year ago, the adaptation of Stephen King's It shook horror fandom with a $123.4 million opening weekend — the highest ever for a horror movie. Now Halloween is here to join the party.

The 40-years-later sequel that opened on Friday picked up an estimated $77.5 million in the U.S. during its opening weekend. That's not quite It levels of success, but it's more than enough to make Halloween's first three days the second highest for an R-rated horror movie.

In an amusing twist, Halloween's ascendance to that #2 spot effectively unseats the previous box office runner-up, The Nun, which opened in September just a day before the one-year anniversary of It's release. Horror, in case you haven't noticed, is very "in" right now. Read more...