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SlashersNo. 9172 · The 2026 edition

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Ten years after his first rampage, the Shape returns to Haddonfield to finish what he started. This time, his target is his own niece.

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The fourth installment in the Halloween franchise picks up a decade after the original events. Michael Myers awakens from a coma and escapes custody, heading back to Haddonfield to hunt down his young niece, Jamie Lloyd. As Halloween night unfolds, Dr. Loomis races to stop him again while a new generation faces the terror.

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Box Office Mojo's weekly box office results page for the 1988 horror film Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. It lists the film's key release details and three weeks of weekly chart performance, including grosses, theater counts, per-theater averages, and cumulative totals.

The list

  1. 01

    Oct 21–27 1988

    Opening week; $8,425,659 gross, 1,679 theaters, $5,018 average

  2. 01

    Oct 28–Nov 3 1988

    Second week; -30.3% to $5,875,739, theaters up 13

  3. 05

    Nov 4–10 1988

    Third week; -53.1% to $2,758,226, fell to rank 5

From the original

The page tracks the three-week 1988 box office run of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. It opened October 21 in 1,679 theaters with a weekly gross of $8,425,659, ranking first. The second week held the top spot at $5,875,739, a 30.3% drop, while adding 13 theaters. By the third week it fell to rank 5 with $2,758,226, down 53.1% and 109 theaters, bringing its domestic total to $17,768,757.

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