New ReleasesNo. 7895 · The 2026 edition
Halloween Movies Opening Weekends
Discover which spooky flicks scared up the biggest box office hauls during their opening weekends.
Our own summary of the original — the full post and photos live at web.archive.org.
A look at the top-grossing Halloween movie opening weekends, analyzing how horror hits and family-friendly frights performed at the box office in their first few days.
About this
A Box Office Mojo franchise chart listing the opening weekends of every Halloween film, ranked by unadjusted opening gross with studio, theater count, per-theater average, total gross and release date. A second table re-ranks the same nine films after adjusting for ticket price inflation, and the page also notes franchise averages and an upcoming release.
The list
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01
Halloween (2007) 2007
MGM/W; $26,362,367 opening; 3,472 theaters; total $58,272,029; 8/31/07.
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02
Halloween II (2009) 2009
W/Dim.; $16,349,565 opening; 3,025 theaters; total $33,392,973; 8/28/09.
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03
Halloween: H20 1998
Dim.; $16,187,724 opening; 2,607 theaters; total $55,041,738; 8/7/98.
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04
Halloween: Resurrection 2002
Dim.; $12,292,121 opening; 1,954 theaters; total $30,354,442; 7/12/02.
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05
Halloween II 1981
Uni.; $7,446,508 opening; 1,211 theaters; total $25,533,818; 10/30/81.
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06
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers 1995
Dim.; $7,308,529 opening; 1,679 theaters; total $15,116,634; 9/29/95.
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07
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 1988
Gal.; $6,831,250 opening; 1,679 theaters; total $17,768,757; 10/21/88.
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08
Halloween III: Season of the Witch 1982
Uni.; $6,333,259 opening; 1,297 theaters; total $14,400,000; 10/22/82.
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09
Halloween 5 1989
Gal.; $5,093,428 opening; 1,483 theaters; total $11,642,254; 10/13/89.
Facts from the original
- Franchise average for wide releases only (9 movies): $11,578,306 opening, 2,045 theaters, $5,661 average, $29,058,072 total gross.
- Inflation-adjusted opening rankings: Halloween (2007) $30,730,500; Halloween: H20 $27,681,400; Halloween II $21,482,400; Halloween II (2009) $17,576,900; Halloween III: Season of the Witch $17,276,400; Halloween: Resurrection $16,967,800; Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers $13,474,600; Halloween 4 $13,330,100; Halloween 5 $10,289,500.
- Inflation-adjusted averages: opening $18,756,600; per-theater $9,200.
- Upcoming release: Halloween 3D (W/Dim.), release date TBD.
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