Horror ClassicsNo. 9500 · The 2026 edition
Halloween: H20
Twenty years later, Laurie Strode faces her brother Michael Myers one last time in this intense, self-aware sequel.
Our own summary of the original — the full post and photos live at web.archive.org.
Twenty years after surviving her brother Michael Myers' original killing spree, Laurie Strode now lives under an assumed identity as a headmistress of a private school, struggling with trauma and alcoholism. When Michael tracks her down to her new life in California, Laurie must confront her past and protect her teenage son from the relentless masked killer. The film acknowledges and retcons the previous sequels, offering a direct follow-up to the first two movies.
About this
This Box Office Mojo page compiles the weekly domestic box office results for Halloween: H20 (1998). It gives the film's key specs—distributor, release date, genre, runtime, rating, production budget, and domestic total gross—then tracks its 1998 run in a weekly table. The table reports date range, rank, weekly gross, percent change, theaters, per-theater average, gross-to-date, and week number for each of the five listed weeks.
The list
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02
Aug 7–13 1998
Weekly gross $23,061,386; +169%; 2,607 theaters; avg. $8,846; gross-to-date $31,626,791; week #1.
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06
Aug 14–20 1998
Weekly gross $11,905,144; -48.4%; 2,669 theaters (+62); avg. $4,461; gross-to-date $43,531,935; week #2.
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12
Aug 21–27 1998
Weekly gross $4,875,476; -59.0%; 2,360 theaters (-309); avg. $2,066; gross-to-date $48,407,411; week #3.
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15
Aug 28–Sep 3 1998
Weekly gross $2,308,792; -52.6%; 1,909 theaters (-451); avg. $1,209; gross-to-date $50,716,203; week #4.
Facts from the original
- Halloween: H20 had a domestic total gross of $55,041,738.
- The distributor was Dimension Films.
- The release date was August 7, 1998.
- The genre is Horror.
- The runtime is 1 hrs. 26 min.
- The MPAA rating is R.
- The production budget was $17 million.
- The page was updated 1/30/2012 1:56 P.M. Pacific Time.
- During Jul 31–Aug 6, 1998, the film ranked 9th with a weekly gross of $8,565,405 and gross-to-date of $8,565,405; week #0.
- During Aug 7–13, 1998, the film ranked 2nd with a weekly gross of $23,061,386, a +169% change, 2,607 theaters, an average of $8,846, and gross-to-date of $31,626,791; week #1.
- During Aug 14–20, 1998, the film ranked 6th with a weekly gross of $11,905,144, a -48.4% change, 2,669 theaters (+62), an average of $4,461, and gross-to-date of $43,531,935; week #2.
- During Aug 21–27, 1998, the film ranked 12th with a weekly gross of $4,875,476, a -59.0% change, 2,360 theaters (-309), an average of $2,066, and gross-to-date of $48,407,411; week #3.
- During Aug 28–Sep 3, 1998, the film ranked 15th with a weekly gross of $2,308,792, a -52.6% change, 1,909 theaters (-451), an average of $1,209, and gross-to-date of $50,716,203; week #4.
