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Halloween Franchise Box Office
Discover the top Halloween-themed movies that have dominated the box office this season!
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Explore the most popular Halloween films that have captivated audiences and achieved significant box office success.
About this
A Box Office Mojo franchise chart page for the Halloween film series, updated April 30, 2019. It ranks every installment by domestic gross (with studio, theater counts, opening weekend and release date), plus companion tables adjusted for ticket-price inflation and for worldwide grosses. A short upcoming-releases table also lists Halloween 3D as unscheduled.
The list
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Halloween (2018) 2018
Uni.; $159,342,015 domestic; opening $76,221,545; released 10/19/18
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Halloween (2007) 2007
MGM/W; $58,272,029 domestic; opening $26,362,367; released 8/31/07
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Halloween: H20 1998
Dim.; $55,041,738 domestic; opening $16,187,724; released 8/7/98
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Halloween II (2009) 2009
W/Dim.; $33,392,973 domestic; opening $16,349,565; released 8/28/09
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Halloween: Resurrection 2002
Dim.; $30,354,442 domestic; opening $12,292,121; released 7/12/02
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Halloween II 1981
Uni.; $25,533,818 domestic; opening $7,446,508; released 10/30/81
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers 1988
Gal.; $17,768,757 domestic; opening $6,831,250; released 10/21/88
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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers 1995
Dim.; $15,116,634 domestic; opening $7,308,529; released 9/29/95
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch 1982
Uni.; $14,400,000 domestic; opening $6,333,259; released 10/22/82
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Facts from the original
- The Halloween franchise totals $467,864,660 in domestic grosses across the 11 listed films.
- The franchise's average domestic gross per film is $42,533,151.
- Adjusted for ticket price inflation, the franchise totals $832,948,700 with an average of $75,722,600.
- Adjusted for inflation, the 1978 original Halloween ranks first with $180,970,100, ahead of Halloween (2018) at $158,989,100.
- Adjusted inflation figures place Halloween: H20 third at $105,741,200 and Halloween II (1981) fourth at $82,755,300.
- In the worldwide unadjusted table, Halloween (2018) leads with $254.3 million — $159.3 million domestic (62.7%) and $94.9 million overseas (37.3%).
- Worldwide unadjusted, Halloween (2007) ranks second with $80.3 million ($58.3 million domestic, $22.0 million overseas).
- The worldwide table totals $458.6 million: $328.4 million domestic (71.6%) and $130.3 million overseas (28.4%), for an average of $91.7 million per film.
- Only five films appear in the worldwide table: Halloween (2018), Halloween (2007), Halloween (1978), Halloween II (2009) and Halloween: Resurrection.
- The 1978 Halloween is listed as entirely domestic ($47.0 million, 100%) with no overseas gross reported.
- Halloween (2018) is the franchise's top film in both the unadjusted domestic chart and the worldwide chart.
- The chart page was updated 4/30/2019 at 7:12 P.M. Pacific Time.
- Halloween 3D is listed in the upcoming releases table with studio W/Dim. and a release date of TBD.