Overview
- Comscore reports Halloween weekend generated about $49.8 million, the lowest weekend of 2025 and the weakest Halloween frame in more than three decades.
- October domestic grosses totaled roughly $425 million, the lowest October since 1997 when excluding the pandemic-affected 2020.
- Analysts cite the absence of new wide releases, Halloween landing on a Friday, and the World Series as key drivers of the slump.
- Regretting You led the weekend at an estimated $8.1 million, edging Black Phone 2 at $8 million, while Chainsaw Man: The Movie – Reze Arc stood out as a late-October bright spot.
- Exhibitors face mounting pressure as underperformers like Tron: Ares draw projected nine-figure losses, and the industry looks to November titles such as Predator: Badlands, Wicked: For Good, and Zootopia 2 to test a rebound.