Slasher film “Halloween Kills” tops North American box office in opening weekend

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17– Universal and Blumhouse’s slasher film ” Halloween Kills” led ticket sales at the North American box office with an estimated 50.35 million U.S. dollars in its opening weekend, according to studio figures collected by measurement firm Comscore. Directed by David Gordon Green, the film is a sequel to ” Halloween,” which earned over 250 million…

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) — Universal and Blumhouse’s slasher film “Halloween Kills” led ticket sales at the North American box office with an estimated 50.35 million U.S. dollars in its opening weekend, according to studio figures collected by measurement firm Comscore.

The larger-than-anticipated bow notched the biggest debut for a horror film since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Directed by David Gordon Green, the film is a sequel to “Halloween,” which earned over 250 million dollars worldwide in 2018. Jamie Lee Curtis, 62, reprises her role as Laurie Strode, a survivor of Michael Myers’ killing spree, in the 12th installment in the four-decade Halloween franchise. The beloved protagonist joins a group of other survivors of Michael’s first rampage who decide to take matters into their own hands, forming a vigilante mob that sets out to hunt the masked monster down, once and for all.

“Halloween Kills” is being released simultaneously in theaters and on Universal’s streaming platform Peacock. The film holds an approval rating of 39 percent based on 148 reviews from critics to date on review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes. Movie audiences gave it a “B-” on CinemaScore. Enditem