‘Regretting You’ leads slow Halloween weekend box office

LOS ANGELES – “Regretting You” grossed $8.1 million this weekend to lead all films in North America, according to industry estimates released Sunday.

The romantic drama, which stars Allison Williams, Mckenna Grace and Dave Franco and is based on Colleen Hoover’s best-selling 2019 novel, opened in third place last weekend with $12.8 million.

Blumhouse’s horror film “Black Phone 2” was second with $8 million in its third weekend in theaters, Comscore reported.

The anime film “Chainsaw Man” grossed $6 million Friday through Sunday in its second week of release.

Director Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia” opened with $4.8 million for fourth place, followed by a 40th anniversary re-release of “Back to the Future,” which took in $4.7 million.

Rounding out the top 10 domestic releases were “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” ($3.8 million), “Tron: Ares” ($2.8 million), “Stitch Head” ($2.1 million), “Good Fortune” ($1.4 million) and “One Battle After Another” ($1.1 million).

Separately, Netflix’s global phenomenon “KPop Demon Hunters” reportedly grossed about $5.3 million this weekend in its second big-screen go-around after the streaming giant released it for a limited time in August.

Netflix doesn’t officially report theatrical box office numbers.

Halloween weekend is traditionally slow at the box office, and this year’s business was likely further affected by a thrilling seven-game World Series that concluded Saturday night.

The movie exhibition business is closing out one of its slowest Octobers in over 25 years with a sluggish Halloween weekend. Studios avoided opening any major new films with the holiday falling on a Friday.

Instead, there were several re-releases including “Back to the Future,” which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and the Netflix phenomenon “KPop Demon Hunters.”

“Regretting You” is the latest Colleen Hoover adaptation to open in theaters since “It Ends With Us” became a runaway hit in theaters. With a running domestic total of $27.5 million, this newest film is not going to match its predecessor, which made $50 million its first weekend.

“This was a truly scary weekend,” said Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore’s head of marketplace trends. “It was this imperfect storm of Halloween on a Friday and the World Series on Friday and Saturday. But the studios and theaters knew this was on the horizon and they planned for it.” (With CNS and AP reports)

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