Halloween

After being committed for 15 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution and immediately returns to Haddonfield to find his baby sister, Laurie.

Grosses

Domestic (72.4%)
$58,272,029
Summary Details
DistributorMGM
Opening$26,362,367
3,472 theaters
MPAAR
Running Time1 hr 49 min
GenresHorror
In Release126 days/18 weeks
Widest Release3,475 theaters
DateDOW RankDaily %± YD %± LW TheatersAvgTo DateDay
Aug 31Friday1$10,896,610--3,472$3,138$10,896,6101
Sep 1Saturday1$8,554,661-21.5%-3,472$2,463$19,451,2712
Sep 2Sunday1$6,911,096-19.2%-3,472$1,990$26,362,3673
Sep 3
Labor Day
Monday1$4,229,392-38.8%-3,472$1,218$30,591,7594
Sep 4Tuesday1$1,468,732-65.3%-3,472$423$32,060,4915
Sep 5Wednesday1$1,131,597-23%-3,472$325$33,192,0886
Sep 6Thursday1$1,003,996-11.3%-3,472$289$34,196,0847
Sep 7Friday2$3,093,679+208.1%-71.6%3,475$890$37,289,7638
Sep 8Saturday2$4,147,075+34%-51.5%3,475$1,193$41,436,8389
Sep 9Sunday2$2,273,016-45.2%-67.1%3,475$654$43,709,85410
Sep 10Monday3$677,988-70.2%-84%3,475$195$44,387,84211
Sep 11Tuesday3$666,417-1.7%-54.6%3,475$191$45,054,25912
Sep 12Wednesday3$600,650-9.9%-46.9%3,475$172$45,654,90913
Sep 13Thursday3$598,156-0.4%-40.4%3,475$172$46,253,06514
Sep 14Friday6$1,539,614+157.4%-50.2%3,051$504$47,792,67915
Sep 15Saturday5$2,194,847+42.6%-47.1%3,051$719$49,987,52616
Sep 16Sunday6$1,133,061-48.4%-50.2%3,051$371$51,120,58717
Sep 17Monday5$350,157-69.1%-48.4%3,051$114$51,470,74418
Sep 18Tuesday5$334,966-4.3%-49.7%3,051$109$51,805,71019
Sep 19Wednesday5$303,487-9.4%-49.5%3,051$99$52,109,19720
Sep 20Thursday5$313,570+3.3%-47.6%3,051$102$52,422,76721
Sep 21Friday10$661,261+110.9%-57.1%2,338$282$53,084,02822
Sep 22Saturday12$1,018,713+54.1%-53.6%2,338$435$54,102,74123
Sep 23Sunday12$509,292-50%-55.1%2,338$217$54,612,03324
Sep 24Monday11$159,395-68.7%-54.5%2,338$68$54,771,42825
Sep 25Tuesday11$151,023-5.3%-54.9%2,338$64$54,922,45126
Sep 26Wednesday11$144,327-4.4%-52.4%2,338$61$55,066,77827
Sep 27Thursday11$144,287<0.1%-54%2,338$61$55,211,06528
Sep 28Friday17$289,907+100.9%-56.2%1,245$232$55,500,97229
Sep 29Saturday17$472,035+62.8%-53.7%1,245$379$55,973,00730
Sep 30Sunday18$228,157-51.7%-55.2%1,245$183$56,201,16431
Oct 1Monday16$75,360-67%-52.7%1,245$60$56,276,52432
Oct 2Tuesday16$73,368-2.6%-51.4%1,245$58$56,349,89233
Oct 3Wednesday16$70,151-4.4%-51.4%1,245$56$56,420,04334
Oct 4Thursday16$75,090+7%-48%1,245$60$56,495,13335
Oct 5Friday24$165,427+120.3%-42.9%694$238$56,660,56036
Oct 6Saturday23$254,361+53.8%-46.1%694$366$56,914,92137
Oct 7Sunday24$160,502-36.9%-29.7%694$231$57,075,42338
Oct 8
Indig. Peoples' Day
Monday24$62,904-60.8%-16.5%694$90$57,138,32739
Oct 9Tuesday23$48,474-22.9%-33.9%694$69$57,186,80140
Oct 10Wednesday23$45,937-5.2%-34.5%694$66$57,232,73841
Oct 11Thursday23$49,091+6.9%-34.6%694$70$57,281,82942
Oct 12Friday28$81,944+66.9%-50.5%371$220$57,363,77343
Oct 13Saturday28$135,151+64.9%-46.9%371$364$57,498,92444
Oct 14Sunday29$71,488-47.1%-55.5%371$192$57,570,41245
Oct 15Monday26$26,147-63.4%-58.4%371$70$57,596,55946
Oct 16Tuesday27$23,183-11.3%-52.2%371$62$57,619,74247
Oct 17Wednesday27$22,789-1.7%-50.4%371$61$57,642,53148
Oct 18Thursday28$23,391+2.6%-52.4%371$63$57,665,92249
Oct 19Friday38$34,783+48.7%-57.6%195$178$57,700,70550
Oct 20Saturday38$52,324+50.4%-61.3%195$268$57,753,02951
Oct 21Sunday39$23,385-55.3%-67.3%195$119$57,776,41452
Oct 22Monday34$10,497-55.1%-59.9%195$53$57,786,91153
Oct 23Tuesday33$10,078-4%-56.5%195$51$57,796,98954
Oct 24Wednesday35$8,279-17.9%-63.7%195$42$57,805,26855
Oct 25Thursday33$9,275+12%-60.3%195$47$57,814,54356
Oct 26Friday28$65,804+609.5%+89.2%271$242$57,880,34757
Oct 27Saturday29$72,405+10%+38.4%271$267$57,952,75258
Oct 28Sunday31$38,620-46.7%+65.1%271$142$57,991,37259
Oct 29Monday30$14,461-62.6%+37.8%271$53$58,005,83360
Oct 30Tuesday28$15,490+7.1%+53.7%271$57$58,021,32361
Oct 31
Halloween
Wednesday25$22,318+44.1%+169.6%271$82$58,043,64162
Nov 1Thursday30$12,180-45.4%+31.3%271$44$58,055,82163
Nov 2Friday35$18,050+48.2%-72.6%90$200$58,073,87164
Nov 3Saturday39$22,042+22.1%-69.6%90$244$58,095,91365
Nov 4Sunday41$8,345-62.1%-78.4%90$92$58,104,25866
Nov 5Monday36$3,889-53.4%-73.1%90$43$58,108,14767
Nov 6Tuesday41$3,495-10.1%-77.4%90$38$58,111,64268
Nov 7Wednesday40$3,019-13.6%-86.5%90$33$58,114,66169
Nov 8Thursday39$3,467+14.8%-71.5%90$38$58,118,12870
Nov 9Friday49$6,513+87.9%-63.9%33$197$58,124,64171
Nov 10Saturday50$7,895+21.2%-64.2%33$239$58,132,53672
Nov 11Sunday51$3,765-52.3%-54.9%33$114$58,136,30173
Nov 12Monday50$1,332-64.6%-65.7%33$40$58,137,63374
Nov 13Tuesday50$1,383+3.8%-60.4%33$41$58,139,01675
Nov 14Wednesday50$1,099-20.5%-63.6%33$33$58,140,11576
Nov 15Thursday50$1,213+10.4%-65%33$36$58,141,32877
Nov 16Friday37$13,282+995%+103.9%131$101$58,154,61078
Nov 17Saturday35$22,716+71%+187.7%131$173$58,177,32679
Nov 18Sunday36$15,219-33%+304.2%131$116$58,192,54580
Nov 19Monday36$5,221-65.7%+292%131$39$58,197,76681
Nov 20Tuesday36$6,171+18.2%+346.2%131$47$58,203,93782
Nov 21Wednesday41$5,515-10.6%+401.8%83$66$58,209,45283
Nov 22
Thanksgiving
Thursday41$5,350-3%+341.1%83$64$58,214,80284
Nov 23Friday42$9,504+77.6%-28.4%83$114$58,224,30685
Nov 24Saturday42$10,313+8.5%-54.6%83$124$58,234,61986
Nov 25Sunday41$6,018-41.6%-60.5%83$72$58,240,63787
Nov 26Monday38$2,089-65.3%-60%83$25$58,242,72688
Nov 27Tuesday40$1,778-14.9%-71.2%83$21$58,244,50489
Nov 28Wednesday42$1,563-12.1%-71.7%83$18$58,246,06790
Nov 29Thursday41$1,832+17.2%-65.8%83$22$58,247,89991
Nov 30Friday41$2,973+62.3%-68.7%45$66$58,250,87292
Dec 1Saturday41$4,923+65.6%-52.3%45$109$58,255,79593
Dec 2Sunday41$3,422-30.5%-43.1%45$76$58,259,21794
Dec 3Monday39$1,115-67.4%-46.6%45$24$58,260,33295
Dec 4Tuesday39$985-11.7%-44.6%45$21$58,261,31796
Dec 5Wednesday40$952-3.4%-39.1%45$21$58,262,26997
Dec 6Thursday40$981+3%-46.5%45$21$58,263,25098
Dec 7Friday45$928-5.4%-68.8%19$48$58,264,17899
Dec 8Saturday45$1,840+98.3%-62.6%19$96$58,266,018100
Dec 9Sunday45$1,243-32.4%-63.7%19$65$58,267,261101
Dec 10Monday45$409-67.1%-63.3%19$21$58,267,670102
Dec 11Tuesday45$444+8.6%-54.9%19$23$58,268,114103
Dec 12Wednesday45$557+25.5%-41.5%19$29$58,268,671104
Dec 13Thursday46$480-13.8%-51.1%19$25$58,269,151105