Ghostbusters: Afterlife grossed $16.5 million on Friday, a figure that includes the $4.5 million the film made in Thursday night previews, per “Deadline.”
This gross is exactly what the film needed and guarantees that the film will exceed its initial tracking of $30-35 million. We’re looking at a potential $40 million+ opening weekend and how it goes depends on how hard families come out for the movie the rest of the weekend.
This amazing movie is both an homage to the past along with a wonderful and refreshingly new take on the film.. it deserves credit as one of the better films of all of 2021, from start to finish people were on the edge of their seats. Incredibly, during certain scenes of AFTERLIFE, people applauded at the beautiful way film makers honored Egon and others.
GHOSTBUSTERS AFTERLIFE is a fun ride and a well-worth-it-theater moment .. it needs to be seen on the big screen in at atmosphere that is shared among other human beings who feel the nostalgia of the original coupled with the freshness of the new film…
Halloween Killsreleased on Friday both in theaters and on Peacock, and absolutely dominated at the box office with a $55 million take. Most of it came from North America and its love for Jamie Lee Curtis and John Carpenter, and the $50 million debut came above original expectations.
People seemed to ditch the at home experience in place for theaters..
James Bond pic ‘No Time to Die’ while Ridley Scott’s historical epic ‘The Last Duel’ is bombing in its debut..
Enter Michael Myers..
At this point, even with the Peacock release along with theaters, the newest inception into the foray of Halloween flicks is set to debut at $50 mil or more; Quite the success story given some spate of negative reviews from critics. Movie goers have set into two camps: LOVE OR HATE. Very few happy mediums..
The bloodiest installment yet imagines a world where Halloween 2 never occurred, so neither did any other.. The opening sequence provides a beautifully made 1978 flashback scene that would theoretically show us what the Shape did after he escapes Dr. Loomis’ gunfire.. This film even includes a Loomis lookalike to ad the ambiance to to the scene. When we fast forward to the modern times, Michael escapes a fire and murders fire fighters. the elderly.. anyone else who accidentally gets in his way. The trail of blood is long and cruel in HALLOWEEN KILLS..
Well..
The name is Halloween Kills.. so that.
Filmmaker David Gordon Green’s R-rated slasher pic earned $22.9 million on Friday from 3,705 theaters in North America for a projected $50 million weekend. Halloween Kills also launched Friday on Universal’s sister streaming service Peacock.
What is interesting is that it is not just the nostalgia seekers going to HALLOWEEN KILLS.. According to exit polls, Halloween Kills is being fueled by younger consumers — 73 percent of Friday ticket buyers were 35 and under — and a diverse audience..
Jamie Lee Curtis used the opening success to brag a bit on Instagram about the achievement:
WE DIDN’T SUCK! What you don’t know about me is that I am incredibly competitive and yet always underplay expectations. Always have. I hide expectations and couch them behind the belief that the process is what is most important but at the end of the day you still want it to be successful for myriad reasons. Mostly for the fans and then the studio, the creative teams and all the hard work that people put into it. When Freaky Friday started its release and everybody said it would do well I remember simply saying to everyone involved “I hope we don’t suck.” When that movie reached $100 million I had T-shirts made for all of us that said “we didn’t suck.”I think I may need to be getting some new T-shirts made for my Halloween family. Happy Halloween!
The studio has released two beautiful new Ghostbusters movie posters. The film is still set to release near Thanksgiving, crossing fingers on that, right?
There has been quite the build up to this film since it was delayed because of Covid..
Now as its release date is set near the holiday in November, all eyes are on the box office numbers for this return to nostalgia..
Of course one can’t help note how similar to Stranger Things these posters seem.
Afterlife‘s cast includes Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace and Paul Rudd.
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts are all coming back…
While some theaters and movie execs get skittish about potential box office weekends to come, this weekend’s numbers are showing safe dollar figures in the wake of the Delta COVID surge ..
Disney/20th Century Studios’ Free Guyis holding up significantly better than expected, bound for an estimated $17.2M, easing an amazing -39%, after a second $5.2M Friday, -50%, for what will be a 10-day total of $57.2M.
Paw Patrolis coming in better than expected, even with a day-and-date drop on Paramount+, with $4.5M yesterday, for what’s looking to be a $13.5M weekend at 3,184 theaters…
