By Ben Miller
For the third straight week, the October box office was dominated by scares. The final (?) installment of David Gordon Green's trilogy Halloween Ends managed a healthy $40 million haul despite incredibly mixed reactions (40% Rotten Tomatoes, C+ CinemaScore) and a day-and-date release on Peacock. Expect a large second-week drop. Elsewhere, well-received films continue to have legs. Smile earned another $12+ million weekend, totaling over $70 million. It might end up being one of the most profitable films of the year given its budget. The Woman King is also holding steady with a total just under $60 million now.
| Weekend Box Office (actuals) October 14th-16th 🔺 = new or expanding / ★ = Recommended links if we've written about it |
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| WIDE (OVER 800 SCREENS) | LIMITED / PLATFORM |
 HALLOWEEN ENDS |
 TILL |
| 1 🔺 HALLOWEEN ENDS $40 *NEW* | 1 TERRIFIER 2 $1 (cum. $2.4) 700 screens |
| 2 SMILE $12.5 (cum. $71.3) | 2 🔺 ★ TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (sweden/uk) $333k (cum. $653k) 31 screens |
| 3 LYLE LYLE CROCODILE $7.3 (cum. $22.7) | 3 🔺 ★ TÁR $329k (cum. $554k) 36 screens |
| 4 ★ THE WOMAN KING $3.7 (cum. $59.7) | 4 🔺 ★ TILL $242k *NEW* 16 screens |
| 5 AMSTERDAM $2.7 (cum. $11.8) | 5 ★ MOONAGE DAYDREAM (doc) $111k (Cum. $4) 198 screens |
| 6 DON'T WORRY DARLING $2.2 (cum. $42.4) |
6 🔺 ★ DECISION TO LEAVE (south korea) $96k *NEW* 3 screens |
 BARBARIAN |
 DECISION TO LEAVE |
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7 BARBARIAN $1.3 (cum. $38.9) |
7 FIRE OF LOVE (doc) $23k (cum. $1) 7 screens |
| 8 ★ BROS $933k (cum. $10.8) |
8 CUANDO SEA JOVEN (mexico) $19k (cum. $569k) 34 screens |
| 9 ★ TOP GUN MAVERICK $687k (cum. $715.7) | 9 🔺LUMPIA WITH A VENGEANCE $17k (cum. $55k) 26 screens |
| 10 MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU $436k (cum. $368.3) | 10 PIGGY $17k (cum. $45k) 18 screens |
| 11 DC LEAGUE OF SUPER PETS $379k (cum. $93.1) | 11 🔺 CAT DADDIES (doc) $11k *NEW* 1 screen |
| *there are only 11 movies currently in wide release | 12 RIOTSVILLE USA (doc) $4k (cum. $36k) 30 screens |
On the limited/platform side, awards hopefuls Till (with a shot at Best Actress) and South Korea's Oscar submission Decision to Leave both debuted with large per-screen averages ahead of their expansions. Till managed over $240k on just 16 screens. The film's box office might propel its awards chances even higher.
What did you watch this weekend? I caught both Till and Decision to Leave, as well as the 1944 noir Laura. I also watched Shrek with my kids for a lighter change of pace.