Dune Tops Halloween Box Office, My Hero Academia Impresses in First Week

Deadline reports that Denis Villeneuve’s Dune took in $15.5 million in its second weekend at the domestic box office, down a whopping 62%, which was more or less expected given the film’s availability on HBO Max and the Halloween holiday negatively impacting the box office. The sci-fi epic, based on Frank Herbert’s classic novel, has earned $69.4 million domestically thus far and is nearing the $300 million mark worldwide, which was successful enough for Warners and Legendary to green lite a sequel.

Dune is 16% ahead of Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong, which eventually crossed $100 million after 13 weekends, with $17 million of its domestic gross stemming from Imax. Globally, Dune has earned $43.7 million from the big-screen format.

Newer pics Last Night in Soho and Antlers didn’t produce much excitement, earning $4.16 million apiece from 3,016 and 2,800 theaters, though neither was expected to bring in much business. Though, for Soho, it is disappointing to see a film with so much buzz, featuring the talents of Edgar Wright and Anna Taylor-Joy, perform so poorly. Especially after Wright’s Baby Driver became something of a sleeper hit when it grossed $107.8 million domestically in 2017.

Meanwhile, Funimation’s My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission brought in a 3-day domestic haul of $6.4 million from just 1,600 locations.

Otherwise, Halloween Kills held firm at No. 2 with another $8.5 million to bring its total to an impressive $85.6 million after three weeks, while No Time to Die drew $7.8 million for a $133.3 million domestic total.

TOP 10 BOX OFFICE

1.) Dune (WB) 4,125 theaters Fri $5M (-71%)/Sat $6.6M/Sun $3.9M/3-day $15.5M (-62%)/Total $69.4M/Wk 2

2.) Halloween Kills (Uni) 3,616 (-111) theaters Fri $2.5M (-44%)/Sat $3.5M/Sun $2.46M/3-day $8.5M (-41%)/Total $85.6M/Wk 3

3.) No Time to Die (UAR) 3,507 (-300) theaters Fri $2.39M (-33%)/Sat $3.39M/Sun $2M/3-day $7.8M (-36%)/Total $133.3M/Wk 4

4.) My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission (Fun) 1,602 theaters, Fri $2.88M/Sat $2.1M/Sun $1.42M/3-day $6.4M/Wk 1

5.) Venom: Let There Be Carnage (Sony) 3,278 (-235) theaters Fri $1.6M (-35%)/Sat $2.59M/Sun $1.5M/3-day $5.75M (-38%)/Total $190.4M/Wk 5

6.) Last Night in Soho (Foc) 3,016 theaters Fri $1.9M/Sat $1.32M/Sun $920K/3-day $4.16M/Wk 1

7.) Antlers (Sea) 2,800 theaters Fri $1.7M/Sat $1.46M/Sun $999K/3-day $4.16M/Wk 1

8.) Ron’s Gone Wrong (20th/Dis) 3,560 theaters, Fri $1.1M (-52%)/Sat $1.8M/Sun $842K/3-day $3.8M (-48%)/Total $12.6M/Wk 2

9.) Addams Family 2 (UAR) 2,757 (-150) theaters Fri $846K (-26%)/Sat $1.47M/Sun $957K/ 3-day $3.2M (-27%)/Total $52.8M/Wk 5

10.) The French Dispatch (Sea) 788 (+736) theaters Fri $1.09M (+96%)/Sat $924k/Sun $745K/3-day $2.75M (+105%)/Total $4.6M/ Wk 2

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