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HALLOWEEN OPENERS
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
(Wide Releases Only)
1980-Present

Date

Title

Studio

Opening*

Theaters

Average

Total Gross

10/26/07

Saw IV LGF

$32,110,000

3,183

$10,087

$32,110,000

10/26/07

Dan in Real Life Dis.

$12,081,000

1,921

$6.288

$12,081,000

10/26/07

The Darjeeling Limited FoxS

$1,735,000

698

$2,485

$6,100,000

10/27/06

Saw III

LGF

$33,610,391

3,167

$10,612

$80,238,724

10/27/06

Catch a Fire

Focus

$2,026,997

1,305

$1,553

$4,299,773

10/28/05

Saw II

LGF

$31,725,652

2,949

$10,758

$87,039,965

10/28/05

The Legend of Zorro

Sony

$16,328,506

3,520

$4,638

$45,575,336

10/28/05

Prime

Uni.

$6,220,935

1,827

$3,405

$22,827,153

10/28/05

The Weather Man

Par.

$4,248,465

1,510

$2,813

$12,482,775

10/29/04

Ray

Uni.

$20,039,730

2,006

$9,989

$75,331,600

10/29/04

Saw

LGF

$18,276,468

2,315

$7,894

$55,185,045

10/29/04

Birth

NL

$1,705,577

550

$3,101

$5,095,038

11/1/03

Brother Bear (2 days)

Dis.

$19,404,492

3,030

$6,404

$85,336,277

10/31/03

In the Cut

Sony

$2,063,361

825

$2,501

$4,750,602

10/25/02

Jackass: The Movie

Par.

$22,763,437

2,509

$9,072

$64,255,312

10/25/02

Ghost Ship

WB

$11,503,423

2,787

$4,127

$30,113,491

10/25/02

The Truth About Charlie

Uni.

$2,270,290

753

$3,014

$5,350,371

10/26/01

K-PAX

Uni.

$17,215,275

2,541

$6,775

$50,338,485

10/26/01

13 Ghosts

WB

$15,165,355

2,781

$5,453

$41,867,960

10/26/01

Bones

NL

$2,823,548

847

$3,334

$7,316,658

10/26/01

On the Line

Mira.

$2,307,063

900

$2,563

$4,365,455

10/27/00

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

Art.

$13,223,887

3,317

$3,987

$26,437,094

10/27/00

The Little Vampire

NL

$5,719,627

2,009

$2,847

$13,572,400

10/27/00

Lucky Numbers

Par.

$4,536,625

2,497

$1,817

$10,042,516

10/29/99

House on Haunted Hill

WB

$15,946,032

2,710

$5,884

$40,846,082

10/29/99

Music of the Heart

Mira.

$3,653,281

1,349

$2,708

$14,859,394

10/30/98

John Carpenter's Vampires

Sony

$9,106,497

1,793

$5,079

$20,248,763

10/31/97

Red Corner

MGM

$7,403,362

2,244

$3,299

$22,459,274

10/31/97

Switchback

Par.

$2,704,568

1,128

$2,398

$6,492,660

10/25/96

High School High

Sony

$6,311,786

2,146

$2,941

$21,302,121

10/25/96

Thinner

Par.

$5,679,046

2,009

$2,827

$15,315,484

10/25/96

The Associate

Dis.

$4,261,304

1,781

$2,393

$12,844,057

10/27/95

Powder

Dis.

$7,146,973

1,592

$4,489

$30,862,156

10/27/95

Vampire in Brooklyn

Par.

$7,045,379

2,307

$3,054

$19,751,736

10/27/95

Copycat

WB

$5,170,522

1,390

$3,720

$32,051,917

10/27/95

Three Wishes

Sav.

$2,601,093

1,535

$1,695

$7,027,517

10/28/94

Stargate

MGM

$16,651,018

2,033

$8,190

$71,567,262

10/28/94

The Road to Wellville

Sony

$2,580,108

806

$3,201

$6,562,513

10/28/94

Silent Fall

WB

$1,531,244

1,251

$1,224

$3,180,674

10/28/94

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

Dis.

$1,119,016

1,022

$1,095

$3,342,223

10/29/93

Fatal Instinct

MGM

$3,502,569

1,886

$1,857

$7,839,327

10/30/92

A River Runs Through It

Col.

$4,254,015

795

$5,351

$43,440,294

10/25/91

House Party 2

NL

$6,027,105

1,165

$5,173

$19,438,638

10/25/91

Curly Sue

WB

$4,974,958

1,634

$3,045

$33,691,313

10/25/91

The Butcher's Wife

Par.

$2,442,229

800

$3,053

$9,689,816

10/25/91

The Hitman

Can.

$1,290,442

551

$2,342

$4,654,288

10/26/90

Graveyard Shift

Par.

$5,082,300

1,603

$3,170

$11,582,891

10/26/90

Sibling Rivalry

Col.

$4,017,930

1,448

$2,775

$17,854,933

10/26/90

White Palace

Uni.

$3,447,360

864

$3,990

$17,487,531

10/27/89

Shocker

Uni.

$4,510,990

1,783

$2,530

$16,554,699

10/27/89

The Bear

TriS.

$3,676,530

858

$4,285

$31,753,898

10/27/89

Immediate Family

Col.

$1,675,344

836

$2,004

$5,932,613

10/27/89

Worth Winning

Fox

$1,492,610

1,260

$1,185

$3,690,328

10/28/88

Feds

WB

$1,388,317

850

$1,633

$3,838,793

10/30/87

Baby Boom

UA

$2,929,340

865

$3,387

$26,712,476

10/30/87

Fatal Beauty

MGM

$2,693,714

1,117

$2,412

$12,046,526

10/30/87

The Hidden

NL

$2,492,618

1,045

$2,385

$9,747,988

10/31/86

Sky Bandits

Gal.

$1,468,500

1,335

$1,100

$2,295,500

10/25/85

Krush Groove

WB

$2,905,293

519

$5,598

$11,052,713

10/26/84

The Terminator

Orion

$4,020,663

1,005

$4,001

$38,371,200

10/26/84

Terror in the Aisles

Uni.

$4,009,866

1,127

$3,558

$10,004,817

10/26/84

Body Double

Col.

$2,837,978

1,428

$1,987

$8,801,940

10/26/84

Firstborn

Par.

$1,606,214

800

$2,008

$6,250,994

10/26/84

American Dreamer

WB

$1,580,990

801

$1,974

$5,021,751

10/28/83

Richard Pryor: Here & Now

Col.

$3,701,609

1,411

$2,623

$16,156,776

10/29/82

National Lampoon's Class Reunion

Fox

$3,086,525

1,121

$2,753

$10,054,150

10/29/82

It Came From Hollywood

Par.

$1,095,003

650

$1,685

$2,573,342

10/30/81

Halloween II

Uni.

$7,446,508

1,211

$6,149

$25,533,818

10/31/80

The Awakening

WB

$2,728,520

909

$3,002

$8,415,112

* Weekend equals Friday-Saturday-Sunday. ** First Friday of wide release.
Note: A River Runs Through It, White Palace and Baby Boom are first weekend of wide release.

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