Daily Box Office Report
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

By Daniel Garris

Universal’s Halloween took in $3.679 million on Wednesday to lead the daily box office for a sixth consecutive day. That represented a 42.0 percent decline from Tuesday’s performance. Halloween passed the $90 million domestic mark yesterday and has grossed $90.892 million in six days. That places the film an impressive 40.5 percent ahead of the recent $64.669 million six-day start of The Nun (which declined 47.7 percent on its first Wednesday to gross $2.518 million). With the aid of good word of mouth, Halloween weekend and the addition of IMAX screens, BoxOfficeReport is predicting a second weekend take of $36.5 million for Halloween.

Warner’s A Star is Born held steady in second place with $1.968 million. A Star is Born continued to hold up well on Wednesday, as the film was down 25.2 percent from Tuesday and down just 32.8 percent from last Wednesday. A Star is Born has grossed a very strong $132.571 million after 20 days of wide release. That already gives the film a current total gross to opening weekend ratio of 3.09 to 1. BoxOfficeReport is predicting that A Star is Born will gross $14.0 million in its fourth weekend.

Sony’s Venom grossed $1.124 million to continue to claim third. Venom declined 38.8 percent from Tuesday and a sizable 49.8 percent from last Wednesday. The 19-day total for Venom stands at a stronger than expected $175.315 million. That places the film a slim 1.4 percent ahead of the $172.865 million 20-day haul of Ant-Man and the Wasp earlier this year. BoxOfficeReport is predicting a fourth weekend gross of $10.8 million for Venom.

Universal and DreamWorks’ First Man remained in fourth with $720,890 for the day. First Man was down 31.9 percent from Tuesday and down a respectable 42.7 percent from last Wednesday (when the film received an added boost from being a daily MoviePass option). Due in part to poorer than expected holding power, the thirteen-day total for First Man stands at an underwhelming $32.21 million. BoxOfficeReport is predicting that First Man will gross $4.7 million in its third weekend.

Fox’s The Hate U Give rounded out the day’s unchanged top five with $560,223. That represented a 36.4 percent decline from Tuesday. After six days of wide release (and an additional two weeks of platform release) The Hate U Give has grossed a promising $12.693 million. Thanks in part to strong critical reviews and strong word of mouth; BoxOfficeReport is expecting The Hate U Give to hold up well this weekend with a predicted take of $5.1 million.

Daily domestic box office results for Wednesday, October 24, 2018.

	Film (Distributor)	Daily Gross	Theatre Count	Per-Thea. Average	%Change Yesterday	%Change Last Wed.	Total Gross	TG to OW Ratio	Week
1	Halloween (Universal)	$3,679,080	3,928	$937	-42.0%	N/A	$90,892,300	1.192	1
2	A Star is Born (Warner Bros.)	$1,968,340	3,884	$507	-25.2%	-32.8%	$132,571,178	3.090	3
3	Venom (Sony / Columbia)	$1,124,466	3,887	$289	-38.8%	-49.8%	$175,314,542	2.184	3
4	First Man (Universal / DreamWorks)	$720,890	3,640	$198	-31.9%	-42.7%	$32,214,695	2.013	2
5	The Hate U Give (Fox)	$560,223	2,303	$243	-36.4%	+283.6%	$12,692,826	1.670	3
6	Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (Sony / Columbia)	$383,647	3,521	$109	-48.2%	-36.1%	$30,393,720	1.923	2
7	Bad Times at the El Royale (Fox)	$372,066	2,808	$133	-33.5%	-38.5%	$14,834,980	2.080	2
8	Night School (Universal)	$301,735	2,296	$131	-36.0%	-41.3%	$67,895,940	2.491	4
9	Smallfoot (Warner Bros.)	$290,680	3,032	$96	-39.0%	-37.7%	$67,483,358	2.928	4
10	The Old Man & the Gun (Fox Searchlight)	$264,952	802	$330	-28.5%	+153.2%	$5,160,524	2.418	4
11	Free Solo (National Geographic / Greenwich)	$134,439	251	$536	-3.8%	+10.9%	$4,005,331	3.918	4
12	The Sisters Brothers (Annapurna Pictures)	$116,812	1,141	$102	-24.2%	+208.4%	$2,364,236	3.119	5
13	The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Universal / Amblin)	$96,660	1,588	$61	-34.3%	-56.6%	$65,363,490	2.457	5
14	Colette (Bleecker Street)	$92,330	520	$178	-15.5%	-27.9%	$3,990,098	3.991	5
15	Gosnell (GVN Releasing)	$90,447	511	$177	-17.3%	-48.1%	$2,745,173	2.360	2
16	Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros.)	$48,695	402	$121	-29.5%	-45.5%	$172,421,871	6.504	10
17	A Simple Favor (Lionsgate)	$43,389	492	$88	-16.7%	-66.6%	$53,035,648	3.312	6
18	The Nun (Warner / New Line)	$33,086	623	$53	-25.0%	-69.3%	$116,859,577	2.172	7
19	Mid90s (A24)	$21,910	4	$5,478	-27.9%	N/A	$334,679	1.296	1
20	Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Fox Searchlight)	$18,706	5	$3,741	+21.6%	N/A	$212,714	1.317	1
21	Hell Fest (Lionsgate / CBS Films)	$12,130	263	$46	-3.2%	-77.8%	$10,792,804	2.103	4
22	Incredibles 2 (Disney)	$11,059	176	$63	-8.9%	-19.8%	$607,748,038	3.327	19
23	The Meg (Warner Bros.)	$9,011	203	$44	-21.8%	+67.5%	$142,869,502	3.147	11
24	Peppermint (STXfilms)	$8,025	152	$53	-21.5%	-57.9%	$35,346,880	2.633	7
25	The Predator (Fox)	$6,408	141	$45	-7.7%	-66.5%	$50,871,450	2.065	6
26	Disney's Christopher Robin (Disney)	$5,103	108	$47	-15.0%	-58.8%	$98,736,484	4.016	12
27	Ant-Man and The Wasp (Disney)	$3,128	105	$30	-13.0%	-55.7%	$216,611,129	2.857	16
28	What They Had (Bleecker Street)	$1,852	4	$463	+21.1%	N/A	$22,524	1.274	1
29	Unbroken: Path to Redemption (Pure Flix)	$1,837	52	$35	+4.2%	-67.7%	$6,190,270	2.765	6
30	Little Women (Pinnacle Peak)	$1,676	19	$88	-34.8%	-50.6%	$1,349,864	1.915	4
31	Operation Finale (MGM)	$828	14	$59	+114.5%	-70.7%	$17,607,128	2.923	8
32	Sorry to Bother You (Annapurna Pictures)	$347	3	$116	+162.9%	-59.3%	$17,491,427	4.156	16
33	God Bless the Broken Road (Freestyle)	$222	6	$37	-48.5%	-12.3%	$2,839,008	2.048	7
34	Bigger (Freestyle)	$96	5	$19	-33.3%	-97.0%	$46,184	1.467	2

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