Halloween weekend is just days away, and the box office lineup looks surprisingly weak for what's traditionally one of the most lucrative periods of the year. According to early tracking and the current release slate, no film is projected to crack $20 million at the domestic box office. The top spot from this weekend went to Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc, an anime film from Sony and Crunchyroll that opened to $17.3 million, per Box Office Mojo. Below that sit Black Phone 2, Regretting You, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, and Tron: Ares—none of which are expected to make significant gains over the actual Halloween weekend. - YouTube www.youtube.com A Historic Low for 2025The combined weekend haul is tracking toward roughly $60 million total, which would make this one of the lowest-grossing weekends of 2025. That's a stark contrast to what Halloween weekend has traditionally delivered and to what 2025 has shown it's capable of. Looking at data from The Numbers, weekends earlier this year regularly topped $100 million. Superman opened in July with $125 million domestically. The Fantastic Four: First Steps pulled in strong numbers in August. Demon Slayer dominated September with massive opening figures. Halloween weekend, by comparison, looks anemic and it hasn't even arrived.The current number-one deserves some context. As The Hollywood Reporter noted, Chainsaw Man has been praised by critics and audiences, earning a 96% critics score and 99% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film has already crossed $108 million globally since opening...
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