{"id":348410,"date":"2025-11-01T17:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T17:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/348410\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T17:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T17:10:09","slug":"kpop-demon-hunters-back-black-phone-leads-halloween-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/348410\/","title":{"rendered":"‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Back, ‘Black Phone’ Leads Halloween Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNone of the major studios elected to debut a film in wide release this Halloween weekend, ending what was already a quiet October box office on a down note. No feature is expected to even sniff a gross in the eight-digits, which hasn\u2019t happened since the debut of \u201cNovocaine\u201d back in March. Among the newcomers, Netflix has a second theatrical engagement of \u201cKPop Demon Hunters<\/a>\u201d \u2014 this time with AMC Theatres, the world\u2019s largest exhibitor chain, on board<\/a> \u2014 while Focus Features is expanding its acclaimed conspiracy thriller \u201cBugonia<\/a>\u201d after a limited bow.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut first place looks to go to the third outing of Universal and Blumhouse\u2019s horror film du jour \u201cBlack Phone 2<\/a>,\u201d which earned $2.3 million on Friday and is projecting a third weekend gross of $7.6 million, down just 41% for the seasonally appropriate holiday weekend. The North American total is forecast for $61 million through Sunday, pacing a touch behind the original 2022 \u201cBlack Phone\u201d ($62.4 million through 17 days).<\/p>\n

\n\tParamount\u2019s \u201cRegretting You<\/a>\u201d is looking at second, earning another $1.2 million on Friday and headed to a second weekend gross of $6.6 million for a 51% drop from its opening. Total domestic gross looks to hit $26 million through Sunday for the Colleen Hoover adaptation.<\/p>\n

\n\tSony and Crunchyroll\u2019s \u201cChainsaw Man \u2013 The Movie: Reze Arc\u201d technically got second on Friday, but is expected to drop more sharply as the weekend goes on. The R-rated actioner, which delivered a No. 1 opening last frame, earning $1.3 million on Friday and is expecting a $5.5 million three-day haul, which would be down 69% \u2014 a standard drop for anime, which is typically frontloaded by fans at the box office. Total domestic gross will surpass $30 million through Sunday.<\/p>\n

\n\tNetflix\u2019s \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d is back in 2,890 locations for a three-day engagement. The animated smash \u2014 the streamer\u2019s most watched feature ever on its platform \u2014 had a two-day bow back in late August, where it technically ranked as the No. 1 release of the weekend with earnings estimated at $19 million. But the theatrical averse Netflix did not report grosses then and, barring a sudden change in policy, it won\u2019t now either. This new release isn\u2019t expected to pull in the same crowds as the prior one.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, \u201cBugonia,\u201d a remake of the 2003 Korean film \u201cSave the Green Planet!\u201d from Universal\u2019s specialty label Focus, is expanding into 2,043 locations after opening in 17 theaters last frame. The feature, which re-teams director Yorgos Lanthimos with his Oscar-winning \u201cPoor Things\u201d star Emma Stone, scored strong reviews and awards buzz out of its Venice Film Festival premiere in August. It earned $1.8 million on Friday and is projecting a $4.4 million three-day haul. The R-rated film earned a so-so \u201cB\u201d grade from moviegoer pollster Cinema Score, though it isn\u2019t exactly intended as a crowdpleaser. Focus is aiming for the long haul.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso out, Universal is re-releasing \u201cBack to the Future\u201d in 2,275 locations for the Robert Zemeckis classic\u2019s 40th anniversary. The reissue comes with some Imax showtimes. The film earned $1.5 million across previews and Friday, with projections for a $3.9 million three-day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"None of the major studios elected to debut a film in wide release this Halloween weekend, ending what…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":348411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[99579,99580,171,30075,163974,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-348410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-black-phone-2","9":"tag-bugonia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-kpop-demon-hunters","12":"tag-regretting-you","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}