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Halloween Movies Ranked by Box Office: The Top 5, and Do People Still Watch Them?
Oct 19, 2026
The top Halloween movie at the US box office is the 2018 film: $159 million, forty years after the original, before inflation. The 1978 original ranks only sixth with $47 million, but it was made for a reported $325,000, and after inflation it is about level with the 2018 film. Here are the top five, and what happened to the two sequels, which were reported to stream on Peacock the day they opened.
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