Box: The horror battle of our time is between two senior citizens

1. Halloween - $62m / $62m / $135m
2. A Star Is Born - $19m / $125m / $180m
3. Venom - $17m / $170m / $214m
4. First Man - $9m / $30m / $52m
**Goosebumps: Haunted Halloween - $9m / $28m / $50m
6. The Hate U Give - $7.5m / $10.5m / $30m
7. Small Foot - $5.5m / $65m / $79m
8. Night School - $4m / $66m / $76m
9. Bad Times at the El Royale - $3m / $13m / $19m
10. House With a Clock In Its Walls - $2m / $65m / $70m
***The Old Man and the Gun - $2m / $4m / $10m

Halloween arrives, the first Halloween movie to be released in October since Halloween 5 in 1989. The new sequel/reboot - I believe they are calling it a "side-quel" - looks to perform slightly bigger than The Nun. It cost $10m, so everyone involved is getting massive paydays. The Hate U Give expands wide after 2 weeks in limited. It's held up well, so hopefully word of mouth can carry it. The Old Man and the Gun also goes to 600+ theaters and might be able to make the top 10. It's done decent if unspectacular in limited. The Sisters Brothers, which has struggled in limited, appears to also be getting a big theater increase. In limited, Melissa McCarthy's awards contender Can You Ever Forgive Me? opens in 5 theaters, while Jonah Hill's directorial debut Mid 90's also debuts. The latter looks to be going semi-wide next weekend.