The October 2025 box office hit a major low not seen since the late 1990s, with too few releases resonating with audiences.

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'Oedipus,' starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, brought in $485,000 across its first four preview performances at Studio 54, with 100 percent capacity. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer Broadway ...

Emma Stone as Michelle covered in cream handcuffed to the bed in Bugonia - Focus Features Halloween 2025 is in the rearview mirror and, for anyone who happens to own a movie theater, it's a real good ...

Totals clocked in at $425 million for October 2025, with only $49 million being earned over this year's Halloween weekend – the lowest takings of the whole year. 28 years ago, s ...

North American movie box-office revenue plunged to the lowest-grossing Halloween weekend in 31 years at just $49.8 million, according to Box Office Mojo. This doesn’t include holiday weekend results ...

MONDAY AM UPDATE: The suspense as to who won one of the year’s lowest-grossing weekends has ended, and it was Universal/Blumhouse’s Black Phone 2 all along coming in with $8.3 million, off 35% from ...

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The movie exhibition business is closing out one of its slowest Octobers in over 25 years with a sluggish Halloween weekend. Studios avoided opening any major new films with the holiday falling on a ...

Movie fans hoping to see something new on Halloween weekend were in for a rude awakening. The major movie studios decided not to open any new films this past weekend and, as a result, the top 10 at ...

The movie exhibition business is closing out one of its slowest Octobers in over 25 years with a sluggish Halloween weekend. Studios avoided opening any major new films with the holiday falling on a ...