Retiring Guy's Digest: USA box office on third weekend of October (2017-2023)

USA box office on Friday of the third weekend of October 2023 is down 29% compared to last year when "Black Adam" was the top-grossing movie.

And it's down 52% compared to the 2018 peak when "Halloween" was the top-grossing movie.

Source: Box Office Mojo

Headline: Variety, 10/15/2023

Martin Scorsese‘s star-studded crime epic “Killers of the Flower Moon” impressed in its box office debut, collecting $23 million from 3,628 North American theaters over the weekend. The film also brought in $21 million from 63 international territories for a global total of $44 million.
Despite its second-place finish, it’s easily the best start for Scorsese since 2010’s “Shutter Island” ($41 million debut) and the third-best of his career following 2006’s “The Departed” ($26.9 million debut). And “Killers of the Flower Moon” managed to make a splash even though its stars, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, haven’t been able to promote the film amid the ongoing actors strike.

Original 10/21/2023 post starts here

USA box office on Friday of the third weekend of October 2023 is down 36% compared to last year when "Black Adam" was the top-grossing movie.

And it's down 54% compared to the 2018 peak when "Halloween" was the top-grossing movie.

Source: Box Office Mojo

Headline: Variety, 10/15/2023

“Killers of the Flower Moon” sports a colossal $200 million production budget, but it’s not like those behind the feature are banking on a hefty profit from tickets. Apple, which backed the project, is planning to invest in theatrical runs for its original slate as a means to promote their eventual streaming releases. “Flower Moon” is the first high-profile rodeo in movie theaters for the company, which has partnered with Paramount Pictures to handle domestic distribution. Apple will take another stab at theatrical later this fall with “Napoleon,” partnering with Sony for Ridley Scott’s similarly mega-budgeted war feature.

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