Box Office: Venom 2, No Time To Die, Dune, Halloween Kills, Make October Biggest BO Month For Hollywood During Pandemic

Click Here To Promote Anything On The Above Place

Los Angeles, November 1 - Movies are meant to be enjoyed on the big screens and we can finally say, that tradition is returning as the covid-19 pandemic slowing down. After the devastating effect of the pandemic on the box office numbers, the Hollywood film industry started witnessing the recovery from April 2021, and now, in the month of October, it has reached close to the pre-covid level.

Hollywood saw a number of titles debuted in the month of October. And they jointly made this month a blockbuster at the box office with roughly $625 million, the biggest since February 2020. Sony/Marvel's "Venom: Let There Be Carnage" has been the top performer in October at the domestic box office with an estimated $190 million after the 5th weekend.



The Tom Hardy-starrer debuted in theaters on October 1, after Sony preponed the release date from October 15. The superhero film had the best opening during the pandemic at the North American box office with over $90 million in the 3-day weekend. It is currently the second-best Hollywood pic at the domestic box office after Marvel Studios' "Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings" ($220M+). Worldwide, Venom 2 is heading towards $400 million.

Among the top October grossers, Daniel Craig's final outing as James Bond, "No Time To Die" is at number 2 with an estimated $133 million. The spy actioner was released on October 8 in the US and had a good opening at the box office with $56 million in the three-day weekend. This weekend also saw No Time To Die pass the $600 million global mark. Respective current totals for the film stand at $472.4 million internationally and $605.8 million globally.

Director David Gordon Green's slasher film, "Halloween Kills", has been a surprising hit at the box office. The sequel to 2018's Halloween and the twelfth installment in the Halloween franchise, Halloween Kills debuted with $50.4M in a 3-day weekend and became the biggest domestic opening for a film releasing in theaters and on the streamer. It earned approx $19 million more than Warner Bros.' Godzilla vs Kong ($31.7M) in the first weekend despite its day-and-day release on Peacock.



Warner Bros.' sci-fi epic, "Dune" has brought satisfactory box office results for the studio after it opened both in theaters and on HBO Max, simultaneously on October 22. The Denis Villeneuve-directed debuted with higher box office projection and earned $41 million in the 3-day opening weekend. Currently, it stands at $69.40 million while worldwide, it is about to cross $300 million. Through Sunday, respective estimated totals for Dune stand at $222.7 million internationally and $292.1 million globally.

Releasing and MGM's computer-animated supernatural road black comedy film "The Addams Family 2" proved to be the fifth-best outing of October with a domestic gross of $53 million through 31 days. Internationally, the film grossed approx $6.4 million this weekend from 32 international markets being handled by Universal, which brings the film's international total from markets being handled by Universal to $34.2 million.

Among the other notable releases, Ron's Gone Wrong has so far grossed $12.60 million through 10 days while Disney and Searchlight's The French Dispatch stands at $4.64 million through ten days and Focus' Last Night in Soho has grossed $4.16 million so far.

Stay tuned...