Highest-grossing movies released on Halloween weekend

Touchstone Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images Halloween weekend might seem like the perfect time to catch a flick that will keep you on the edge of your seat and make you grip the person next to you. And it’s true, there have been lots of horror films that have dominated the box office around those final days of October when the appetite for “fright nights” is at an all-time high. But Halloween also offers an interesting time for studios to release other types of movies that don’t fit into the “summer blockbuster” mold or the feel-good, family-friendly films that start rolling out during the holiday season in November and December. The most successful box office hits around that period haven’t necessarily offered the biggest chills and thrills. Casino Bonus Canada compiled a ranking of the highest-grossing movies in the U.S. on Halloween weekend from the last 40 years, using data from The Numbers. Box office gross figures are adjusted for inflation. All films in theaters during the years when Halloween landed between Friday and Sunday were considered. Whether you’re a certified screamfest streamer, a creature feature newbie, or a genre-inclusive cinephile, you may be surprised by the movies that dominated Halloween box office weekends from the early 1980s until 2022. Read on to see the top 20, and be warned, some spoilers are ahead. #20. Devil’s Advocate