Regretting You Tops Lowest Halloween Box Office in 31 Years with $8.1 Million

Paramount's "Regretting You," a romance-drama adaptation of Colleen Hoover's novel, led the North American box office for a second weekend with $8.1 million, narrowly surpassing Universal/Blumhouse's horror sequel "Black Phone 2," which earned $8 million. Despite this, the Halloween weekend box office was the lowest in 31 years (excluding 2020 due to the pandemic), with overall ticket sales of $49.8 million, attributed to a lack of new releases and reliance on holdovers and re-releases such as "Back to the Future"'s 40th anniversary. Other notable performers included the anime film "Chainsaw Man" with $6 million and "Bugonia," which earned $4.8 million during its limited expansion. Netflix's re-release of "KPop Demon Hunters" reportedly grossed about $5.3 million, though Netflix does not officially report box office figures. The dismal Halloween weekend capped off the worst October box office in 27 years, reflecting broader challenges in attracting moviegoers during this period.