The global box office slowed to a crawl on Halloween weekend, with no new wide Hollywood or Chinese tentpole to widen the funnel. Warner Bros./DC’s Clayface stayed No. 1 worldwide with an estimated $22.8M, taking its running total to $83M against a reported $44M net production cost.
A weak frame in context
Imax pulled in only $6M worldwide, a useful temperature check for premium-screen demand. The Odyssey added $1.3M, Resident Evil $900K, and documentary Everest: The Other Side $825K on Imax.
Halloween suppresses US moviegoing and is significant in the UK, but less so in Spain and France. Mexico and parts of Latin America were in Dia de los Muertos. France also faced protests. That mismatch makes global comps tricky.
Holdovers do the heavy lifting
Clayface split $10.4M domestic and $12.4M abroad. Its top overseas cumes include UK $6.1M, Australia $2.5M, Mexico $2.5M, France $2.4M, Brazil $1.7M and Italy $1.7M.
Universal/Blumhouse/Atomic Monster’s Other Mommy made $8.4M in its fourth global weekend and reached $107.4M worldwide. It remains ahead because it opened earlier. Germany debuted to $1.5M at No. 2, in line with Evil Dead Rise and M3GAN and ahead of several horror comps.
The $400M horror benchmark
Sony/Constantin’s Resident Evil crossed $400M worldwide in its seventh weekend, adding $10M globally. The split: $157.3M North America and $242.7M from 66 international markets.
- China: $71.4M
- UK: $19.4M
- Japan: $12.7M
- Mexico: $12.7M
- Australia: $9.6M
- France: $9.5M
- Germany: $9.3M
- Spain: $8.2M
It is the third-highest-grossing horror title ever in China and the franchise’s biggest installment globally. It sits $30M behind The Exorcist ($430M) and only $600K behind A24’s Backrooms ($400.6M).
What the numbers tell media buyers
The weekend is a reminder that release calendar, holiday interference and market mix matter as much as a film’s quality. With no fresh event title, older titles kept the top ranks, and premium formats saw thin traffic. For entertainment marketers, this is a useful comp baseline: when scheduling a campaign against Halloween or a local festival, shift spend toward markets where the holiday does not suppress moviegoing.
Laika’s Wildwood shows how stop-motion can build abroad: $12.3M second weekend, $35.8M total, already above Missing Link‘s $26.5M lifetime. Black Bear’s UK release Wicker opened to $2.2M at 676 locations, outgrossing fellow opener Primetime.
Finally, The Odyssey reached $1.799B global, with a record $1.17B international for a Universal theatrical release, ahead of Furious 7‘s $1.16B. North America finished at $625.5M, behind Jurassic World‘s $653.4M domestic record for Universal.
Source: Deadline
