and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. The movies define the month - the month doesn’t define the movies.”Įstimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. “Audiences follow the movie no matter what month they’re in. “This sets up a final three months of the year that feel more like summer than summer did in 2021,” he added. But, Dergarabedian said the robust October 2021 box office has created a momentum that should continue through the end of the year. For comparison, total grosses in pre-pandemic October 2019 were around $781.6 million and in 2018 were $830.8 million. Things aren't quite back to “normal” yet. So many big movies moved into October,' said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “October became a blockbuster month by virtue of the unusual nature of the pandemic. The previous high-water mark came in July with $583.8 million. We are helping to open up the doors to art house and specialty theaters.”Īlthough the weekend was muted, October has become the highest grossing month of the year with total grosses expected to net out around $625 million.

“It's amazing to see art house theaters who haven’t seen numbers like this in 18 months finally starting to see people coming out. “We're still ecstatic about it,' Rodriguez said. In 10 days of release, it's made $4.6 million. One of the brighter spots of the weekend was “ The French Dispatch,” also distributed by Searchlight, which expanded after a limited debut and made $2.8 million from only 788 total locations. “They may have cancelled each other out.”īut he's optimistic going forward since next weekend's big releases include the Princess Diana film “Spencer” and the Marvel epic “Eternals,' and “Antlers” has a different audience. “Obviously, we hoped for a little more but we went up head to head against ‘Last Night in Soho,' another really good genre film,” said Frank Rodriguez, Searchlight's head of distribution. The Searchlight-distributed horror stars Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons. Scott Cooper’s “ Antlers,” about a mythical beast terrorizing a blighted Oregon town, also earned an estimated $4.2 million from 2,800 locations. “There are few bigger champions of the theatrical experience than Edgar and we couldn’t be prouder he has made Focus his home,” said Lisa Bunnell, Focus' president of distribution. Thomasin McKenzie stars as a modern-day fashion student who at night dreams increasingly realistic dreams of Anya Taylor-Joy’s aspiring singer in the 1960s. Playing on 3,016 screens, the stylish thriller distributed by Focus grossed an estimated $4.2 million. Edgar Wright’s “Last Night in Soho,” meanwhile, opened in sixth place.

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