Box Office: 'Before I Go To Sleep', 'Saw', 'Horns' & 'ABCs of Death 2' Had a Miserable Halloween Weekend

Box Office: ‘Before I Go To Sleep’, ‘Saw’, ‘Horns’ & ‘ABCs of Death 2’ Had a Miserable Halloween Weekend

November 3, 2014

By Brad Brevet

I guess it’s only fitting the only new horror movie on the board bested the more critically acclaimed, satirical thrill ride, but the fact remains it was one hell of an ugly weekend at the Halloween box office.

Topping the box office for a second week in a row is Ouija with $10.7 million, besting Nightcrawler by approximately $300,000 as the two were within $9,000 of one another after estimates were announced yesterday morning. Ouija only dropped 46% in its second weekend despite not-so-great reviews and only a “C” CinemaScore, there’s something to be said for hitting theaters at the right time.

Speaking of, I’m sure both Clarius and Lionsgate thought they were doing something similar with the new thriller Before I Go To Sleep starring Nicole Kidman and the 10th anniversary re-release of Saw, but boy were those two massive misfires. Sleep only brought in $1.8 million from 1,902 theaters for a $969 per theater average while Lionsgate went all in with Saw, putting the torture porn pioneer in 2,063 theaters only to see it bring in $650,051 for a paltry $315 per theater. Ouch!

Meanwhile the Daniel Radcliffe horror Horns entered 103 theaters at a bit of a whisper, bringing in $107,544 and it wasn’t much better for ABCs of Death 2, which was released in 17 theaters and ended the weekend with only $4,022. At that point “Why bother?” is a question that has to come to mind.

When it comes to the Box Office Challenge, I’ve listed the current top ten from the points and accuracy leaderboards directly below and you can find the full leaderboard here. For the complete box office top ten and points awarded for this weekend specifically click here.