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Halloween IIFollow

1981 • R • 1h 32m • Horror, Thriller • Universal Pictures

More of the night he came home.

🍅 27% 64% MC 40 LB 3.20 IMDb 6.5

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$7.70M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$25.50M
Final
Domestic legs3.3x
Budget$2.5M
1981 rank#29
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Cast & crew

Full Rosenthal filmography
Rick Rosenthal Rick Rosenthal Director Jamie Lee Curtis Jamie Lee Curtis Starring Donald Pleasence Donald Pleasence Starring
ScreenplayJohn Carpenter, Debra Hill Produced byDebra Hill, John Carpenter CinematographyDean Cundey Music byJohn Carpenter, Alan Howarth StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 30-Nov 1 1 $7.7M — 1,217 $6,308 $7.7M
2 Nov 6-8 2 $4.4M −42.7% 1,208 $3,642 $14.2M
3 Nov 13-15 2 $2.3M −48.7% 1,010 $2,233 $17.6M
4 Nov 20-22 4 $1.3M −42.4% 815 $1,595 $19.3M
5 Nov 27-29 5 $790.2K −39.2% 480 $1,646 $20.5M
Weekend grossWk 5 · $790.2K
$7.7M
$4.4M
$2.3M
$1.3M
$790.2K
W1W2W3W4W5
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 5 · −39.2%
−42.7%
W1→2
−48.7%
W2→3
−42.4%
W3→4
−39.2%
W4→5
Steepest −48.7%Best hold −39.2%

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