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The box office has been an up-and-down ride for years now, but things are about to get downright terrifying. Halloween is just around the corner and, for a great many folks out there, that means lots of good-natured fright. But for movie theaters, this year’s All Hallows’ Eve frame is looking scary in a bad way.<\/p>\n
Because Halloween falls on a Friday this year, Hollywood has decided to release no new big studio movies over the weekend. The biggest releases will be the expansion of Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia” starring Emma Stone<\/a>, as well as the 40th anniversary re-release of “Back to the Future.” Unfortunately, “Bugonia” is only expected to earn between $1.5 million and $5 million, while “Back to the Future” will pull in $4 to $6.5 million, per Box Office Theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n Theaters will be otherwise left to survive on holdovers such as “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” “Chainsaw Man \u2014 The Movie: Reze Arc,” “Shelby Oaks,” and “Regretting You,” most of which are tracking in the over\/under $20 million range<\/a>. On a second weekend, depending on how well they hold and how the openings shake out, those movies can’t expect to make any more than $10 million, give or take.<\/p>\n Netflix, meanwhile, will re-release its smash hit “KPop Demon Hunters” over the holiday after topping the box office with it back in August<\/a>. While the streamer doesn’t officially report box office numbers, there’s a decent chance it’ll win out again by default.<\/p>\n