Eleven years ago, Rob Zombie polarized the horror community with the release of his Halloween, a remake of John Carpenter’s classic film that dove deep into the origin story of the mysterious “shape,” Michael Myers. You may love it. You may hate it.
Either way, it was a MONSTER at the box office.
All these years later, Rob Zombie’s Halloween still holds the record for highest-grossing Labor Day Weekend in cinema history. Across the film’s four-day opening weekend back in 2007, Halloween pulled in $30,591,759 at the domestic box office, a number few movies have even come close to reaching in the past ten years.
The closest competitors? The Sixth Sense and Crazy Rich Asians, which just nabbed $28 million in its third weekend. An incredible feat, but one that doesn’t unseat Halloween.
Halloween‘s 11-year-long record was celebrated on Zombie’s website this week…
“Rob Zombie’s Halloween was released in 2007, and broke the Labor Day Weekend Box Office with a $30.5* million weekend gross (previously held by M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Sixth Sense” with $29,271,146*). Ever since then, many have tried valiantly to unseat Big Mike from that record, including The Possession, Morgan, Lawless, Don’t Breathe and a teeny-tiny pop band called One Direction, but all have failed.
This Labor Day Weekend, director Jon M. Chu’s critically acclaimed comedy, Crazy Rich Asians, took on the challenge and almost killed Mike off, taking in a weekend gross of $28,310,000*. That means for the ELEVENTH YEAR RUNNING, Rob Zombie’s Halloween reigns supreme over the coveted 4 day weekend market.
Congrats to Crazy Rich Asians for the great effort and thank you for helping make Halloween a success.”
Hooray for horror. And hooray for Crazy Rich Asians, an original film that almost beat Halloween‘s opening weekend in its *third weekend* of release. Now that’s truly remarkable!
