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‘Venom’ is Having a Riot at the Box Office
There are a lot of genre films in theaters and somehow Columbia Picture’s Venom (read my review) is just devouring all the money. Dropping only 56% in its second, the Spider-Man spinoff pulled in yet another estimated $35.7M here in the States with $69.7M more internationally. The global take as of this writing is sitting at an eye-popping $378M. As we previously explained, these numbers are so astronomical (it’s already in profit zone off the $100M reported budget) that there will be a sequel, presumably featuring Woody Harrelson‘s Cletus Kasady (Carnage) as the antagonist.
Sony’s Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (read John’s review) opened to a disappointing $16.2M off a $35M budget. The film’s success is solely going to based on the film’s international numbers, which need to land in similar territory as the first with $150M. This is highly unlikely.
In other numbers:
CBS Films’ Hell Fest (my review) is shutting down way before Halloween with an excruciating $11M worldwide take; Fox’s Shane Black-directed The Predator (review) is sitting at $123M (although there is a Chinese release forthcoming); and Eli Roth‘s children’s horror film The House With a Clock In Its Walls (review) has made its way up to $101M on its $42M budget (this is getting interesting).
As for New Line Cinema’s The Nun (review), the Conjuring spinoff is now enjoying a $359M global take, which is just stupid ridiculous on the $22M reported budget.
Next week: HALLOWEEN.
We have learned the sad news this week that prolific horror author Ray Garton, who wrote nearly 70 books over the course of his career, has passed away after a battle with lung cancer.
Ray Garton was 61 years old.
Stephen King tweets, “I’m hearing that Ray Garton, horror novelist and friend, died yesterday. This is sad news, and a loss to those who enjoyed his amusing, often surreal, posts on Twitter.”
Ray Garton’s novels include Seductions, Darklings, Live Girls, Night Life, and Crucifax in the 1980s, followed in later decades by output including A Dark Place: The Story of a True Haunting, Trade Secrets, The New Neighbor, Lot Lizards, Dark Channel, Shackled, The Girl in the Basement, The Loveliest Dead, Ravenous, Bestial, and most recently, Trailer Park Noir.
Garton also wrote young adult novels under the name Joseph Locke, including the novelizations for A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Master and The Dream Child. He also wrote the novelizations for Tobe Hooper’s Invaders from Mars and Warlock, as well as several books for the Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchises.
Other young adult horror novels you may remember the name Joseph Locke from include Petrified, Kiss of Death, Game Over, 1-900-Killer, Vengeance, and Kill the Teacher’s Pet.
You can browse Ray Garton’s full bibliography over on his official website.
He wrote on his website when it launched, “Since I was eight years old, all I’ve wanted to be was a writer, and since 1984, I have been fortunate enough to spend my life writing full time. I’ve written over 60 books—novels and novellas in the horror and suspense genres, collections of short stories, movie novelizations, and TV tie-ins—with more in the works.”
“My readers have made it possible for me to indulge my love of writing and I get a tremendous amount of joy out of communicating with them,” Garton added at the time.
Ray Garton is survived by his longtime wife, Dawn.
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