\n\tIt\u2019s the first time since 2014 that Halloween falls on a Friday in what is expected to be horrific for the weekend box office.<\/p>\n
\n\tFor the most part, the crowds are expected to shrink greatly on Friday due to festivities, though a scary movie like Black Phone 2<\/a> might be able to find some semblance of an audience. Business is expected to bounce back Saturday.<\/p>\n \n\tThe majors are scared to technically release any new titles \u2014 appropriately so \u2014 though Focus Features is going wide with Yorgos Lanthimos\u2019 Bugonia<\/a> from 17 theaters to 1,800 in what\u2019s expected to be a $4 million-plus second weekend. If that\u2019s the case, it would be the most a Lanthimos movie ever has collected in a wide break.Wwith a great Rotten Tomatoes score of 90% certified fresh and very good audience score of 81%, Bugonia posted a great $41,7K theater average in its opening frame for a 3-day of $709K.<\/p>\n \n\tNetflix is re-releasing Kpop Demon Hunters<\/a> which delivered the streamer its first No. 1 title with $19M over Aug. 23-24 in a wide release sans AMC. They have the No. 1 circuit this time. Netflix is putting the reissue into 2,890 theaters. AMC has revealed the animated title will play 400 of its cinemas around the globe. Rivals expect about $6M for the most-watched Netflix movie ever from Sony Pictures. The notion is that there isn\u2019t any more juice left in that squeeze. Over 541 million global viewers have watched Kpop Demon Hunters. <\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: \u2018Black Phone 2\u2019 Review: Ethan Hawke\u2019s The Grabber Is Back And There\u2019s Hell To Pay In This Chiller Of A Sequel<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tSo what\u2019s No. 1? Either Universal\/Blumhouse\u2019s Black Phone 2, due to the spooky holiday, or Paramount\u2019s feature take of Colleen Hoover novel Regretting You<\/a>, which has had great word of mouth among its female demo. Both movies are expected to do $7M apiece. Through five days, Regretting You has a running total just under $17M. Black Phone 2 stands at $51.4M through its second Tuesday.<\/p>\n \n\tSony\/Crunchyroll\u2019s Chainsaw Man<\/a>, though No. 1 so far this week on Monday and Tuesday and a running cume of $21.8M, is expected to fall by 65%-70% in Weekend 2 a la other anime titles. After a No. 1 win last weekend<\/a> of $18M, weekend dos will be around $5M on the low end.<\/p>\n