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Only lasted like maybe 2 weeks in theaters.,

posted 8 years ago by saint-21
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I think by nov 1st, it was gone. People hated it and word of mouth got people to give it bad press so that made it bomb.. which I think it did. Halloween II the year before did much better even after October 31st, it lasted most of November..

[–] predarat 8 years ago

Looking back wish they had done this like Star Wars is doing Rogue One and named it Season Of The Witch, A Halloween Story. But its easy to say that now lol.

[–] TheOldGuyFromHalloween3 8 years ago

most horror movies in 1982 bombed. the glut of horror movies in 1981 caused burnout and viewer fatigue

[–] ccr1633 8 years ago

most horror movies in 1982 bombed. the glut of horror movies in 1981 caused burnout and viewer fatigue

The most tragic example being "The Thing," whose box office failure ended John Carpenter's great run from 1976-1982. He made a number of excellent films afterwards, but it's clear from his interviews that Carpenter was devastated by the critical pummeling he took in '82 and the subsequent withdrawal of movie studio support. He never really recovered. With just a few exceptions (the excellent They Live and Prince of Darkness, the wretched Escape From LA and Ghosts of Mars), the days of directed by, written by, music by John Carpenter were over. He pretty much lost the creative control he had commanded. The failure of Halloween III probably also sealed Carpenter's fate with the studio execs, who likely saw any straying from formula to be unacceptable by this point.

[–] macken74 (654) 7 years ago

And now 'the thing' is looked upon as a horror classic ! ... rightly so !

[–] YippeeKiYay_MF 8 years ago

I'd like to see it once at the big screen...

I'll be good I swear... I'll never see a movie ever again.

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[–] Eraser81 8 years ago

In its third weekend, Nov 5-7, it grossed 1.1 million, down 66% from its second weekend. That gave the film 12.8 million and it finished with 14.4 million. 11 million less than Halloween II.

[–] manram24 8 years ago

That sucks. Halloween II had Jamie Lee Curtis and people probably were disappointed she wasn't in III. That said I think III is a good movie and perhaps better than II.

[–] Washingtonnative (2613) 7 years ago

I like III, but I can't say that it's better than II.

[–] Levtones (593) 7 years ago

Ahhh, but Jamie Lee Curtis was in Halloween III. ;)

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

That's because the masses are f'ing stupid.

[–] Martoto (5048) 7 years ago

Maybe it's because the kind of audience that wants to see the same thing rehashed over and over are not very intelligent or discerning people who are likely to bitch and moan like entitled little twerps.

Kind of like 85% of the mudslinging that goes on here for films that just don't deserve it.