The numbers are in an the box office just had one heck of a scary October. The Halloween weekend’s total domestic box office amounted to $74 million, making it the worst-grossing weekend of the year, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Sony’s The Walk was expected to have movie-goers running into theaters, however, the film only brought in $9.9 million domestically since its Oct. 9 nationwide debut. Expectations were high, as was the premise of this film. Additionally, Our Brand is Crisis, Burnt and Truth were expecting high ratings, and all three flopped when they opened Halloween weekend. Even Universal’s Steve Jobs, tumbled 64 percent to $2.6 million in its second nationwide outing for a domestic total of $14.5 million, according to Variety.
So what were we all up to this past month instead of going to the movies? Here are some educated guesses:
- Watched our ex’s Snapchat story (it’s free and significantly shorter than a feature length film).
- Watched Forrest Gump again, because you can’t pass up that movie when it comes on television.
- Watched our mouth when we finally called our mothers back.
- Washed our socks
- Went food shopping so we could stop ordering Seamless every night.
- Ordered Seamless
- Threw away the pizza that’s been sitting in our fridge since Labor Day.
- Answered that email we’ve been marking as “unread” since the end of September.
- Opened a letter from our Alma Mater asking us for a donation.
- Laughed.
- Received a letter from the government checking in on those college loans.
- Cried.
- Bought a Pumpkin Spice Latte.
- Instagramed a picture of our Pumpkin Spice Latte.
- Listened to Adele’s Hello, the perfect song for Autumn nostalgia.
- Dialed our ex’s phone number, hit “send,” and then quickly ended the call before it went through.
- Contemplated if the phone call actually went through.
- Spent three hours deciding if it was chilly enough to wear a heavy jacket.
- Spent two hours looking at our butt in the mirror asking ourselves, “I know these leggings are a little see-through, but can I get away with it?”
- Stressed over midterms.
- Contemplated whether or not Donald Trump would actually make a good President.
- Considered ironically voting for Trump, just to see what would happen.
- Got sucked into a WedMD black hole. Can you get premature arthritis from cracking your big toe? Asking for a friend..
- Came up with an ironic Halloween costume that had an easy but not obvious pun.
- Forgot to buy the accouterments for our perfectly “punny” Halloween costume.
- Backed up our computers (yeah, right).
- Rubbed Fluffy’s belly.
- Got sucked into another WebMD black hole researching infections from cat bites.
- Netflixed and chilled, because, like seriously, why would we pay thirty dollars to watch a movie in an uncomfortable chair when I can watch one from the comfort of my bed?!
Sorry, Hollywood. We tried our best. We’ll try harder in November…unless, of course, we have better things to do.
[Featured Image Credit: Participant Media/ Legendary Pictures]
