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Horror Sales: Paranormal Activity 3, Scream 4, and Scream Awards 2011

Real Steel is still the #1 film at the Box Office. Even though it’s a rip off of those children’s toys, at least it’s scifi related. The remake of The Thing debuts to some good numbers. Dream house still holding its own. Cowboys & Aliens finally passes the $100m mark. Human Centipede 2 slips down the chart. Three indie horror films are charting with Munger Road at #37, Tucker & Dale VS Evil at #48, and Texas Killing Fields debuting at #66. Support independent horror this Halloween season! Also, provided at the end of the films list is what Paranormal Activity 3 made based on Thursday Midnight showings only.

1 1 Real Steel $20,467,000 (Total: $55,907,000)

3 The Thing $10,979,000

11 8 Dream House $3,128,000 (Total: $19,047,000)

12 10 Contagion $2,432,000 (Total: $72,621,000)

18 16 Harry Potter/Hallows 2 $399,000 (Total: $380,350,000)

28 25 Cowboys & Aliens $194,000 (Total: $100,022,000)

37 37 Munger Road $78,000 (Total: $190,000)

43 33 Don’t Be Afraid/Dark $54,000 (Total: $23,897,000)

47 43 Human Centipede 2 $43,000 (Total: $93,000)

48 40 Tucker & Dale VS Evil $41,000 (Total: $170,000)

60 59 Apollo 18 $19,000 (Total: $17,546,000)

66 Texas Killing Fields $13,000

67 56 Fright Night $12,000 (Total: $18,129,000)

Paranormal Activity 3 $6,300,000

Ouch, Scream 4 bombs on its debut week on the DVD Top 30 chart. Only other news worth mentioning is that Paranormal 3 being released to theatres has caused Paranormal Activity 2 to redebut due to new interest in the franchise.

2 1 Transformers: Moon $10,671,000 (Total: $24,711,000)

4 3 Spookie Buddies $1,931,000 (Total: $10,056,000)

5 Scream 4 $1,777,000

7 6 Thor $1,234,000 (Total: $16,228,000)

8 5 X-Men: First Class $1,058,000 (Total: $20,033,000)

18 15 Transformers: Revenge $390,000 (Total: $220,810,000)

20 22 Transformers $290,000 (Total: $292,165,000)

22 20 Hocus Pocus $229,000 (Total: N/A)

27 N/A Paranormal Activity 2 $182,000 (Total: $14,777,000)

I’ve started include Terra Nova and Fringe in my list of horror/scifi television shows. American Horror Story was up in viewers this week, as was Secret Circle, Vampire Diaries and Halloween Wars. Scare Tactics retains almost all of its viewers in the second week of broadcast. Finally, The Scream Awards 2011 underperformed. Where were all the horror fans at Tuesday night?

Terra Nova – 7,970,000

The Walking Dead – 7,300,000

Fringe – 3,140,000

The Vampire Diaries – 2,850,000

American Horror Story – 2,586,000

The Secret Circle – 2,110,000

Halloween Wars – 2,061,000

Supernatural – 1,610,000

Ghost Hunters – 1,548,000

Dexter – 1,502,000

Ancient Aliens – 1,461,000

Sanctuary – 1,323,000

Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files – 1,160,000

Scare Tactics – 793,000

Scream Awards 2011 – 698,000

Michael DeFellipo

(Senior Editor)

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