Horror, Scifi, Thriller Box Office Numbers, DVD Sales, and Television Viewership for the Week of September 16 to September 22, 2016.
Box Office: Blair Witch comes in at #2, just barely squeezing past Bridget Jones’ Diary and Sully. While #2 seems like a good spot, it performed way below expectations and isn’t the hit they were hoping the film would be.
2 Blair Witch $12,178,000
5 3 Don’t Breathe $7,582,000 (Total: $77,310,000)
6 2 When the Bough Breaks $6,940,000 (Total: $24,113,000)
9 5 Kubo & The 2 Strings $3,119,000 (Total: $44,851,000)
22 19 Star Trek: Beyond $856,000 (Total: $157,790,000)
24 17 The Disappointment Room $544,000 (Total: $2,385,000)
31 26 Lights Out $259,000 (Total: $67,105,000)
45 22 Morgan $51,000 (Total: $3,881,000)
49 47 The Shallows $41,000 (Total: $55,096,000)
57 70 Demon $28,000 (Total: $47,000)
76 108 Swiss Army Man $9,000 (Total: $4,205,000)
DVD Top 15: Old school horror movies are creeping back up the chart as we get closer to Halloween. Get those movie choice options in, people!
1 1 Supernatural: Season 11
2 3 Stephen King’s IT
3 4 Grimm: Season 5
4 2 The Walking Dead: Season 6
5 7 Halloween (original)
6 6 Trick ‘r Treat
7 5 The Conjuring
8 10 The Shining
9 14 The Stand
10 NEW The Purge 3: Election Year (preorders)
11 N/A Supernatural: Season 10
12 N/A Friday the 13th 1-4
13 9 Underworld: Trilogy
14 N/A Halloween II/Halloween III
15 N/A Saw: Complete Collection
Television Viewership: “Lucifer,” “Gotham,” “Scream Queens,” and “Z Nation” all returned with brand new seasons. Some did better than expected, some came out the same as last year, and others under-performed.
Lucifer – 4,360,000
Gotham – 3,897,000
Fear the Walking Dead – 3,616,000
American Horror Story – 3,273,000
Scream Queens – 2,165,000
Fear the Talking Dead – 1,113,000
Z Nation – 1,060,000
Swamp Murders – 1,042,000
The Strain – 990,000
Killer Clergy – 968,000
Pokemon: XYZ – 947,000
Hollywood Medium – 757,000
Dark Matter – 687,000
Dead Files – 683,000
Ghost Hunters – 584,000
Paranormal Witness -474,000
