Hollywood sales down

 Hollywood Reporter - Halloween is shaping up to be scarier than expected for Hollywood and its exhibition partners, but not in a good way.

Domestic box office revenue for October 2025 is expected to come in at roughly $425 million — the worst showing in 27 years, according to Comscore. This excludes October 2020, the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic, when revenue was a mere $55 million, powered by Christopher Nolan’s Tenet.

Otherwise, the last time October was this low was 1997, when combined ticket sales were $385.2 million, not adjusted for inflation. In 1998, revenue jumped to $455.6 million before crossing $600 million for the first time a year later in 1999. The new millennium brought steady gains, save for a few bumps in the road, before the pandemic hit.