The Monday Morning Hangover Report Takes a Look at an Anemic Weekend
We’ll be honest… after wrapping up our first-ever “31 Days of Halloween Cocktails and Movies”, the team needed a serious nap and a double espresso (or three). But the show must go on, and so does the Monday Morning Hangover Report, our weekly look at what shook (or didn’t) at the weekend box office.
And this one? Well, it was one of the quietest weekends of the year. Between Halloween falling on a Friday, Games 6 and 7 of the World Series stealing eyeballs, and everyone’s circadian rhythm getting sucker-punched by the time change, movie theaters took a rare breather.
🎬 Top 5 Domestic Films — Weekend of Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2025
Regretting You — $8.1 million
The Black Phone 2 — $8.0 million
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc — $6.0 million
Bugonia — $4.8 million
Back to the Future (40th Anniversary Re-Release) — $4.7 million
🔦 Highlights & Insights: A True Post-Halloween Hangover
Regretting You – topping the chart with just $8 million says it all. Analysts called it “one of the slowest weekends in over 25 years.” Between candy comas and baseball marathons, moviegoing simply wasn’t the move.
The Black Phone 2 crept close behind at $8 million, but even a returning franchise couldn’t scare up big numbers.
Chainsaw Man sliced its way to $6 million, showing anime’s loyal pull.
Meanwhile, Back to the Future pulled in $4.7 million, because let’s face it, nostalgia never really dies.
Bugonia debuted with a respectable $4.8 million. For a slower weekend, that’s a decent showing for something outside the blockbuster mold.
🔮 What’s Next
With Wicked: For Good and Zootopia 2 looming, expect the box office to jolt back to life heading into the holiday stretch. The calm between horror and holiday hits could give smaller releases a rare moment to shine. And as audiences recover from Halloween hangovers and time-change confusion, theaters are gearing up for a strong November rebound.
Final Pour
Call it the calm after the (pumpkin spice) storm. The post-Halloween weekend may have been sluggish, but with big musicals, animated sequels, and prestige awards contenders on deck, there’s plenty of cinematic fuel coming to heat things back up.
Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’re pouring a little cold brew into our martinis and prepping for the next round of movie madness. 🍿🍸
