While 2025 has been a banner year for horror movies, the genre's presence during Halloween season thus far hasn't really been prime. While Ryan Coogler's Sinners and Zach Cregger's Weapons (among other titles) were blockbuster successes prior to the fall, the only big scary film in recent weeks has been Michael Chaves' The Conjuring: Last Rites (which, admittedly, broke box office records). Thankfully, Scott Derrickson's Black Phone 2 has arrived to inject some much-needed screams into the landscape, and the results from this weekend are numbers that surpass its predecessor.
The new horror sequel had competition this weekend principally from Joachim Rønning's Tron: Ares (in its second weekend) and Aziz Ansari's comedy Good Fortune, and it managed to easily outgross them – and, in fact, it made more than both of them combined. Check out the box office results in the Top 10 below and join me after for analysis.
