Halloween

2007 | Horror, Adaptation, Remake, Slasher

Synopsis

After being committed for 15 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution and immediately returns to Haddonfield to find his baby sister, Laurie.

Scores

Overall Score
81.4
Popularity Percentile (Year)
90.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
89.4%
Review Aggregate
47.1

Critic Consensus

28.6% Fresh • 119 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 29% of 119 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, scary, suspenseful. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotscarysuspensefulmacabrecoming of ageemotionalpacing issuesvisually strikingdarkpsychological

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Malcolm McDowell2007$903,000$1,366,000(est)
Sheri Moon Zombie2007$556,000$841,000(est)
Tyler Mane2007$418,000$633,000(est)
Scout Taylor-Compton2007$342,000$518,000(est)
Brad Dourif2007$293,000$443,000(est)
Danielle Harris2007$258,000$390,000(est)
William Forsythe2007$231,000$350,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score28.0
RT critic review count121
Rotten Tomatoes audience score59.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating6.1
IMDb votes136,089

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2007$58,272,028$88,181,071
International2007$22,188,920$33,577,735
Worldwide2007$80,460,944$121,758,800

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2007$38,011,582$57,521,630
Digital Rentals ?2007$949,000$1,436,089
Digital Purchases ?2007$354,000$535,696
Physical Rentals ?2007$16,342,000$24,729,791
Physical Purchases ?2007$36,721,000$55,568,636
TV & Streaming Revenue2007$14,568,007$22,045,268
Total Revenues2007$106,945,589$161,837,109
Expenses
Budget ?2007$15,000,000$22,698,988
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2007$18,633,000 (est)$28,196,683 (est)
Participations2007$8,556,000$12,947,503
Residuals ?2007$4,668,000$7,063,925
Interest & Overhead2007$3,000,000$4,539,798
Total Expenses2007$49,857,000$75,446,896
Movie Net Profit or Loss2007$57,088,589$86,390,213

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