--- title: Jamie Lee Curtis Celebrates 'Halloween' Box Office Success description: Jamie Lee Curtis is gonna let you finish, but Halloween had one of the best horror movie openings of all time. canonical: https://time.com/5430916/jamie-lee-curtis-halloween-box-office/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-22T16:42:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:34.024Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jamie Lee Curtis Celebrates Record-Breaking 'Halloween' Opening og:description: "I’m going for one boast post" og:url: https://time.com/5430916/jamie-lee-curtis-halloween-box-office/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f793178c63951f5/69893ba7db2987de6d260d76/halloweeen-movies-ranking-michael-meyers02.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Halloween 1978 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jamie Lee Curtis Celebrates Record-Breaking 'Halloween' Opening twitter:description: "I’m going for one boast post" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f793178c63951f5/69893ba7db2987de6d260d76/halloweeen-movies-ranking-michael-meyers02.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'I’m Going for One Boast Post.' Jamie Lee Curtis Celebrates Record-Breaking _Halloween_ Box Office Success  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 22, 2018 4:42 PM UTC  Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie in "Halloween". Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie in "Halloween".Mary Evans—Compass International Pictures  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 22, 2018 4:42 PM UTC [Jamie Lee Curtis](http://time.com/4944431/jamie-lee-curtis-returning-halloween/) is gonna let you finish, but [_Halloween_](http://time.com/5419481/michael-myers-halloween-movies-ranking/)had one of the [best horror movie openings](http://time.com/5430560/halloween-weekend-box-office/) of all time. Curtis took to Twitter on Sunday to celebrate the massive success of the fright flick, which earned an estimated $77.5 million in ticket sales from North American theaters over the weekend, according to Universal Pictures. Director David Gordon Green’s 2018 installment in the storied franchise not only captured first place at the box office with the second-highest horror opening ever—only behind last year’s _It_—but also marked the highest horror movie opening with a female lead, highest movie opening with a female lead over the age of 55 and highest Halloween opening of all time. Not to mention that it also snagged the second highest October opening ever behind _Venom_’s $80.3 million release earlier this month. “OK. I’m going for one BOAST post,” Curtis wrote of reprising her role as Laurie Strode in _Halloween_. “Biggest horror movie opening with a female lead. Biggest movie opening with a female lead over 55\. Second biggest October movie opening ever. Biggest Halloween opening ever.” She then wrapped things up with the hashtag [#womengetthingsdone](https://twitter.com/hashtag/womengetthingsdone?src=hash). 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