The Unexpected "Winner" of the Slowest October Box Office in Years

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According to a THR box-office piece this month, it’s been the weakest October box office—excluding the pandemic—in 27 years. It’s all the more disappointing after several breakout original films earlier this year, like Weapons , F1 , and Sinners .

THR puts part of the blame on the lack of new releases—a hold-over from the writers’ strike—but more than that, it’s just that the October slate failed to strike a chord with moviegoers, beginning with the failure of The Smashing Machine , which managed only $11 million since its release, sending The Rock straight back to franchise fare .

The month is littered with mediocre performances: Roofman ($20 million), Good Fortune ($1

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