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Halloween slays at box office, and Jamie Lee Curtis tweet goes viral

Halloween slays at box office, and Jamie Lee Curtis tweet goes viral

It’s the season for spooky movies, and the new take on horror classic Halloween scared up a monster $77.5 million opening weekend. Star Jamie Curtis celebrated Sunday with what she phoned a “boast post.”

“OK. I’m going for one BOAST post,” Curtis tweeted. “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 hashtagged her tweet with #womengetthingsdone 

By Monday morning, her tweet had been liked 136,000 times and retweeted 22,000 times. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was among thousands who commented on Curtis’ post, writing, “Wow!! F*ck yes!!! Raising the bar!”

The film, which was made for a relatively runt $10 million, trailed only Venom for largest October box-office opening. BoxOfficeMojo.com noted that Halloween did beat Venom on Friday, delivering the largest October opening day of all time with $33.2 million earned.

Curtis starred in the unique 1978 movie Halloween, a classic of the horror genre, and reprises her role as survivor Laurie Strode, tranquil fighting masked killer Michael Myers 40 years later.