Box Office Round-Up ~ 10/20/25

Once again, horror rode to the rescue at the box office as the Ethan Hawke-led Black Phone 2 exceeded expectations with a $27.3 million debut. Thanks to a modest $30 million budget, positive critical response and no other big horror titles looming this month, it should perform well through the rest of the Halloween season.

Tron: Ares fell to second place in its second weekend with just $11.1 million. It now has $54 million total in the U.S., but with just over $100 million worldwide on a budget of $180 million (more if you factor in marketing), it’ll be a tall order for it to make a profit for Disney, likely signaling another long hiatus for the Tron franchise.

Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut Good Fortune opened in third place with $6.2 million, bolstered by decent critical and audience reactions. One Battle After Another remained in the top five after four weekends with $3.8 million, while Roofman moved to fifth place with $3.7 million, for a two-weekend domestic total of $15 million.

This coming weekend sees Blue Moon — another Ethan Hawke movie, this time reuniting with director Richard Linklater — expand to wide release, alongside the debut of rock biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere and romantic dramedy Regretting You, starring Allison Williams, McKenna Grace and Dave Franco.

1. Black Phone 2 ($27.3 MM)
Director: Scott Derrickson (WME)
Writers: C. Robert Cargill (WME), Scott Derrickson (WME)
Cast: Ethan Hawke (CAA)
Mason Thames (WME)
Madeleine McGraw (Coast to Coast Talent Group)

2. Tron: Ares ($11.1 MM)
Director: Joachim Rønning (UTA)
Writers: Jesse Wigutow (Verve), David DiGilio (UTA)
Cast: Jared Leto (WME)
Greta Lee (UTA)
Evan Peters (CAA)

3. Good Fortune ($6.1 MM)
Director: Aziz Ansari (WME)
Writers: Aziz Ansari (WME)
Cast: Keanu Reeves (WME)
Aziz Ansari (WME)
Keke Palmer (3 Arts Entertainment)

4. One Battle After Another ($6.6 MM)
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (CAA)
Writers: Paul Thomas Anderson (CAA)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio (LBI Entertainment)
Sean Penn (CAA)
Teyana Taylor (WME)

5. Roofman ($8 MM)
Director: Derek Cianfrance (CAA)
Writers: Derek Cianfrance (CAA), Kirt Gunn
Cast: Channing Tatum (CAA)
Kirsten Dunst (UTA)
LaKeith Stanfield (CAA)

Source: Box Office Mojo, The Numbers