The idea that Blumhouse would be ready and willing to make a sequel to last year’s massive hit “Halloween” isn’t completely crazy. The film was made for an extremely low budget (by blockbuster standards) and ended up earning over $255 million worldwide. But according to a new rumor, there’s a chance that Blumhouse might actually do something even more insane than just your typical horror sequel.
Bloody Disgusting is reporting a rumor that David Gordon Green has signed on to direct a sequel to “Halloween.” That’s not the weirdest part about the rumor, however. The report says that Green will not only helm one film, but two sequels that will shoot back-to-back. Again, this isn’t the strangest thing in the world, considering there was the talk of filming the first film back-to-back with the first sequel, so this isn’t something that Blumhouse is concerned with. Hell, even if you spend $15 million on both productions (which is the top-end of the reported budget of the first film), the $30 million would still be easily made up for by the first sequel’s box office performance. So, yeah, back-to-back sequels aren’t out of the realm of possibility, at all.
But the real meat of the rumor isn’t the fact that Green is going to return for two films. No, the real nuts part of the rumor (that we should definitely take with a hefty grain of salt) is that Blumhouse is thinking about releasing these films in October 2020. Both of them.
We’ve heard of a quick turnaround for sequels before. Perhaps the most famous example of this is with “The Matrix” sequels, which were released in May and August 2003, respectively. But two films in the exact same month? That would be something truly unique. But again, not the craziest idea in the world, when you actually think about it.
Last year’s “Halloween” earned approximately 94% of its total domestic gross ($150 million out of $159 million) in the first three weeks of release. Now, let’s say you release the first “Halloween” sequel on October 2, 2020. That would give the film 4 full weekends before, you guessed it, Halloween. That’s right, October 31, 2020 is a Saturday next year, which means that the second sequel could be released just in time for the holiday.
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That being said, even if Blumhouse hedges its bets and only gives the first sequel 3 full weekends, it’ll still have plenty of play before the sequel comes out. And if both films are 90 minutes, who’s to say you can’t do double-features?
So, long story short, yes this is all a rumor and likely not completely accurate. But, if it was, it’s not the weirdest idea in the world.