Netflix’s Halloween Franchise-Ending Thriller Officially Becomes a Global Streaming Hit Despite Mixed Review
A notable Netflix ranking
At the time of writing, Halloween Ends ranks among the ten most-watched movies on Netflix in the United States. The film concludes David Gordon Green’s modern sequel trilogy to John Carpenter’s Halloween. Jamie Lee Curtis made her final appearance as Laurie Strode in the movie. In Collider’s review, Alyse Wax wrote that its effort to bring fans something different “doesn’t work.”
Obsession arrives November 17
Netflix is scheduled to add Obsession to its catalog on November 17. Directed by Curry Barker and starring Inde Navarrette, the film has received widespread critical praise and ranks among the year’s highest-rated horror movies. The article describes Obsession as an outside awards-season favorite, with an Oscars campaign for Best Actress beginning to take shape for Navarrette.
A major theatrical run
Obsession’s reported box-office performance was a major success: it made more than half a billion dollars on a budget below $1 million. The article says it broke several records during its theatrical run. Those records included becoming the decade’s highest-grossing non-animated original film, the highest-grossing original horror movie of this century and the fifth-highest-grossing horror film of all time.
Key points
- Halloween Ends is among Netflix’s ten most-watched movies in the U.S.
- Jamie Lee Curtis’s final appearance as Laurie Strode is in Halloween Ends.
- Netflix is scheduled to add Obsession on November 17.
- Obsession earned more than half a billion dollars on a budget below $1 million.