Top Watch | Movies Newsletter | #9

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This weekend in film, there’s a little bit of something for everyone – musicals, comedies, scary stuff, and more.

But are we the only ones who find it odd that during Spooky Season, the streaming services are dropping more horror movies, while the theaters are showing comedies?

What’s that about?

Current Box Office Leaders (As of Monday, 10/16)

New Movies in Theaters This Weekend

Killers of the Flower Moon

October 20, 2023 | R | 3h 26m | Crime - Drama - History

Dicks: The Musical

October 20, 2023 | R | 1h 26m | Comedy - Musical

The Other Zoey

October 20, 2023 | PG-13 | 1h 26m | Comedy - Drama - Romance

The Canterville Ghost

October 20, 2023 | PG | 1h 29m | Animation - Comedy

Malibu Horror Story

October 20, 2023 | Not Rated | 1h 28m | Horror - Thriller

The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking

October 21, 2023 | Not Rated | 3h 15m | Music - Theater

UFC 294

October 21, 2023 | Not Rated | 3h | Sport

New Movies Streaming This Weekend

Cobweb

October 20, 2023 | Hulu

Night of the Hunted

October 20, 2023 | Shudder

Old Dads

October 20, 2023 | Netflix

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

October 20, 2023 | Peacock

Saw X

October 20, 2023 | VOD

Silver Dollar Road

October 20, 2023 | Prime Video

Surrounded

October 20, 2023 | Prime Video

No Hard Feelings

October 22, 2023 | Netflix

Industry News

Ever wonder what the directors of horror movies think about horror movies? At the Fantastic Fest movie festival in Austin, Texas, Polygon caught up with horror movie directors to ask them: “What’s the scariest horror movie you’ve ever seen?”

While Spooky SZN has only just begun, the holidays are right around the corner. To get you in the holiday spirit, Lifetime released its 2023 holiday movie schedule. You can check it out here.

In the midst of the backlash surrounding “Snow White” star Rachel Zegler, conservative media company The Daily Wire announced it’s making a live-action Snow White movie titled “Snow White and the Evil Queen.” You can watch the trailer here.

The highest grossing concert film in the US? That would be “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour." The movie earned $92.8 million during opening weekend in the US and Canada, making it the highest-grossing domestic concert film ever, according to Box Office Mojo.

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