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Michael Myers has been lost sight of for years, but when he escapes, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) is ready for the new sequel to "Halloween."
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Jamie Lee Curtis resumes her role as Laurie Strode in the new "Halloween", which continues the story of her film debut 40 years ago.(Photo: RYAN GREEN / UNIVERSAL)

LOS ANGELES – Forty years later, Michael Myers continues to attract a large audience in movie theaters to make a great scare.

"Halloween" opened first place with an estimated $ 77.5 million worth of tickets sold by North American theaters, according to Sunday's studio estimates.

David Gordon Green directed the sequel to "Halloween," which recalls Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode and Nick Castle in a cameo for Michael Myers. This is the second biggest horror opening of all time, after last year 's adaptation to Stephen King "It".

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It was also enough to release the comic book "Venom" from first place to third place on its third weekend in theaters with $ 18.1 million. Meanwhile, Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga's "A Star Is Born" remained in second place for his third weekend with $ 19.3 million.

"Goosebumps 2" again completes fourth place with $ 9.7 million and Neil Armstrong's biopic on Damien Chazelle, "First Man", starring Ryan Gosling, slipped to fifth place with $ 8.6 million .

Final figures are expected Monday.

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