Box Office: ‘The Martian,’ ‘Goosebumps’ scare off new films in slow Halloween weekend

It looks as if moviegoers have been getting their candy at Halloween parties rather than theater concession stands. With Halloween falling on a Saturday this year, box office ticket sales have been a bit of a fright.

Based on early projections, “The Martian� and “Goosebumps� top the slow Halloween weekend, while three freshman launches — “Burnt,� “Our Brand Is Crisis� and “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse� — had disappointing starts.

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Fox’s “The Martian� with Matt Damon continued its starry run, bringing in $3.5 million Friday; it’s on track to finish the weekend at $10.5 million, which would bring its cumulative total to more than $180 million.

Sony’s “Goosebumps� scored $3 million in ticket sales Friday; it’s expected to end the weekend at $9 million, with an expected total of $56 million so far.

In the third and fourth spots, Disney’s “Bridge of Spies� and Sony’s “Hotel Transylvania 2� brought in $2.5 million and $1.8 million, respectively, as of Friday. Those films are on track to end the weekend at $7.4 million and $5.4 million respectively.

Lagging behind in the fifth spot, the Weinstein Co.’s “Burnt� — an R-rated comedy aimed at women and foodies and starring Bradley Cooper as a full-of-himself chef — brought in $1.8 million as of Friday. It’s expected to finish out the weekend at $5 million.

Warner Bros.’ “Our Brand Is Crisis,� starring Sandra Bullock as a high-powered political operative enlisted to help an embattled South American presidential candidate, landed at $1.1 million and is on track to bring in a weekend haul of $3 million.

Paramount Pictures’ R-rated horror-comedy “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse� finished outside the top 10, with $679,000.

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