Universal is calling Miramax/Blumhouses Halloween at $77.5 million after a $27.2M Saturday, making it the second-best opening ever for the month of October behind Sonys Venom ($80.2M). As weve known since Thursday night, Halloween is the best domestic opening ever for John Carpenters 40-year old franchise, Halloween producer and co-financier Blumhouse topped their 2011 $52.5M start to Paranormal Activity 3, and its wonderful reboot for Miramax under CEO Bill Block and chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi who also co-funded and produced the 11th on-screen sequel after having success with last years I, Tonya.