Hocus Pocus tops the Official Film Chart for the first time as it rises to Number 1 following the weekend’s Halloween festivities.
This week’s Official Film Chart takes a remarkably terrifying turn as spooky films flood the Top 20; with families and flat mates across the UK prevented from the usual parties and trick-or-treating due to lockdown measures, film fans took to their sofas for a ghostly movie night.
In total, 12 films in the Top 20 were spooky titles, varying from classic horrors including Scream and Halloween, to more family-friendly entries like Casper .
Hocus Pocus flies up three to take its place at Number 1, just ahead of Tim Burton classic The Nightmare Before Christmas which also rises three to Number 2 – knocking both Onward (4) and Frozen 2 (5) down three places each from last week. Scoob! holds on at Number 3.
Ghostbusters (1984) enters the Official Film Chart for the first time this spooky season, landing at Number 6 just ahead of Casper at 7, which rockets 17 places. Thanks to a recent remake, the original 1990 film adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches soars 20 places to Number 8, and The Invisible Man creeps up four to Number 9. IT: Chapter Two rounds things off at Number 10, floating up seven.
Other seasonal entries in the Top 20 include The House With A Clock In Its Walls (13), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (15), Beetlejuice (16), Halloween (17) and Scream (20).
