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Clive Barkers Enters the ‘Dark Bizaar’ with JAKKS Pacific
Leading Halloween costume company, Disguise (a division of JAKKS Pacific, Inc.), teams up with renowned horror novelist, screenwriter and director, Clive Barker, to launch `The Dark Bazaar’ an extensive new line of Halloween costumes that transform Barker’s visions into wearable art. The bizarre costumes and accessories based on never before seen characters from the Master Mind of Horror complete this dark collection and are set to hit retail shelves in time for the Halloween 2010 season.
Disguise will kick off the Halloween & Party Expo in Houston and celebrate The Dark Bazaar line with a special preview and autograph signing session with Clive Barker at the Disguise booth #1601. Disguise will also raffle an extraordinary sculpture based on the Dark Bazaar and autographed by Barker.
Who: Halloween buyers, media and invited guests of the Houston Halloween & Party Expo
When: Preview of the Line and Autograph Session – Saturday, Jan. 23 from 12:00 – 2:00 pm Raffle – Saturday, Jan. 23 at 3:00 pm
Where: Disguise Booth #1601 Halloween & Party Expo George R. Brown Convention Center 1001 Avenida de las Americas Houston, TX 77010 Why: The Dark Bazaar costume line will be available at retailers nationwide for Halloween 2010.
About JAKKS Pacific, Inc. JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK) is a leading designer and marketer of toys and consumer products, with a wide range of products that feature some of the most popular children’s toy licenses in the world. JAKKS’ diverse portfolio includes Action Figures, Electronics, Dolls, Dress-Up, Role Play, Halloween Costumes, Kids Furniture, Vehicles, Plush, Art Activity Kits, Seasonal Products, Infant/Pre-School, Construction Toys, and Pet Toys sold under various proprietary brands including JAKKS Pacific
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‘Abigail’ on Track for a Better Opening Weekend Than Universal’s Previous Two Vampire Attempts
In the wake of Leigh Whannell’s Invisible Man back in 2020, Universal has been struggling to achieve further box office success with their Universal Monsters brand. Even in the early days of the pandemic, Invisible Man scared up $144 million at the worldwide box office, while last year’s Universal Monsters: Dracula movies The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Renfield didn’t even approach that number when you COMBINE their individual box office hauls.
The horror-comedy Renfield came along first in April 2023, ending its run with just $26 million. The period piece Last Voyage of the Demeter ended its own run with a mere $21 million.
But Universal is trying again with their ballerina vampire movie Abigail this weekend, the latest bloodbath directed by the filmmakers known as Radio Silence (Ready or Not, Scream).
Unlike Demeter and Renfield, the early reviews for Abigail are incredibly strong, with our own Meagan Navarro calling the film “savagely inventive in terms of its vampiric gore,” ultimately “offering a thrill ride with sharp, pointy teeth.” Read her full review here.
That early buzz – coupled with some excellent trailers – should drive Abigail to moderate box office success, the film already scaring up $1 million in Thursday previews last night. Variety notes that Abigail is currently on track to enjoy a $12 million – $15 million opening weekend, which would smash Renfield ($8 million) and Demeter’s ($6 million) opening weekends.
Working to Abigail‘s advantage is the film’s reported $28 million production budget, making it a more affordable box office bet for Universal than the two aforementioned movies.
Stay tuned for more box office reporting in the coming days.
In Abigail, “After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.”
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