Michael Meyers - or is it Jamie Lee Curtis? - can’t be stopped. "Halloween" dominated the North American box office for the second straight weekend, carving up an estimated 32 million US dollars in ticket sales.

The top four films were all unchanged at the North American box office, according to Sunday estimates, as Hollywood left "Halloween" to dominate the pre-trick-or-treating weekend. The sequel to John Carpenter's 1978 original, starring the 59-year-old Curtis as Laurie Strode, last week notched the biggest opening ever for a film with a female lead older than 55.

The Blumhouse Productions film, distributed by Universal Pictures, is already one of the highest grossing slasher films ever, with 126.7 million US dollars in ticket sales (plus another 45.6 million US dollars internationally) on just a 10 million US dollars budget. "Halloween," directed by David Gordon Green, slid a relatively modest 58 percent - especially good for a horror release - after setting a record for an October debut last weekend.

Bradley Cooper's lauded "A Star Is Born" remained in second place with 14 million US dollars in its fourth weekend. The film, starring Cooper and Lady Gaga, has thus far grossed 148.7 million US dollars domestically, while proving an equally strong seller overseas for Warner Bros. It's made 104.6 million US dollars internationally.

Sony's superhero spinoff "Venom" also stuck in third with 10.8 million US dollars in its fourth weekend. The comic-book adaptation, starring Tom Hardy, has grossed 504.8 million US dollars worldwide.

That trio of "Halloween," "Venom" and "A Star Is Born" has driven the October box office to a new high. With a few days to go, monthly ticket sales have already surpassed the record of 757.1 million US dollars from 2014, according to comScore, with 789.9 million US dollars in sales in October - traditionally a fairly sleepy month in movie theaters.

The submarine thriller "Hunter Killer," was deep-sixed with 6.7 million US dollars. The Lionsgate release and Millennium production, stars Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, and Common. Like many previous Butler-led action films, "Hunter Killer" received poor reviews (36 percent "fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes). But those films also fared far better abroad than in the US, something "Hunter Killer" will hope to repeat.

Other films in the nationwide release also struggled to come anywhere close to the strong holdovers.

After a promising limited release last weekend, Jonah Hill's directorial debut, the coming-of-age skateboarding drama "Mid90s," took in a mediocre 3 million US dollars in 1,206 theaters for A24. Pure Flix's Christian war film drama "Indivisible" took in 1.6 million US dollars on 830 screens.

(Top Photo: Cast member Jamie Lee Curtis poses at a premiere for the movie "Halloween" in Los Angeles, California, US, October 17, 2018. /VCG Photo)