Heart of the Beast (Chinese title: 野獸之心) took second place on Taipei's theatrical chart for the Oct. 2–4 weekend, earning about NT$1.7 million over three days and lifting its local cumulative toward NT$8.2 million, according to AtMovies box-office tables that track Taipei cinema revenue.
Weekend leaderboard context
Resident Evil: Outbreak Night led Taipei with roughly NT$4.21 million in the same window, benefiting from Halloween-adjacent marketing and premium-format screens. Digger opened at NT$2.28 million in its first Taipei weekend, while an Avengers: Endgame encore rounded out the top tier ahead of Heart of the Beast.
Despite slipping one rank from its opening-week peak, the beast-themed thriller held a 9.06 percent share of Taipei weekend gross—enough for distributors to keep prime evening slots into Double Ten week rather than yield screens to catalog reissues.
Second-week hold
Exhibitors said word-of-mouth among horror fans stabilized daytime occupancy after front-loaded Friday crowds. Heart of the Beast also placed third nationally in U.S. weekend charts over the same dates—a split release pattern Taipei marketers cited when pitching co-branded concession deals with import distributors.
Exhibition economics
Taipei accounts for a disproportionate share of Taiwan arthouse and genre ticket sales; a second-place finish there signals staying power even when islandwide totals include slower central and southern markets. Cinema operators negotiated minimum guarantees week-to-week, so holding rank two avoided automatic screen cuts.
Competition ahead
October schedules stack franchise horror against awards-season dramas; Heart of the Beast must defend screens against Spider-Man: Brand New Day holdovers and limited anime runs. Marketing shifted to social clips emphasizing creature effects rather than plot twists once review embargoes lifted.
What audiences should expect
Subtitled and dubbed showings continue in major Taipei chains; AtMovies listings show runtime and format tags but not seat-level pricing, which varies by membership apps. For weekend planners, the data point is simple: Taipei moviegoers kept Heart of the Beast in the silver slot on the city's most watched revenue chart as October opened.
Distributor strategy
Import partners staggered dubbing versus subtitled prints so Heart of the Beast could hold evening slots against franchise horror while matinees carry family re-releases, a scheduling tactic Taipei chains use when mid-budget genre films outlast opening-weekend spikes.
October slate competition
Exhibitors warned that November awards-season dramas will peel screens unless Heart of the Beast maintains a top-three Taipei share through Double Ten; marketing pivoted to creature-feature clips once social spoilers circulated after the first weekend.
AtMovies cumulative tables show Heart of the Beast crossing NT$8.22 million in Taipei receipts as word-of-mouth held weekday matinees for horror fans returning after Mid-Autumn travel.
Weekend planners comparing AtMovies data should note the Oct. 2–4 window excludes Hsinchu and Kaohsiung circuits, where genre titles often rank differently than in Taipei multiplexes.